One of the most amazing scriptures I could ever read is the one where Jesus says, “I am the truth.” He does not say, “I tell the truth,” which He does, but he says, “He IS the Truth!” The very whole of Himself, body, mind, soul, and strength is TRUTH! No term is more familiar and none more difficult of definition. Truth stands alone. There is no shade in truth. There is no qualifying in Truth. There is no hinting in Truth. There is no such thing as “nearly” truth. It is absolute, irrevocable, and as sure as inertia and chemical valences.
He can be said to be accurate. He is absolutely correct. He is absolutely faithful. He is absolutely honest. He is absolute justice. He is upright. He is absolutely factual. He is absolutely righteous. He is veracious. He is to be credited on His own word, because He is the Truth, and therefore can neither lie nor deceive.
I believe that our own “reasoning” gets us in a lot of trouble. We sometimes reason that Jesus’ teachings are, pick and choose. We can pick and choose which of the scriptures is aimed at us, for us to obey. When in fact all of His teachings are TRUTH and one time or another in our lives we must use His teachings to give equilibrium to our own spiritual lives. There are many things that are “legal,” but they are not right, in TRUTH’S sight, such as abortion. It is legal, but it is wrong. Remember you may have “legal” grounds to do what you want, but you must always ask if it is “right” and consistent with TRUTH.
When we read, (Phil 4:19) “And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus,” NIV what goes through your mind. If we are praying about a specific need or crisis, don’t we rationalize that He may be too busy to answer our prayer? Do we think that He has not heard our prayer? Do you say, “I am really nobody that God should answer?” All of these are a slap in the face of Jesus. HE IS TRUTH!! He cannot lie and He will meet all the needs we have. Jesus sometimes meets our need in other ways than we expect. I think he does this to keep us from thinking that He is working for us, rather than the other way around. When we rely on “TRUTH,” we are never disappointed. Do you realize that God can’t learn? He already knows everything. Our prayer should be prayed with that in mind so that we don’t try to educate God on the issue at hand. We should make our petition known to Him and leave it with Him, knowing that He will meet that need. Didn’t He say He would? Why would we doubt? Didn’t He tell us the TRUTH about the cross and resurrection, before it happened?
Just a thought.
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