Facts vs Truth

What is the difference between facts and learning truth? With the use of the computer and the internet, we are drowning in facts.

Did you know there are 3,000 pages of new material printed every second?  One thousand books in America are published every day.  The Bible says that in the last days there will be an “increase in knowledge” (Dan. 12:4).

Here’s something to think about. Man’s accumulated knowledge (measured in inches) from the time of creation to the year 1845 would measure just one inch.  But from the year 1845 to 1945 it would have grown to be three inches. Then from the year 1945 to 1975 it would be as tall as the Washington Monument. And from the year 1975 to the present it would be out of sight.   There has been an increase in knowledge.  But are we learning any truth?

The Bible speaks of those who are “always learning but never able to come to the knowledge of the truth” (2 Tim. 3:7).  Therefore, learning facts and not learning truth can make a huge difference in where one spends eternity. 

Today we see more suicide, more broken homes, more drug abuse, more illness, more heartache than ever before, and yet we swimming in facts. You see, facts are like a recipe; but truth is the meal.   It’s the meal we need, but we often are satisfied with only the recipe of facts.