Have you ever listened to someone who was trying to sound like they knew what they were talking about,

but you could tell that they were bluffing?

That's what's going on today.

As people have coined the phrase, I'm speaking my own truth.

When did it become possible to create new truth?

As if it were something like changing an ingredient in a recipe?

No. as if it were something like changing an ingredient in a recipe? Welcome to Keep the Heart podcast with Francie Taylor.

Francie is an author, teacher, and conference speaker known for sharing biblical insights

that are practical and inspiring. Now back to today's valuable study.

Pretending to be an authority is as old as the Old Testament. What's at the root of this is a desire to have our own way, hence the

creation of our own version of the truth. God's word is truth. But not even the ruler,

Pilate in the New Testament. He didn't even recognize this. He was the one standing there with

Jesus, and he asked him, what is truth? And today we can tell

that many have the same question, and yet the answer is hiding in plain sight. Jesus made this

completely plain and clear statement to his disciples in John 146. He said, I am the way, the truth, and the life.

No man cometh unto the Father but by me. Are we becoming confused because we're overfed on

cultural information and preferences, but we're starving spiritually? We're not the first. This has

happened before. Listen to what Paul

warned in 1 Corinthians 1533. He said, be not deceived. Evil communications corrupt good manners.

Earlier in 1 Corinthians 1512, you'll find that there were some who didn't believe in the resurrection

of the dead, and they were evidently contaminating others with this lie, harming people's faith in

Christ. They were, you know, pretty much part of that. What's the point? What's the use? Who knows?

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