Truth is truth.

Today in my Christianity and Cultures class, my professor, Dr. Stephen J. Nichols, made an important point about Christianity and truth. He simply stated that it wouldn't matter if nobody believed in Christianity. It would still be true. Think about that for a minute. In our post-modern world where truth is non-existent and nothing can exist except for the perceived, Christianity stands alone.

An unbeliever in this now post-modern world believes that there is no truth. Or there might be truth, but it is simply impossible to find. I offer this argument in form of a dialogue.

Unbeliever: You cannot say that Christianity is truth.

Christian: Why not?

Unbeliever: There is no way to prove that anything is true, so therefore your belief is nothing more than faith, and is as credible as any other religion.

Christian: I see... do you drink water?

Unbeliever: Irrelevant much?

Christian: Just humor me. Do you drink water?

Unbeliever: Of course I do.

Christian: Why do you drink water?

Unbeliever: To stay alive.

Christian: What happens if you do not drink water?

Unbeliever: I'll die.

Christian: How do you know that?

Unbeliever: It's common knowledge. It's elementary, my dear Watson.

Christian: Have you ever died from not drinking?

Unbeliever: No...?

Christian: Have you ever known anyone who has died of thirst?

Unbeliever: I have heard of people who have died from thirst.

Christian: Did you know them personally?

Unbeliever: No.

Christian: So all you did was put your faith in article or newscast that claimed to be telling you the truth, even though you didn't know for sure?

Unbeliever: Yes... what does this have to do with the water?

Christian: What you are saying is that you put your life in the hands of knowledge of anatomy. You don't know anyone who's died from thirst, yet you put your faith in the science that tells you that you need to drink water, and you trust it with your life.

Unbeliever: Yes...?

Christian: So you believe the water theory completely by faith without personal evidence, or question. If you chose to not drink water, you will die. I agree. How do I know that I can agree? I have the faith to believe that the scientists and doctors are right. I do not know because I have never decided to give up water. But yet, I am convinced that it is truth. It is the exact same way with Christianity.

Truth is truth.

The harsh truth.

"Those who live according to the sinful nature have their minds set on what that nature desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. The mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace; the sinful mind is hostile to God. It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so. Those controlled by the sinful nature cannot please God.

You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ. But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness. And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit, who lives in you.

Therefore, brothers, we have an obligation—but it is not to the sinful nature, to live according to it. For if you live according to the sinful nature, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live, because those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.” The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children. Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory."

--Romans 8.