In
the American culture, it is very prevalent as a group of friends sit down
together for a chit-chat and one of them bursts out with a tall tale of
something incredible or unbelievable. The storyteller will end off with the
phase, “True Story”. This signifies that the tall tale which was shared
earlier is true. The audience will normally response with “No Way!”.
We
all love true stories and so when we see movies headlined with “Based on a true
story”, we are immediately attracted to go and watch them. No wonder, these
movies normally had excellent box office sales. There is significance when a
story is true, isn’t it? Because if a story isn’t true, no matter how
unbelievable or incredible it is, it doesn’t matter anymore. On the contrary,
if a story is true, we not only believe in it but also like to share it to as
many people as we can. True stories inspire and I have watched many movies
which are based on true stories like “The Notebook”, “Catch me if you can” and
“Jobs”.
One
true story which is very crucial to our human history is God’s redemption story
through the person of Jesus Christ. The Bible documents for us this story
through forty different men who are inspired by God Himself, the source of
Truth, over a period of about fifteen hundred years. The key message is God is
Holy (1 Pet 1:16) and He is our Creator (Gen 1:27) but man has disobeyed Him
and sinned (Eccl 7:20). Man’s only hope is in Jesus Christ, the Son of God (John
14:6) who redeemed us through the Work on the Cross (2 Cor 5:21). As sinful
men, we must respond to His Redemption Plan for us (1 John 5:10-12).
