A B S O L U T E S * * * F A C T S * * * T R U T H We must not confuse what the world views as absolutes with what we as Christians view as absolutes. It should be noted the people of the world cannot agree on what is absolute or what is truth or fact. Aristotle,. Freud,. Montaigne,. Hume,. Plato,. Augustine,. Aquinas, . Descartes, .Spinoza,.Kant,. Hegel,. Pringle-Pattison,. McTaggart,. Kojeve,. Bruno Bauer,. J.S. Ferrier,. F.H. Bradley,. Andrew Seth,. Coleridge,. Schelling,. Josiah Royce's,. G.E. Moore,. and many others have there own ideas on what is absolute, what is Truth, and what is Fact. There is no standard. BIBLE BIBLE BIBLE BIBLE BIBLE WEBSTER'S NEW WORLD DICTIONARY OF THE AMERICAN LANGUAGE ENCYCLOPEDIC EDITION ABSOLUTE l. perfect, 2. complete; whole. 3. not mixed; pure. 4. not limited; not conditional; unrestricted; as, an absolute ruler. 5. positive; certain; definite. 6. actual; real: as, an absolute truth. 7. not dependent on anything else; considered without reference to anything else. FACT l. originally, a deed; act. 2. a thing that has actually happened or is true; thing that has been or is. 3. the state of things as they are; reality; actuality; truth. 4. something said to have occurred or supposed to be true. THE AMERICAN HERITAGE DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE TRUTH l. Conformity to knowledge, fact, actuality, or logic. 2. Fidelity to an original or standard. 3. Reality; actuality 4. A statement proven to be or accepted as true. 5. Sincerity; integrity; honest. Truth is most commonly used to mean correspondence with fact or with facts or with what actually occurred. BIBLE BIBLE BIBLE BIBLE BIBLE A B S O L U T E S * * * F A C T S * * * T R U T H These are closely related words. ABSOLUTES IN THE BIBLE How many are there in the Bible? GOD IS ABSOLUTE***GOD IS A FACT***GOD IS TRUTH Since God does not lie, what He says is Absolute, Fact, Truth. Not everything in the Bible is absolute, fact, truth. However many things are. BIBLE BIBLE BIBLE BIBLE BIBLE The following is a list of just a few, absolutes, facts, and truths recored in the Bible. 1. God created the heavens and the earth. 2. Man ate of the tree in the middle of the garden. 3. Noah built an ark. 4. Abraham had a son named Isaac. 5. The LORD called Moses to the top of Mount Sinai. 6. Jesus was born of a virgin. 7. Jesus was tempted by the devil. 8. Jesus preached his sermon on the mount. 9. Jesus healed. 10. Jesus cast out demons. 11. Demons spoke to Jesus. 12. Jesus was crucified. 13. Jesus was resurrected from the dead. 14. Jesus spoke to Saul while Saul was approaching Damascus. 15. There is going to be a Great White Throne Judgment. 16. There is going to be a lake of fire. 17. There is going to be a New Heaven and Earth. 18. Jesus is coming. 19. Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life. 20. Jesus said a man must be born again. 21. God is Love. 22. God is all knowledgeable. 23. God is all powerful. 24. God is light. 25. God is a consuming fire. 26. People should not be prideful. 27. People should be kind. 28. People should have self-control. 29. Husbands should love their wives. 30. All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; 31. The book of 2 Peter says: for no prophecy was ever made by an act of human will, but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God. I could go on and on. All of the above are absolutes, truth, and factual. They are all important. The Bible is full of absolutes, truth, and facts. BIBLE BIBLE BIBLE BIBLE BIBLE Baker's DICTIONARY OF CHRISTIAN ETHICS Page 4 Without absolutes, any ethic ultimately slips into some form of subjectivism. God is the Christian's ultimate authority. His will therefore is absolute. God has spoken. The Bible as the written Word of God carries the categorical authority. Evangelical Dictionary of Theology Elwell pg.1114 G.H. Clark Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania. One should also bear in mind that moral and spiritual truth is as much truth as mathematical, scientific, and historical truth. It is all equally "intellectual." Nonintellectual truth is unthinkable. It is not true that the common conception of truth as a fact or what is real "has no moral or spiritual significance." We need only to recall that God gave the Ten Commandments. God tells the truth; he tells what is so his assertions are correct. BIBLE BIBLE BIBLE BIBLE BIBLE God is Absolute ---- His Words are Absolute. I will believe God's Word, and attempt to take it serious.