Truth: June 22, 2011

JUNE 22 2011. TODAYS WORD FOR WEDNESDAY JUNE 22, 2011

TRUTH

DEFINITION:

Conformity with fact or reality; the actual state of a matter; a verified or indisputable fact.

SCRIPTURE:

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” John 14:6.

KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE:

Many times the question is asked, “What is truth?” The answers are many. But the verse we have written above gives us the one and only true answer. Jesus is the truth. Many will argue this fact but the believer will not.

Jesus is God’s Son. God is holy and perfect and He cannot lie. God is the source of all truth. Jesus is not only God’s only begotten Son but He is one with the Father and was with God from the beginning. Therefore, Jesus could factually say, “I am the truth.” Like God, His Father, He cannot lie. Jesus also said that he is the way and the life. Yes, He is the “way” and the only way that we can come to the Father. He is the “life” because it is only through Him that we can receive eternal life. These are Jesus’ words and we can believe them because He is truth.

When Jesus was on trial before Pilate, in answer to Pilate’s interrogation, Jesus said, “I came into the world to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens to Me” (John 18:35). Pilate asked, “What is truth?” Pilate had “the truth” standing right in front of him but he did not recognize truth. Pilate did not wait for an answer so apparently he did not want to know. Most people do not really want to know truth today and, like Pilate, they do not recognize truth when they see or hear it. Those that want to know “truth” must listen to the Words of Jesus.

Do you know, “What is truth?” If your children ask you, “What is truth?” would you be able to answer them? It is the parent’s responsibility to teach their children that “Jesus is truth.”

In a philosophy class you would be asked if you believe it can be shown that there are absolute values such as truth and untruth or right or wrong and moral or immoral. Most students would react by saying that everything is relative and no single law can be applied universally.

God has given everyone a conscience to tell right from wrong (Romans 2:14-15) and His moral standards are written in the Bible. Every time we use the words good or bad, we are implying a standard by which we ourselves make a judgment. Biblical values are true for any age, because they originate with an eternal and unchanging God who does not lie. Only God has the right to define what is wrong or immoral because as Jesus said, He is truth!

LEARNING:

Our memory verse for this week is found in James 1:19.

So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.

PRAYER:

Help me to hide Thy Word in my heart that I might not sin against You and that I might always realize what truth is. Help me to teach my children to rely on You and Your Word for the real truths in life.