ABSOLUTE
This is not a popular word in a society that prefers grey, anything goes, what works for me kind of culture.
ABSOLUTE
What comes to your mind when you read this word? Are you hesitant to even admit that anything ABSOLUTE makes you nervous? {something to think about…}
ABSOLUTE TRUTH
This should pique your attention. Does this phrase make you shudder at the thought of finality…something set in stone…unchanging…unwaivering. If your like most people, this phrase turns them off as if the idea of authority or finality is a dirty word. These days, its all relative.
Definition:
Absolute
~possessing unlimited power: having total power and authority
~unequivocal: completely unequivocal and not capable of being viewed as partial or relative
** absolute proof
~law- full and unconditional: complete and in no way conditional on any future evidence or behavior
(taken from the Encarta Dictionary)
ABSOLUTE TRUTH
What if I were to tell you that God’s Word-the Bible-is unequivocal, full and unconditional, and unlimited in power-ABSOLUTE.
~Unchanging
~Irreversible
~Accurate
~Inerrant
~Authoritative
**Truthful
**Comforting
**Commanding
**Loving
**Irritating
**Condemning
**All encompassing
**Peace-giving
**Joyful
**Frightening
**Unforgettable
FINAL and ABSOLUTE
2 Timothy 3:16-17 (New International Version)
16All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.
The very breath that God gave to Adam to bring life, the very breath that was given to each and every one of us on the day of our birth…that very BREATH gave us His ABSOLUTE Word.
A Word that is personal and speaks to each and everyone of us. God had Y.O.U. in mind when He breathed His word.
Is it your ABSOLUTE TRUTH?