In Part 1 of “The Truth”, I shared that Jesus stated in John 14:6 “I am the way, the TRUTH, and the life, and no one comes to the Father but by me.”  I also shared that my take away from the story of Abraham’s servant seeking a bride for Isaac was that God told Abraham the “truth” and then God followed through on His promises to Abraham.  As I continued studying the Scriptures about truth in the New Testament, I found some other interesting facts.

First, in John 4, Jesus told the woman at the well that the hour was coming when the “true worshippers” of God will worship the Father in “spirit and in truth.”  This means that we don’t just have a “feeling” about God, but that we worship knowing the “truth”.  We are told in John 4:24 that “God is a Spirit: and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit AND in TRUTH.”  So, again, we would have to know the “truth” to worship correctly.  If Jesus is the TRUTH, then we have to know Jesus to worship God correctly.  Yes, this seems like a narrow way, but didn’t Jesus tell us that the way was narrow and that He was that way (again, John 14:6)? 

Jesus stated some pretty bold things, and some things that may be hard to accept.  This leads me to ask a question?  Why should we trust what Jesus said?  He could have been a madman, in which case we shouldn’t believe him.  He also could have been an outright liar.  However, when reading Scripture, it does not appear that even his enemies could find fault with him, nor did they believe he was mad; so this conclusion (Jesus being a madman or a liar) does not seem possible.  That leaves us with only one conclusion: Jesus was who He said He was… The Son of God.  Thus, if Jesus tells us something, we should believe it as if God is saying it. 

Jesus’ position was proven through His resurrection, which was not only predicted by himself but also by Old Testament prophecies; and then it came to pass.  So, if Jesus states that we need to worship in Spirit and Truth and that He is the Truth, it seems pretty obvious that we are to worship God through Jesus Christ making us “TRUE worshippers.”  Ponder this for a moment.  I have to ask myself, “Am I a ‘True worshipper’ of God through His Son Jesus Christ?”

Later in John 8, Jesus uses the word ‘truth’ multiple times.  He says, “If you continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; and ye shall KNOW the TRUTH, and the TRUTH shall make you free.”  Somehow, just knowing this ‘truth’ will bring us freedom. 

Jesus goes on to tell those who are listening to him that he is telling them the ‘truth’ and that those who do not believe in Jesus Christ are not abiding “in the truth”.  Later Jesus makes His famous statement, “I am the way, the TRUTH, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”  He also told his disciples that after Jesus died, the Father would give them the “Spirit of truth, which is the Comforter”.  So, Jesus is the truth, but the Holy Spirit is also the truth.  In believing in a triune God, God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, this statement about Jesus being the truth and the Holy Spirit being the truth implies (With all of the other evidence that the Bible supplies) that God is also truth.  Doesn’t this just speak to how important truth should be for us as those created in His image?

In John 15, Jesus tells us that this Spirit of truth will testify of Jesus Himself and that when the Spirit of truth comes, He (the Spirit which is a personal being) will guide you into ALL TRUTH.”  Jesus finishes speaking to His disciples in John 17 and prays for them and then for those who will later believe on Him.  He prays that God will “sanctify them [those believers] through God’s truth” stating that “God’s Word is truth.”  Remember in John 1, John stated “We saw that Jesus was the Word made flesh.”  Again, we see that Jesus is truth! 

When Jesus was taken before Pilate, this notion of truth became a point of confusion for Pilate.  Pilate asked Jesus if he were a king.  Jesus replied, “To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth.  Everyone that is of the truth hears my voice.”  At this statement, Pilate asked that question that we all want to know, “What is truth?” 

This is a question that we all must answer for ourselves.  It is my firm belief, based on the evidence given in the Scriptures, that we can know the answer to this question when asking about the truth of our origin, our purpose for life, our morality, and our destiny.  However, we first must ask ourselves, do we believe in the God who gives us the truth.  Jesus stated to Pilate, “Everyone that is of the truth hears my voice.”  That is a very bold statement and definitely worth pondering; thus, I will leave this thought to be pondered today.  Do you hear the voice of Jesus Christ?  Do you want to hear the voice of God?  Do you want to be “of the truth?”

Look for Part 3 of “The Truth” for more insight from the Scriptures about what God says about “truth”.