In An Era Of Contradiction, The Truth Is Still The Truth

Common Sense Commentary: The truth is the truth is the truth is the truth. Either a  contradiction is a lie or the thing it contradicts is a lie. Truth always agrees with truth, however far removed each is from the other. Everything is either true or false.

"A double minded man is unstable     in all his ways." James 1:8

 

The word, "Contradict" derives from the Latin, "contradicere" from two words, contra (opposite) plus dicere (to say) which is, "to say the opposite". To say the opposite to what you said before is to contradict yourself.  To embrace two opposite positions is to deny both positions by confirming both. Hot is cold, black is white, up is down, he has good bad morals.  Good is bad and bad is good.

We have arrived at a time in our history when much of American society has adopted the frivolous and capricious conclusion that nothing is absolute.  Nobody can be certain about anything and they are certain of it.  They have thrown truth into the wind and have reaped a whirlwind of lies and error. 

"For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind...."  Hosea 8:7.

Ben Stein's observation of a National Contradiction:

Fathom the hypocricy of a nation which requires it's citizens to prove they are insured ... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen.  Now add this, "Many of those who refuse, or are unable to prove they are citizens will receive free insurance paid for by those who are forced to buy insurance because they are citizens."

When I was a young Pastor, a woman came to our church and sat close to the front. I was at the climactic moment of my sermon when this woman stood up and, supposedly, spoke a few words in "tongues".  Then she gave this "supposed" translation .... "Hear ye the word of God; this man is the faithful messenger of the Lord God, hear ye him."  I responded, "Please sit down and be quiet".  To which she screamed, "You are of the devil".  Her contradiction was obvious to everyone except  her. This experience reminded me of a similar thing which occurred in Acts 16:16-18. "And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying: The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, which shew unto us the way of salvation. And this did she many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned and said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came out the same hour."  I have regretted not doing as Paul did.     "Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded."  James 4:8                   Here is a short, simple explanation of our National Debt Dilemma. It is a non-partisan video produced by an accountant, Hal Mason, retired after 27 years with IBM. He looks at the National non-budget, its revenues and expenses, and very simply illustrates our Immeasurable economic problem. Amazingly, we get all the media talking heads and politicians explaining away our situation with stunning ignorance or willful deception, but rarely clarity. This cool-headed  professional provides all the clarity needed in just a couple of minutes, to see the contradictions. http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/EW5IdwltaAc?rel=0