The Tempting Tentacles of Trivializing Truth

Your eyes will deceive you every single time. We looked at that last week. What did Samson do? Samson struggled with what he saw. Right? He saw, he saw, he saw. And this is saying this is saying, if you acknowledge him, if you obey, he will make your paths straight. God's word refines it. Sanctify them in truth. Your word is what? Truth. Relativism. Number two, relativism reinterprets sin. It blesses what is wrong. It says that's okay. You know, it doesn't matter what you do as long as, you know, it doesn't hurt anybody else. It's fine. God's word defines sin. [01:13:04] (43 seconds)  #GodsWordDefinesSin

Relativism says truth is not sacred. Truth is transactional. I'm afraid in our culture, sometimes we have people who who sell God's word for clicks on social media. They sell God's word so that that for an a larger audience. They sell God's word and trying to make it feel good and comfortable, and making sure that everybody is appeased instead of being true to teaching God's word. [01:06:19] (29 seconds)  #TruthOverClicks

relativism, it redefines truth. It says, oh, it's right in my own eyes. I think it's right. God's word refines truth. There is a way that seems right to a man, but in the end, it leads to death. Trust in the Lord with all of your heart. Do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways, acknowledge him and he will make your path straight. [01:12:37] (27 seconds)  #TrustGodNotSelf

Relativism says, if it benefits us, if benefits me, it must be right. Church, think about that. If it benefits me, it must be right. Right? It makes me feel good. I don't care about you. I can burn your house to the ground, but I feel great about it. Right? The mom represents family life. The son represents personal life. The Levites represent our religious practices. And the Danites, they represent the culture. All of those are enculturated with the idea of being relativistic in this passage. [01:07:37] (43 seconds)  #FeelsRightIsntRight

So I want you to think about this as we wrap up the sermon. Think about these four questions because they have to do with us and the tentacles of relativism that have enwrapped us deeply? Where have you redefined the truth to fit your own choice? Where have you re where have you interpreted the truth to adapt it to others? Where have you restructured the truth to justify your lack of discipline? Where have you replaced truth for your own comfort and pleasure? [01:16:38] (39 seconds)  #CheckYourRelativism

In her relativistic way, she blends worship of the Lord with idol worship. She blends the worship of God. Here, bless God, worship idols. It doesn't matter what you do as long as you're doing you know, you're religious. You're okay. As long as you're religious. Right? As long as you're kind, as long as you're gracious, you're doing well. Relativism says, wrong isn't really wrong if I can spiritualize it. Think about that church. Relativism in our culture and in that culture says, wrong isn't really wrong. I'm just gonna add a little secret sauce of God to it. [01:02:04] (40 seconds)  #DontSpiritualizeSin

Israel all wants something. See, Israel, they really want something. They want God's blessings. They want God's security. They want God's identity. They want all of this. Right? But they want it without submission to God's authority. They want it without the submission to God's authority. I'll tell you as a pastor, having done counseling, having done done conversations with people, hundreds of people through the years, this is so true. People, oh, you know, they want all the blessings of God and yet they don't want to obey God. [01:00:00] (38 seconds)  #BlessingsRequireObedience

As a result of nobody giving them instructions, you did what you thought was right, he did what he thought was right, she did what she thought was right, everybody did what was right in their own eyes. Even though even though the Israelites had the words of Moses. Even though the Israelites had heard, their families had heard oh, this comes really quick, like, even though they had heard the very worth words of God and they had agreed to obey the very words of God, they abandoned those and started doing what they thought was right in their own eyes. [00:57:26] (35 seconds)  #RightInTheirOwnEyes