You’ve heard people say “Truth is subjective. What’s true for you may not be true for me.” I think this is one of Satan’s best lies. If he can get us to reject the truth, he can get us to accept anything.

We get bombarded with tons of information daily, and much of it, from the ads on TV to the gossip at work, isn’t truthful. To survive this onslaught of information, we have to decide for ourselves which bits of information are true and which aren’t. This makes it sound like truth really is subjective, i.e. we decide what is true and what isn’t. But rather than saying it’s subjective I think it’d be more accurate to say truth is concluded. The things we accept as true combine over time to create our definition of truth.

Webster’s defines truth as: 1. Being consistent with reality or fact. Note the lack of subjectivity in that definition. Something is either consistent with reality or it isn’t. To say that truth is subjective goes against the definition of truth. In fact, it’s a self-fulfilling prophesy. The statement is only true if you accept it to be true, because the statement itself is not consistent with reality.

If we accept a falsehood as true, our definition of truth becomes polluted and it becomes more difficult for us to recognize real truth when we see it. Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life…” If we can’t recognize truth, we can’t recognize Jesus and Satan’s plan is fulfilled.

Satan is always trying to entrap us, but Jesus taught, “And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” Beware you don’t become entrapped in Satan’s lie. Guard the truth jealously. If we lose sight of it, we lose sight of our Savior.