Some things are true and some things are false...

One of my favorite sayings is "Absolutely not!" Don't ask me why, but that's just fun for me to say. No matter if the answer is really yes, or no - if I'm feeling uppity, I'm liable to bust out with an "Absolutely not!" But that statement shadows a little of my spiritual beliefs as well.

I believe in absolutes.

When debating, discussing, or dividing truth - we are often confronted with the question of "Are there such things as ABSOLUTE truths?"

Why, absolutely! In fact, to make the statement that "There is no such thing as absolutes", you are speaking absolutely, and thereby negating your entire argument.

When God speaks, he speaks absolutely. Let me pause here to define our term:
Absolute:
1 a : free from imperfection : PERFECT, b : free from mixture, c : OUTRIGHT, UNMITIGATED
2 : being, governed by, or characteristic of a ruler or authority completely free from constitutional or other restraint
3 : having no restriction, exception, or qualification
4 : POSITIVE, UNQUESTIONABLE
5 a : independent of arbitrary standards of measurement
6 : FUNDAMENTAL, ULTIMATE
7 : perfectly embodying the nature of a thing
8 : being self-sufficient and free of external references or relationships


Do those definitions sound like God's word? I would say so. In fact, they sound like God himself! You could say we serve an Absolute God.

And not only does God speak absolutely, but he calls us to speak absolutely:
"But let your 'Yes' be 'Yes,' and your 'No,' 'No.' For whatever is more than these is from the evil one." - Matthew 5:37, James 5:12

Spurgeon highlights these same ideals in "A Need For Decision":

"Some things are true and some things are false. I regard that as an axiom; but there are many persons who evidently do not believe it. The current principle of the present age seems to be, "Some things are either true or false, according to the point of view from which you look at them. Black is white, and white is black according to circumstances; and it does not particularly matter which you call it. Truth of course is true, but it would be rude to say that the opposite is a lie; we must not be bigoted, but remember the motto, 'So many men, so many minds.'" Our forefathers were particular about maintaining landmarks; they had strong notions about fixed points of revealed doctrine, and were very tenacious of what they believed to be scriptural; their fields were protected by hedges and ditches, but their sons have grubbed up the hedges, filled up the ditches, laid all level, and played at leap-frog with the boundary stones. The school of modern thought laughs at the ridiculous positiveness of Reformers and Puritans; it is advancing in glorious liberality, and before long will publish a grand alliance between heaven and hell, or, rather, an amalgamation of the two establishments upon terms of mutual concession, allowing falsehood and truth to lie side by side, like the lion with the lamb. Still, for all that, my firm old-fashioned belief is that some doctrines are true, and that statements which are diametrically opposite to them are not true, - that when "No" is the fact, "Yes" is out of court, and that when "Yes" can be justified, "No" must be abandoned."

Be deliberate,

Bro. Hank

What do you think?