Truth or Dare?

Have you ever played "Truth or Dare?" How the game works is that someone asks you Truth or Dare? If you choose truth, you have to answer a question truthfully. If you choose dare, you have to do the thing they dare you to do. I remember playing it when I was younger. Dares to make you run around the yard. In the snow. With your swimsuit on. Or to eat a crazy concoction made up of mustard, ranch dressing, pickle juice, and whatever else you could find in the fridge. Always a good time. The dares were fun to do, but sometimes I was lazy and would choose truth instead. Although, that made me nervous sometimes because you never knew what they were going to ask.

So what is truth exactly? And how do we know that something is true?

There's a hymn in the LDS hymnbook entitled, "O Say What is Truth?" In the final verse it says,

Then say, what is truth? 'Tis the last and the first,

For the limits of time it steps o'er.

Tho the heavens depart and the earth's fountains burst,

Truth, the sum of existence, will weather the worst,

Eternal, unchanged, evermore.

Truth is eternal. It will last forever. God is a god of truth. He is going to give us the truth. We just have to ask Him. In the New Testament Christ teaches, "...If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." (John 8:31-32)

It's through knowing the truth, that we can stand as a witness of Christ. So how do we know the truth? Well, who better to ask then God Himself. "If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him." (James 1:5). He will let us know what the truth is.

So is it true that Jesus Christ is our Savior? Is the Book of Mormon really another testament of Jesus Christ? Is there a true and living prophet on the earth today? I know these things to be true. I dare you to find out the truthfulness for yourself. Ready? Go.