THOUGHTS FROM THE STATE DIRECTOR
... if you abide in My word, then you are truly disciples of Mine; and you shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free. John 8:31b-32
The Greek word for truth is alethes/aletheuo,
and it means unconcealed, manifest, actual and
conforming to reality. When Jesus said to the
disciples that He was the Truth, He was telling them
that He is God manifest in a man. If we were talking
about the myriad pagan deities of the Greek and
Roman world, that wouldn't mean much because they
were subject to capricious behavior and were not
always reliable. However, Jesus was saying that He
was holy and righteous God and that He alone held
the keys to the kingdom of God.
Jesus the only way?
Absolute truth such as depicted in the Greek is a rarity
in our modern world. Everyone seeks to put a "spin"
on things; they want to make it seem what it is not. To
absolutely believe something is a source of derision
for the modern world. Just as Jesus was taking the
religious leaders to task in this statement, modern
churches deserve a rebuke as well. A poll by a
mainline Protestant denomination in 2008 surveyed
over 5000 individuals with 59 to 70 percent of the
various groups polled responding. One of the
statements to which they were asked to reply was
whether or not they agreed with the statement
that "only followers of Jesus can be saved." They
could agree, disagree or remain neutral or unsure.
Almost half of the pastors surveyed (45 percent)
responded they did not agree with the statement; and
over 60 percent of the specialized clergy
(seminarians, hospital chaplains, military chaplains,
etc) said they did not agree that Jesus was the only
way to salvation. If one factors in the "neutral"
and "unsure" responses the response was 65
percent for pastors and 78 percent for specialized
clergy. The absolute truth of Jesus' ministry, life, and
death and resurrection is being rejected by clergy. I
have to ask the question why then do they call
themselves a church? Why not establish a country
club? Paul said that if we do not believe the truth
about Jesus' coming, death and resurrection then our
faith is in vain.
The truth hurts
The recent controversy over the Tim Tebow ad is a
good case in point. The soft-sell ad was about Pam
Tebow's "choice" to risk giving birth to a child that
might have been harmed by the strong drugs she had
to take early in her pregnancy. Those who advocate "a
woman's right to choose" went ballistic over the ad,
claiming it was inappropriate for family time. What
they didn't say was the truth, as Shar Hoffman CWA of
Kansas associate director said, "How could they
respond? They would have to tell the truth that the
abortion choice was about taking a life, not saving it.
What kind of ad could they run?" She is right; the truth
is sometimes too black and white, too ugly, too
inconvenient and too troubling for those who want
to "be captains of their fate and masters of their soul."
The truth is even in movies like The Blind
Side in which a young African-American man
is helped by a white family to achieve goals he could
never have attained if he had remained on the streets.
His mother, who wasn't even sure who his father was,
had been forced to relinquish custody of him and his
brother at an early age. Apparently she had many
more children. The truth is that if one adheres to
the "truth" of the pro-abortion folks, he should have
been aborted because he met their criteria ...
unwanted, and unplanned. Their truth is, in reality, a
lie. The idea that an unborn child can be assaulted in
the womb because of size, location and development,
not to mention convenience is not only unjust, it is
based on a lie. A society that adheres to the right to
eliminate the "unwanted" and the "undesirable" is a
society doomed to destruction because it has chosen
death instead of life.
The truth reveals
In a recent conversation with one in the homosexual
lifestyle, I was ridiculed because I said the definition
of "sexual orientation" is not specific in a bill giving civil
rights to "sexual orientation" and "gender identity"; that
even the American Psychiatric Association lists thirty-
plus "paraphilias" under the definition of "sexual
orientation." I suggested that perhaps they should
describe the behavior they want to protect so that the
law will not apply to the other behaviors. Their
response was predictably short and blunt; they don't
want the truth to be told; they don't want to see it in
black and white. In spite of biological truths, they want
their behavior to be hidden.
The truth is the gateway to freedom
Public policy is dependent upon truth for it to be fair
and effective. The recent revelations about
"climate-change / global warming" scientific facts and
data being "cooked" to reflect an ideology tells us that
we need to be more diligent to seek the truth. A
society that wants to be free must have as its
foundation the truth.
In Him,
Judy Smith
State Director
Concerned Women for America of Kansas
P. O. Box 11233
Shawnee Mission, KS 66207
Phone/Fax: 913-491-1380
Email: director@kansas.cwfa.org
Web site: kansas.cwfa.org |