THE BIBLICAL VIEW OF TRUTH
Truth is confined to realities barriers and is incapable of extending itself beyond these self-limiting containers. Perception is an entirely different matter. Perception, regardless of how compelling it may be, cannot be the focal point of an understanding of that which is true, as perception is subjective in orientation, whereas truth is objective. Truths appraisal is not simply an analysis of factual data, analytical examination, or scientific scrutiny: although each of these assumptions can justifiably assist in verifying truth’s assertions, or in the discrediting of perceptive allusions. Yet even then, that which is true will stand as self-revelatory and inclusive.
This is that which is assumed when biblical truth is observed. The Bible sets forth certain basic considerations relating to truth’s boundaries. Although the nexus of truth’s perspectives are not clearly defined in Scripture, or articulated in a concise fashion through a pointed philosophic analysis, or an examination of concrete information that is undergirded with verifiable functions as a base of operation, truth is an assumed reality. This view of truth can be understood to exist within Scripture’s assertions concerning the realm of faith. This line of reasoning exists within the same field of understanding as the legitimacy of God’s existence. The Bible assumes God’s reality yet never attempts to prove that which the assumption validates. Presentations are assessed as being self evident in nature and are not questioned as to the veracity of that which is assumed.
Biblical truth can be understood as fact, which conforms to God’s infinite understanding. As such, certainty is a rational force that can be expressed as a self-existing essence, finding both form and function in the substantive presence of God. This self-revealing nature of precision allows those who seek truth’s comfort to find its greatest propensity as that which is to be found in truth’s revelator: God who is truth incarnate, Jesus the Christ. The incarnation is the apex of revelatory conformity, as God has made Himself fully known through the Christ event.
The objective nuances of truth cannot be under-valued or depreciated. When subjectivity is discounted as a valid mode of understanding, the existentialist distortions of reality can be examined as a methodology that is nil in regard to observable value. Objective in nature, concrete in form, absolute in expression, these are assumptions that define truth’s existence. The nature of that which is experiential is an incredible tutorial influencer upon humanity. Coupled with the objective substance of rational thought, a potent alliance for the advancement of perceptive processes is achieved for the individual, and the corporate essence, en abstention.
The formulation of such exacting criteria as a standard does not necessarily imply that the church’s structure has either espoused or embraced truth in its limitless expressions. As humans tainted with sins touch, churchmen must reluctantly cede to the view that their perceptions of truth must always bear a measure of flawed theories and postulations. Humanity has been subjected to existence’s fallacious expressions. As such, the church should realize the necessitation to hold a theoretically loose conviction when theological considerations are pondered. For truth to be pursued adroitly, theology needs to be seen as a flowing process, with an ebb and a flow that validates and dismisses thoughtful convictions, historically. This ‘theology in flux’ position can assist in the abandonment of false pretexts that may have been held as truth, yet falls below the exacting standard of biblical revelation.
