Truth?
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Pilate asked, "What is truth?"
Pilate asked, "What is truth?"
Dr. Thomas B. Warren taught, "truth is absolute and attainable."
Dr. Thomas B. Warren taught, "truth is absolute and attainable."
Through Jesus, we can know truth is:
Through Jesus, we can know truth is:
1) Permanent,
2) Propositional, and
3) Personal
1) Permanent,
2) Propositional, and
3) Personal
Truth is Permanent
Truth is Permanent
Truth is permanent because Jesus is truth.
All reality is either God, created by God, or a perversion of God’s creation.
Truth is that which corresponds to what is real. Therefore, in order for something to be true, it must correspond to God.
If something does not correspond to God, it is, by definition, false.
Jesus, as the image of God, never changes
Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world. He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, having become as much superior to angels as the name he has inherited is more excellent than theirs.
For to which of the angels did God ever say,
“You are my Son,
today I have begotten you”?
Or again,
“I will be to him a father,
and he shall be to me a son”?
“For I the Lord do not change; therefore you, O children of Jacob, are not consumed.
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
The truth cannot change, because “truth” is that which corresponds to God and God cannot change.
Truth is Personal
Truth is Personal
It is not “personal” meaning that each of us can have our own truth. It is personal in that it is revealed in the person of Christ because he is fully God and therefore he is truth.
Jesus’ life reveals the true way to live.
Jesus’ life reveals the true way to live.
We cannot look to anyone else as a perfect example. Every other example includes some sort of sin. Only Jesus exemplifies what humanity is supposed to be.
Now there are also many other things that Jesus did. Were every one of them to be written, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written.
The Sermon on the Mount summarizes the life Jesus lived for us and therefore truth in the person of Christ.
The Sermon on the Mount summarizes the life Jesus lived for us and therefore truth in the person of Christ.
The blessed heart—Matt. 5:2-12
The blessing life—Matt. 5:13-16
The obedient life—Matt. 5:17-20
The peaceful life—Matt. 5:21-26
The pure life—Matt. 5:27-32
The honest life—Matt. 5:33-37
The patient life—Matt. 5:38-48
The servants life—Matt. 6:1-4
The prayerful life—Matt. 6:5-18
The heavenly life—Matt. 6:19-24
The providential life—Matt. 6:24-34
The gracious life—Matt. 7:1-14
The productive life—Matt. 7:15-27
Truth is Propositional
Truth is Propositional
Postmodern philosophers taught that truth is relational and therefore personal. This is why we now hear so much about “your personal truth.” Truth is relational, but it is not relative. Truth is seen in stories, but truth is also presented in direct statements or propositions.
Jesus commanded his disciples to make disciples by teaching what he taught.
Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
God continues to teach us through direct statements in Scripture:
God continues to teach us through direct statements in Scripture:
No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.
What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound?
Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?
So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted.
Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.
All truth is God’s truth because all truth is wrapped up in the nature of God.
All truth is God’s truth because all truth is wrapped up in the nature of God.
Finally, since we can know Jesus, we can know the truth and the truth will set us free.
Finally, since we can know Jesus, we can know the truth and the truth will set us free.
Do you know the truth? Has the truth set you free? Are you living the truth?
Do you know the truth? Has the truth set you free? Are you living the truth?