Recently the U.S. Department of Homeland Security decided to create a "Governance Board" to deal with Disinformation.
Perhaps we should pause for a moment and contemplate that last sentence. The Department of Homeland Security . . . we'll just call them "The Government" for ease of typing and ease of my souring stomach has decided that there is too much disinformation out there. Where? Social Media, News Media, etc.
According to whom? Who gets to decide what is true and what is not? Apparently, a board of humans, placed in their positions by the current reigning political party. What could possibly go wrong?
Why am I not believing that our government tells the truth? Or acts in the truth?
Experience is a great teacher.
Jesus told us in the opening verse that HE is the truth. Let me ask you this question: Would you trust Jesus to tell you what is true? Or the government? ANY government. Republican or Democrat.
Jack Nicolson once yelled, "You can't handle the truth!"
A perfect example of our government deciding what is true and what is not. We don't have a problem with the truth. We have a problem with liars.
Talking to the Pharisees, the religious rulers and scribes of Jesus' day, Jesus said this:
"You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies." - John 8:44
We The People are made up of human beings. We are sinners and liars by nature. Sin is our problem. Jesus is the truth. Where do we get our answers when seeking the truth? The nightly news? Social Media? Or do we obtain truth by reading God's Word, knowing that God cannot lie?
"It is impossible for God to lie." - Hebrews 6:18
And that's the truth!
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