I would like to look a little closer at how we make objective truth subjective. It is as we understand this that we will be better equipped to keep objective truth objective.
I mentioned last time that objective truth does exist. Things exist apart from ourselves and our perceptions of them. At the same time I think we must accept that as soon as we encounter something, we immediately do so from our perspective. We don't have the ability to perceive something in its absolute objective sense. We will always perceive the things of life as they are filtered through our senses and understanding.
When we fail to accept this, we may begin to think that we do actually see things as they really are. At that point we will begin to confuse our interpretations with their objective reality. This may result in our being threatened by other people's understanding of things. Worse than that, we may also fail to submit our interpretations to God.
Only God see things for what they really are. We don't have that ability. But, thankfully, he has provided the Scriptures to which we can regularly refer. It is only as we regularly submit our perceptions of things to God and his Word that our own interpretations can be kept in check.
To be continued…
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