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What is Truth?

 

First and foremost, the Truth is a Person and His name is Jesus Christ (Yeshuah Ha’Machiach).

“I Am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.

JOHN 14:6

And we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us understanding so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life. 

1 JOHN 5:20

The truth of God's word is unchanging and pure, according to Jesus. He declares in John 10 that it cannot be broken, making it an inviolable truth. This means that it is a conviction that cannot be altered or contradicted. 


We see evidence of this in the Scriptures when Jesus speaks to the Father, emphasizing the truth of His word. As believers, we can have certainty in the truth of God's word, knowing that it is a reliable and steadfast foundation that we can build our lives upon. 


We must also remember that the truth of God's word is not simply a matter of intellectual knowledge, but rather a matter of personal relationship with Him. We are called to obey His commands, trust in His promises and seek Him with all our heart.

Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth. As You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world. For their sake I sanctify Myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth.

JOHN 17:17‭-‬19


Truth is laying aside everything false. We cannot lie, embellish, exagerate, or act in ignorance and then claim to know or have the Truth in us. Truth calls out the BS.

Therefore, laying aside falsehood, speak truth each one of you with his neighbor , for we are members of one another.  
EPHESIANS 4:25

All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness;

2 TIMOTHY 3:16

Truth is always in the Light. Truth cannot exist in darkness. Truth exposes lies, Truth extinguishes evil.

But he who practices the truth comes to the Light, so that his deeds may be manifested as having been wrought in God.”

JOHN 3:21

Truth is admitting we are sinful creatures and taking ownership for our fallen nature. We can’t be in Truth if we aren’t illuminating into our darkness.

If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth; but if we walk in the Light as He Himself is in the Light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin. If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar and His word is not in us.

1 JOHN 1:6‭-‬10

Truth is that which is consistent with the mind, will, character, glory, and being of God.

Truth is the self-expression of God.

The definition of truth flows from God.

Truth cannot contradict itself.

Truth cannot be adequately explained, recognized, understood, or defined without God as the Source. Since He alone is Eternal and self-existent, and He alone is the Creator of all else, He is the fountain of all Truth.

Without God, we can find no Truth.


John 8:32 - "Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."


Psalm 119:105 - "Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path."


Ephesians 5:11-13 - "Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. It is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret. But everything exposed by the light becomes visible, for it is light that makes everything visible."


John 1:5 - "The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it."


1 John 1:5-7 - "This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin."

“Although they knew of God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened. Professing to be wise, they became fools.”

ROMANS 1:21

 

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