August 23, 2019 -- Psalm 119:2 -- Somebody Testify
/Blessed are those who keep his testimonies,
who seek him with their whole heart…
Psalm 119:2 English Standard Version
The testimonies of God are the word of the Creator of Heaven and Earth which teach us right from wrong. His Word is the true testimony about how things are. We live in a strange time where people talk about “your truth” and “my truth” but refuse to acknowledge there is “the Truth”. In many ways this secular doublespeak is so dangerous.
The secular emphasis on “your truth” and “my truth” is actually a deceptive, calculated lie. Should a Christian speak of “the Truth” as Jesus Christ—this is immediately derided and mocked. The secular person will not allow the Christian to publicly acknowledge the Truth. It matters not. Whether or not anyone else acknowledges it, the Truth is always true. However, what is exposed is the world’s own illogical stance on truth and non-truth.
When the lie is promoted as truth in our radically secular society, then strange and twisted things happen. In March of this year the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal ordered Mr. Whatcott to pay $55,000 to a B.C. politician, Morgane Oger, who is biologically male, but identifies as female. The reason given by the tribunal, according to the write up of the Vancouver Sun, is “The three person tribunal ruled that Whatcott had discriminated against Oger based solely on her gender.” You can see the link to this article below. Now that is highly ironic. What is “her gender”? Oger’s chromosomes will declare something biologically. Medically Oger is susceptible to things like “prostate cancer” but never uterine cancer, so medically Oger must be treated as a male.
It gets stranger. In what are basically campaign type speeches, on August 22, our Prime Minister declared he is proud of the fact he is exporting Canadian values, such as feminism. That is more than incongruous since this is the same government that is promoting gender confusion. So what is the meaning of the word “feminism” in our day and age? Isn’t that the promotion of one gender above another?
Add to that the bizarre fund the government has set up for Women’s Entrepreneurship. Announced on August 19th of this year, the federal government has earmarked hundreds of millions of federal tax dollars will be spent to promote women business ownership. You can see the link below. The material all shows cisgender women (women who seem to be biologically female and pictured as confident, and content in this identity). My question is: “What if a transgendered person were to apply?” More importantly, what if a man were to apply, saying according to my truth, this is discriminatory completely in favour of one particular gender construct?” How does the current “your truth” and “my truth” being equally valid apply in that hypothetical situation?
At issue is the fact that the Living God, Who by right of His having created all things, He alone is the Arbiter of Truth. Therefore His testimonies—His determinations of right and wrong—these stand firm through the ages and the vicissitudes of our tumultuous age. No wonder then that the Psalmist expressed the fact that those who keep His testimonies are blessed.
They are blessed because they know right from wrong.
They are blessed because they know Him Who loves them.
They are blessed because truth does not have be re-measured every month, or biannually.
They are blessed because they can give their whole hearts to Him and know He will keep them in perfect peace on the path of salvation
They are blessed because there is the eternal promise, fixed in the heavens, that Jesus Christ is true (John 5:36) and He is the Truth and the book of the Revelation of John emphasizes that Jesus is ‘the Faithful Witness’ (Revelation 1:5). Therefore, those who give their lives in service to Him will not be told six months from now or a decade from now or a century from now “sorry, the truth is altered or changed because of this new thing”. Those who serve Jesus Christ know He is True and they will never be ashamed before God for their wholehearted service in the Name of Jesus.
Blessed Jesus, You are the Truth and You teach us all truth. By the powerful presence of Your Holy Spirit help us, as believers, to love the Bible more and more. Direct our living in this world so that all those around us can see the beauty and the blessedness of walking according to the testimonies of the Bible. As Christians together seek God the Father through their obedience to His testimonies, may the world around us encounter Your magnificent Truth. Amen.
