Prove It

In the eighteenth century, a German Physicist did something world-changing. He invented a scale of measuring temperature based on the freezing and boiling points of water. After some old-fashioned scientific testing, Daniel Fahrenheit settled on a scale that set 32 degrees as the freezing point of water and 212 degrees as its boiling point. He did not start with his preferences or opinions. He started with the absolute truth of when water freezes and boils, then built his scale around those truths. He discovered the truth about water, by proving it many times, and then found a way to measure when it changed states.

If I would have been the first to quantify when water froze or boiled, I would have wanted to share that information. It is the kind of information that can be crucial; it is a truth that could save lives. One might even argue that someone with that kind of knowledge is morally obligated to share it with mankind, because the truth benefits everyone. Some truths need to be shared.

Suppose the morning news announced that someone now believes that water freezes or boils at a different temperature? They might be famous or smart, but we would all be confident that they are wrong. Suppose a group of colleges, or a supreme court, or a legislative body declared that water freezes at 20 degrees F? They too would be wrong, because the truth has been proven too many times; truth is not socially or politically adaptive. No particular group of people owns truth. No group of people can make up the truth. Nobody – not even a large or powerful group of people – can change the fact that water changes states when it does. God established that and man figured out how to measure it. 

There are other similar truths that have been proven throughout the ages, such as the ten commandments. People can argue with them, but since they are truth, anyone can prove them. And those who come to know such truths are morally obligated to let others know, because their lives may depend on it. That is what Jesus did. He spoke truth and He demonstrated its power. Grant it, He was politically railroaded for speaking truth. The elites of His day “cancelled Him” for not agreeing with “their truth,” by lynching Him. But billions have since followed His lead and proven the truths he taught for themselves.

Water still freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit. Water still boils at 212 degrees Fahrenheit. If someone tells you otherwise, don’t believe them. But you can always test if for yourself. Here are some even more important truths you can prove for yourself:

  • God answers prayer.
  • God loves everyone and forgives all who ask.
  • God still fills people with His spirit, and this is evidenced by speaking in tongues like Jesus’ mother and disciples did on the Day of Pentecost – hundreds of millions alive today have proven it. 

These are truths anyone can test for themselves. So, prove it. Then share the truth you have discovered, because it can save lives.