Every Life Is Built on a Belief — Only God’s Truth Stands

Every person believes in something they hold as truth. Whether they call it a religion, philosophy or faith, it is a belief system by which each individual is shaped by what he or she has been taught, exposed to, or influenced by. lt then becomes their truth. Whatever a person embraces as their truth eventually becomes their faith — the foundation they stand on are the lenses through which they see life.

• Some people identify as atheists and place their trust in evolution, including evolutionary explanations for the origin of mankind. Their beliefs are based solely on what they believe nature and the physical world can reveal. Science often presents these ideas as established facts, and much of society accepts them as truth. However, many argue that such claims cannot be proven with absolute certainty.

  Questions concerning life before Adam and Eve take us into the realm of eternity past, where no human being was present to observe what occurred. From a biblical perspective, only God can speak with complete authority about those events.

  Through continual repetition, society often comes to accept certain ideas as true. Yet repetition alone does not make something true. Sadly, a worldview built solely on naturalistic explanations will leave people searching for hope, purpose, and eternal meaning. According to a strictly materialistic view of life, existence is ultimately what a person makes of it, and then it ends. In contrast, the Christian faith teaches that life has divine purpose, eternal significance, and an everlasting hope that extends beyond the grave.

• Others believe in a god or a philosophy beyond themselves — which is generally shaped by what they were taught. This world is filled with religions of this kind. Some offer vague promises of an afterlife; others give no hope. 
  
  
• For Christians, it is the Almighty God — yet even then, some believer's understanding of Christ may be mixed with cultural traditions, scientific theories, or other teachings that dilute biblical truth. True Christianity claims only the Bible as God's Word to mankind -- the absolute source of truth. Christianity alone offers hope for this life and the life to come.
  
  The basic tenet of a Christians faith is that God sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to earth to save humanity from sin and restore their relationship with Him. Through faith in Christ, mankind receives forgiveness, purpose in this life, and the promise of eternal life. God's Spirit now lives within those who accept this Truth, giving out guidance, instruction, hope, purpose, power, and assurance of life everlasting. 
  
  Can I as a Christian prove to others that God exists? I cannot show you God anymore than an athiest can prove God doesn't exist. BUT...I can show you proof of His existence by looking at nature and life itself, a changed life when someone accepts God through His Son Jesus the Christ because the one who humbly comes to God is a repentant person, asking God to change them from what they were into something that God wants them to be. That is true belief and trust in God. The power of the Holy Spirit comes to dwell within the believer in Christ to transform them into the image of Christ, which is totally based on love. As a result, you will find love in operation, along with the fruit of the Holy Spirit operating within their life leading to an eternity with God forevermore.

In all other modes of faith you will not see a transformed life -- only negative emotions in which the world sees as part of living - pride, fear, unforgiveness, sadness, hate, revenge, sickness, and death.

The truth is this: Every person serves some kind of god. For some, it is an external force. For others, it is an inward spiritual direction. But no one is truly neutral. Every heart bows somewhere.

Is your “truth” based only on what your eyes can see, or does your faith reach deeper — to believe in the God who loves you, calls you, and desires a relationship with you? 

Ultimately, what are you basing your truth on? Your upbringing? Your taught traditions? Your experiences in life? Your feelings? Cultural acceptances? Scientific theories? Or is your truth based in the God of the Bible, which brings us the unchanging Word of God?

Society changes, cultural and scientific differences come and go, traditional beliefs in and outside of the church that do not line up with God's Word eventually shows itself to be false, and personal feelings are untrustworthy. The only dependable thing to ever rely upon is the unchangeable Word of God.

Matthew 7:24-27  “Anyone who listens to my teaching and follows it is wise, like a person who builds a house on solid rock. ²⁵ Though the rain comes in torrents and the floodwaters rise and the winds beat against that house, it won’t collapse because it is built on bedrock. ²⁶ But anyone who hears my teaching and doesn’t obey it is foolish, like a person who builds a house on sand. ²⁷ When the rains and floods come and the winds beat against that house, it will collapse with a mighty crash.”

I hope these words brought you hope in the promises of God through His Word today. What we need is compassion, which means sympathy, pity or mercy for those who believe in a truth outside of God's Word. For they lack the hope and promise of eternal life with God. 

If you are having questions regarding where your faith lies, pick up a Bible and search out God's truth. True faith begins with a choice. Choose to believe God! Choose to believe God's Word. Let your Bible become your close friend as God shows you His truth, as your life takes on greater meaning and purpose.

If, however, you do not have that hope of an abundant life here on earth and an eternity with God, it again starts with a choice. I say, choose God, through His Son Jesus Christ by praying this prayer with me. "God, I choose to believe in Jesus. Help me to understand those truths that are promised in Your Word. Change me Lord to be the person You created me to be as I search out Your truths in the Bible. I submit myself to you. Amen."

Ultimately, we all choose who and what we believe in! We can choose God's way or the way of the world!

John 8:32 When you know the truth, the truth will set you free!