71 - Unchangeable Truth

Life Lessons with Dr. Steve Schell

Truth doesn’t change, especially spiritual truth. The spiritual world is not a myth. There are lots of myths and fairy tales, invented stories about gods, goddesses and how the world was created. But that doesn’t change spiritual truth; it only makes it harder to find. The fact that there are people who say wrong things doesn’t mean right things don’t exist. And the truth is: There is a God who made us; He’s holy, and He’s going to hold us accountable for our words, thoughts and actions, unless we choose His path to salvation, whether we believe those facts or not.

What took place between Jesus and the crowd on that Palm Sunday afternoon was a battle of wills. Most of them were willing to believe in Him so long as He let them decide what kind of Savior He would be. They wanted to mold Him like clay into the person they felt they needed. If He would let them do that, then they would follow Him passionately, but if He continued to talk about sin and insist that He was going to die violently, they would move on and find someone else. And in time, they did and the result was catastrophic.

Yet in spite of the pressure, Jesus refused to change His message. Every time they argued with Him He simply repeated the same truths. Why? Why didn’t He compromise with them? Why didn’t He, at least, emphasize those truths they like and de-emphasize the ones they didn’t? Any skilled communicator understands the mood of their audience and quickly recognizes which elements in the message “work” and which don’t. But Jesus refused to do that. He wouldn’t even debate with them. Instead He warned them that they would be sorry if they didn’t listen. Let’s revisit that Palm Sunday afternoon and hear Jesus proclaim those unchangeable truths. And let’s not react the way many in that crowd did. Let’s identify those spiritual realities and believe them with all our heart. While we have the “Light,” let’s believe in the Light so that we may become “children of Light.”