The same truths about Jesus that were written in the Bible are the truths we are to believe. Every generation does not get to pick and choose what doctrine they want to believe. You cannot do that. There is a truth once and for all delivered. A body of truth containing God's Word.
I think that we are going to face enormous challenges, especially those of us who are in our twenties and thirties. I think we are going to face enormous challenges in the face of a society that says there is no truth and in a society of multitudes of churches that believe all kinds of things. It is important to ask: what does the Bible really say is the truth? It is important how we defend that truth in the midst of all the opposition, all the mocking, all the voices saying,
No, there is no absolute truth. Truth is what you want it to be.This year I heard two people close to me say,Well, that may be true for us, but not for Muslims.That is what Jude is warning against. There is one truth for all man and for all time that was delivered and entrusted to the saints.God has made you a safekeeper of the truth. The truth is not just something about which we say,
Nick BatzigOkay, yeah, I like that. That makes sense.No, God has said, I am going to reveal the One who said: I am the truth. Jesus said,I AM the truth....And not only do we rest in him and believe in him, we defend the gospel that he has accomplished for us and that we proclaim to a world that needs this gospel. John Calvin said something to the effect of: if a dog sees his master attacked, he barks. I would be a hypocrite if I did not speak out when the truth of the gospel was being attacked. A dog barks when his master is attacked, how much more should we speak out if Jesus Christ, the Saviour of the world, King of kings and Lord of lords is being dishonored.1
3 Beloved, although I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints.