Highest Bidder Truth

Recently, there was a story on TV that amplifies this point.

An incident occurred close to my place.

I was able to talk to several (not one or two) eye witnesses to it.

One of them told me to expect a surprise when I watch the news, though I do not watch any news.

The reason he said that is because stories involving those criminals have always been doctored to paint a sanitising narrative on the villains.

And that is exactly what happened.

Friends who watched that news were enraged to see truth butchered so mercilessly.

The evidence was conveniently shifted so that the story could go according to plan.

In one short swoop, the villain is made the innocent victim and vice versa.

The one who was doing his job has to apologise and compensate the offender.

I am reminded of an incident a dozen or so years ago when an estate demonstrated a whole week, even blocking a key road, so that a particular police officer is released.

Since that is so uncharacteristic of Kenyans, I sought to understand why that had happened.

The officer had done a proper job of ridding the estate of pests that had become such a nuisance because they were untouchable, coming from great wealth.

Incidentally, nothing was able to save the officer from jail because the of the influence money had on the case.

What am I saying?

We live at a time when it is critically important to verify what we call truth.

Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. (John 17:17)

This is because it could well be that what you call truth has been auctioned to the highest bidder. That the narrative you imbibe is the product of some auctioning process.

You could be fighting for a truth that has gone through boardrooms and marketplaces to be acceptable.

It could be that ‘unbiased’ reporting is the product of a purchase.

And being the product of a media school and media, I can confidently confirm that any news we read, listen to or watch goes through the filter called editorial policy that is the preserve of the owner of the media house.

That is why you will read or watch a news item and wonder why the same story has so many variations to the point that some appear completely different stories.

That is why you might follow a news item covering an incident you were part of or witnessed being so different from what you saw happening.

What am I saying?

We need to be very careful with what we follow.

Because what we follow has a way of shaping not only how we interpret issues, but also to shape what we ultimately become.

Truth is not relative, however much we may seek to demonstrate it.

As such, what we may call relative truth is actually auctioned truth, which is carefully packaged lies.

I have started at the marketplace. But my focus is not there.

I want us to look at Biblical truth.

And I do this because a vast majority of believers in our times place a greater premium on proclaimers, teachers, professors of the scriptures instead of the scriptures on their own.

Most are more comfortable quoting their favourite preacher (whatever title he may hold) than they are quoting what the Bible on its own says.

Others even quote women teachers even when the same Bible prohibits them to teach in church.

Do not get angry at me. I am not the one who wrote the Bible. I am just quoting it as you should.

Many believers are consistently reading the trash released by their spiritual brokers even as they neglect the Bible from where those conmen pretend to get their messages from.

The only time some will open their Bibles is to read the verses quoted by such brokers.

I intentionally use very strong words because of the danger following those characters are exposing their followers to.

I am also a teacher and also write books. And I of course write them to be read though I do not sell mine as per my orders.

But my books point to the scriptures and not me. they direct the readers to Christ and not my next release. They seek to build their faith in Christ and not draw them to my conferences and anointed events.

I want to help and guide people to read the Bible for themselves. That is why I include a Bible Reading Plan on the inside cover to challenge them to consider starting to read the Bible for themselves.

And it is the same with my blog.

You see, God has called me to guide people to Him. Like John the Baptist I should decrease even as He increases.

I am the most effective in my ministry when I am most decreased and He is most increased; when I am most invisible and He is most visible.

Jesus is the Truth; not me, not you, not anybody or anything else.

This means that any truth that does not have Christ at its helm is auctioned truth.

Truth with a man of God at its helm is unfortunately the best image I can conjure of that.

And it is because at its best, it is idolatry and at its worst, it is spiritual terrorism.

It is not different if we replaced the man of God with a spiritual structure, however spiritual its foundations may have been.

Only Christ is the truth, unadulterated truth.

He is the truth all other ‘truths’ find their validity.

No wonder even the enemies of the cross extensively quote Christ and the Bible to get any grounds for their opposition.

That is why faith in Christ and obedience to His revelation is the common ground for persecution.

Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying, Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us. (Psalm 2: 1 – 3)

That is why governments refuse to tackle conmen in clerical garb and use their conmanship as their ground for attacking the church of Christ.

Reminds me of a recent happening in Kenya when the government, instead of reining on the conmen using the church to enrich themselves as they preyed on the ignorant chose to block the registration of the churches for a decade or more.

You wonder which is easier between deregistering the openly crooked churches and blocking genuine churches from existing.

You wonder which is easier between prosecuting those endangering their flock through manufactured miracles on TV and blocking the move of God through declaring all churches conmen.

That is auctioned truth for you.

Any truth that does not have Christ at its apex is auctioned truth.

And in the simplest terms it is a lie.