The Danger With “Your Truth”

Die to Your Truth and Live According to the Truth

Scripture References

Primary text

• John 18:37
• John 14:6

Other references

• Proverbs 14:12
• Jeremiah 17:9
• 2 Timothy 4:2
• John 10

Overview

Jesus is not merely a source of information—He is the Truth itself. When what we feel or believe contradicts what Jesus says, we must let our own “truth” die and live by His. Craig used games, humor, and the story of Pilate and Barabbas to expose how easily culture trades absolute truth for personal perspective, and he called every listener to surrender to the only Truth that sets us free.

Main Points

Two truths and a lie opener

• Craig plays “Two Truths and a Lie” to show how convincing a lie can feel.
• Raises the core question: What is truth?

Defining real truth

• Working definition: Truth is absolute, constant, and true for everyone, everywhere, all the time.
• Perspective differs from truth; confusing them makes truth seem subjective.
• Popular slogans—“Speak your truth,” “Live your truth”—sound empowering but can be a trap.

Two truths about truth

1. Just because you believe something doesn’t make it true.
   • Illustration: People once believed the earth was flat; a kid who “feels like a pilot” still isn’t safe to fly your plane.
2. Truth isn’t just something we believe; Truth is Someone we follow—Jesus.
   • Jesus: “I am the way, the truth, and the life.” (John 14:6)

The danger of relative truth

• If truth moves, there are no absolutes, morality becomes subjective, and each person becomes the source of truth.
• Paul warned (2 Timothy 4:2) that people will chase teachers who say what their itching ears want to hear and “reject the truth and chase after myths.”
• “What we want to hear is often different from what we need to hear.”

When feelings mislead

• Our hearts are “deceitful” (Jeremiah 17:9).
• Stories/Examples:
  • Road-rage impulse to “lay holy hands” on a driver.
  • Rationalizing porn, sexual boundaries, or unforgiveness because it “feels right.”
• Feelings lie; God’s Word does not.

Pilate, Barabbas, and the crowd

• Pilate offers a choice: release Jesus (the Truth) or Barabbas (a liar, thief, murderer).
• The crowd chooses Barabbas—preferring the lie that is comfortable over the Truth that confronts.
• Parallel to today’s culture choosing convenient lies over Christ.

Central application

If Jesus’s truth is different from what you believe, then die to your truth and live according to the Truth.

• “Dying” = crucifying the flesh, desires, and perspectives that conflict with Scripture.
• Following Jesus means letting His Word overrule our opinions, experiences, and instincts.

Invitation and response

• Believers: Pray for conviction, confess where life contradicts God’s Word, and submit to the Spirit.
• Seekers: Turn from self-made truth, receive Jesus by grace through faith, and begin a new life anchored in Him.

Key Truths

• Absolute truth exists and does not change with culture or feelings.
• Personal belief or sincerity has no power to turn a lie into truth.
• Jesus embodies truth; He is not one option among many.
• Relative truth leads to moral chaos and spiritual deception.
• Freedom comes only from knowing and obeying the Truth—Jesus.

Response

• Examine your beliefs this week in light of Scripture.
• Repent of any practice or attitude that clashes with Jesus’s teaching.
• Memorize one of the listed passages to reset your thinking when feelings shout louder than truth.
• Ask the Holy Spirit daily, “Show me Truth and give me strength to live it.”
• Share Jesus’s truth with someone caught in the confusion of “living their truth,” speaking with grace and patience.

Closing

The crowd still shouts for Barabbas in countless modern forms, but the choice remains the same: embrace the convenient lie or bow to the confronting, liberating Truth. Jesus stands before us as the unchanging standard. When our truth collides with His, only one can live.

“If Jesus’s truth is different from what you believe, then die to your truth and live according to the Truth.”

Prayer

Heavenly Father, show us Your truth. Where our desires, feelings, or habits contradict Your Word, convict us, forgive us, and empower us by the Holy Spirit. We surrender our self-made truths and choose to live by the Truth—Jesus Christ—so that our lives might bring You glory and so that we may walk in the freedom only You can give.