"You Can't Handle the Truth"

A few good men... The phrase made infamous by this movie "you can't handle the truth" has been used and re-used in various forms over the years. While the movie was very good it seems that this quote is more famous than the movie itself. Other phrases barely match the value of this as soon as you hear it you can't keep from seeing the snarling face and hearing the tone of Jack Nicholson as the words are spit out of his mouth.

But, for many of us who live a life reflecting our belief in the truth, this phrase holds a lot of value. Often times we cannot handle the truth. In a society where truth is relative, meaning that one can make his or her own truth, contradicts any belief in what truth is. We are taught as children not to lie, cheat, or steal. We grow up hearing about the little white lie. This in itself is false as any lie is BIG, and often has bigger consequences. Scripture tells us that the truth will find us out. Celebrities have been caught in lie after lie and rarely just get a slap on the hand, the same is true from sports figures. Relative truth has taken over and real truth has almost vanished in the fog of the biggest lie of all time. That lie is that there is no real truth. Relative truth has spread our nation as quickly as the current clothing fad, or newest i-phone technology. But, unlike technology which is always changing, relative truth will continue to stay. Why? Because it's the perfect cure for any sort of conviction.

Relative truth takes away any second thoughts. It removes remorse and substitutes it for the perfect justification: "Well if I believe it's true, then who are you to tell me it's not true?" One who sits in a service and listens to a preacher share on sin being sin, and sharing God's word on the topic is less overwhelmed and convicted by their actions, because they justify it any way they can. I am living out of wedlock with another man, I love him and society is OK with it so why not? (Who are you to judge?) I am drinking to intoxication everyone is so what's the problem? I am having multiple partners and cheating on my spouse, but who are you to judge? My truth says it's OK so it must be...

Come on! "You can't handle the truth." Sin is sin. I am not different than the next person. I struggle with sin just as much as anyone. But, I do believe in a profound real truth. Truth in what scripture says. Truth in the values of what our Nation was built on, truth in what I was raised to believe is ideal character and integrity. The mist of popularity can not take away the value to hard truth. Eventually as all falls down, we won't even have relative truth to hide behind.

Can you handle the truth?

Blessings,
Mike III AKA: Big Daddy