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Chapter 5: How do we find TRUTH?

Connect …

Before Jesus was flogged by Pilate, he was brought before him in judgment. Pilate asked Jesus several
questions but specifically about His kingdom. He wanted to know if Jesus was a king. Jesus answered in
the affirmative and told Pilate that He was a witness of the truth. He said to Pilate, “Everyone that is of
the truth hears my voice.” Pilate answered with that very often and famous line, “What is truth?” Since
those days, mankind has been asking the same question? How do we know if the news we hear is true?
How do we know that what is being taught to us is the truth, or is some of it “Fake News?”

According to Colossians 2:8, we are warned to avoid false philosophy: See to it that no one takes you
captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the elemental
spiritual forces of this world rather than on Christ.

The BIG question is, how do you know if what you are being told is true? Today, let’s see if we can
figure that out…

Objectives …

1. The student should be able to demonstrate that the Bible written long ago is the same Bible as we
have today.

2. The student should be able to validate the Bible by the vast number of copies we have and how close
they date back to the original writings.

3. The student should be able to demonstrate that life emerging from non-life by random change is no
within the realms of probability.

The Lesson …

One Source of Truth is Science

Science is supposedly a quest for truth. It focuses on hard facts. If something is measurable and
repeatable, then it can be tested multiple times. If it gives the same result repeatedly, then scientists
are ready to call it a Law. A law, then, is what has proven to be true. If a scientist is not sure of a result,
he might call his prognosis a theory or “best guess.” A theory is a scientific conclusion that a scientist
feels is the best explanation for the results of observational data.

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