Be a Truth Seeker

In earlier posts, I have written about the fact that we are at war. My first posts were about Jesus saying, “Know the truth and the truth shall set you free.” That verse is inscribed upon the famous Clock Tower building on the University of Texas campus in Austin. I am sure that there are many people who have attended UT and have thought that this inscription was a challenge to gain knowledge. But Jesus was actually giving an invitation to really know Him. And he was giving a promise that to really pursue and get to know him was to pursue the ultimate truth and to do so was the door to real freedom.

This is what the Pope will see when he visits Turkey.



So this war that we see being carried out with bomb blasts and words of hate and condemnation really is not about border disputes or traditional war prizes but is all about the real truth and who the real truth is. This has become really evident in the protests that are now happening in Turkey.
Fortunately, Muslims believe that prophets, especially Prophets of Islam, do not lie.

They should then ponder the fact that their prophet Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except by me.” They should reconcile the fact that Jesus left no room for any definition of who He is but the Son of God. To say he is merely a prophet of God then makes this statement blasphemous. And for Mohamed to claim that a blasphemous person is a Prophet of Islam makes Mohamed, himself blasphemous.

But wait, before we take the speck out of the Muslims’ eyes, lets look around at ourselves. People in our culture hoist up similar signs all the time. The inscription on the Clocktower in Austin can be read the same way.

Muslims, Christians, good people, sincere people, and those who reject religion altogether will all have the same opportunity one day. Jesus told about that day. He will be approached by people who will plead with him and will say, “Don’t you remember? I even prophesied in your name.” And Jesus will say, “Be gone, for I do not know you.”

Know him. Seek Him out while He may be found. He made that possible by sending the Holy Spirit who “will lead you to all truth”. It is His greatest desire and your greatest reward.