We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness

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• We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all
  men are created equal, that they are endowed by
  their Creator with certain unalienable Rights,
  that among these are Life, Liberty and the
  pursuit of Happiness
• Ac.416
• Ac.418

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What is truth?

• Not go unnoticed, be unknown
• Truth is something that is not con-cealed, a fact
  or condition that can been seen or expressed as
  it really is
• Ancients believed in truth
• By searching for truth I strive to make myself as
  perfect as possible in life and, when the time
  comes to die, in death Plato

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The truth not only gives life, it gives the good
life Epictetus

• To say of what is that it is not, or of what is
  not that it is, is false, while to say of what is
  that it is, and of what is not that it is not, is
  true so that he who says of anything that it is,
  or that it is not, will say either what is true
  or what is false but neither what is nor what is
  not is said to be or not to be Aristotle

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Scripture Truth

• OT a true path is one that ends where it is
  supposed to go
• Gn.2448 Ps.2510
• Ac.2625
• Unbelief did not change truth
• The world contains facts, which are what they
  are whatever we may choose to think about them
  Bertrand Russell

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I. Truth Exists

• 1. Professor there is no absolute truth
• A self-defeating proposition (the existence of
  one truth (there is no truth) disproves the
  assertion
• Pilate ancient version of professor, Jn.18
• 2. Preachers Whatever you believe, thats
  truth to you
• Jn.840, 44-45, the Jews

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3. People in general

• Jn.71243
• Common people demand truth
• Spouse
• Judge
• Employer
• Airline
• Advertiser
• Penman (John)
• Jn.1935 2124 114

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II. Truth Is Knowable

• Jn.1935
• Jn.831-32
• Condition abide in His word (1717)
• Status discples indeed (147). Jn.660, 66
• Promise know the truth Jn.211
• Blessing truth makes free
• 833

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III. How To Find Truth?

• 1. Look in the right place (2 K.5)
• Eastern religions
• Hindu 330 million gods
• Cults some dont even know meaning of salvation
  of soul
• Church creeds
• Own thoughts. 2 Co.1012

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2. Look during the right period

• Mt.2435
• Lk.1322-28
• Lk.1619-31

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3. Look w. the right plan

• 1. Honest, unbiased heart. Mt.2223-33 (24)
• 2. Willingness to study the text. Ac.1711 (1
  Th.521)
• 3. Realization that truth matters. 2 Tim.215

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If truth matters, we must

• Use what we have. Gn.3. 1 Jn.41
• Love truth. 2 Th.210
• 2 Tim. 218 37-8 44
• Count the cost. Lk.1428
• Mt.2123-27
• Mt.199, 10-12
• Mk.1616
• Jn.146

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• Honest, unbiased heart
• Willingness to study the text
• Realization that truth matters
• Passion to live according to truth, Ga.214 (5)
• Remember the worth of your soul, Mt.1626
• Ps.2510, mercy and truth
• Jn.114, grace and truth