Anything Not Total Truth is Untruth
Robert Schaetzle
Jesus then said to the Jews who had believed in him, “If you continue in my word, you are truly my disciples and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.” John 8:31-32 RSV
I was driving home from work many years ago, listening to a pastor on the radio warning us about half-truths, he went on to say, “be careful of listening to half-truths, it might be the wrong half.” The comment has stuck with me all these many years.
Today, we’re challenged more than ever in our lifetime as we witness the culture re-define itself as a society of ‘false information.’ Some of the business world of marketing and advertising wants us to accept their claims of how their product or service ‘will outperform or last longer simply because they say so.’
But God doesn’t score our spiritual heart condition on a curve of human reasoning, does he?
I can remember like it was yesterday… my dad had a little machine shop in the back of our property growing up. When I witnessed him agree to a job he would do, he’d seal the job bid with a handshake. Seldom would he draw up a written contract with stipulations regarding the work done. He built a reputation of moral integrity which guaranteed the truth of his promise to complete the task. That was sufficient.
Today, our desire of accuracy and truth must not be influenced by the standards of the world around us. Too many people use the term, ‘planned obsolescence,’ to be accepted as the way it is. But integral honesty is God’s work not mans.’
Father, continue to search my heart for truth that will set me free.
Robert serves in a Sharing and Caring Ministry to bring encouragement and hope. Contact 
