True and Truth!

 

True and Truth!

 

What are true and truth?

True: adj; consistent with fact or reality, not false or erroneous. adv; in accord with reality, fact or truthfulness. tr.v; to position (something) so as to make it balanced, level or square. n; truth or reality, used with the.

Truth: n; conformity to fact or actuality.*

 

So true is an action or descriptive of an action, such as, the world tells us “to be true to yourself”. Which means do what we want for our own goals and happiness, no matter how it affects other people. As a Christian what does it mean to be true? The Bible teaches us that GOD is True, the Bible teaches that GOD cannot tell a lie, that there is no deception in Him and everything He says and does is true to Himself and His purpose for all of His creation. The Bible describes it as “with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning”. The Bible teaches us “let GOD be True but everyman a liar”. So for us to be true we have to first know GOD and His purpose for His creation and us individually; because GOD is True and therefore we have to be true to GOD above everything else, even our ownself. This is why JESUS taught us to “seek first The Kingdom of GOD and His Righteousness,” then everything we need will be provided according to GOD’s purpose and timing. That is why JESUS taught us to “store up treasure in Heaven” by doing as He did. JESUS only said and did what He saw The Father say and do.

 

What is true never changes and the only thing that never changes is GOD and His purposes (will), that is why JESUS taught us to pray “Our Father in Heaven, Holy is Your Name, Your Kingdom come, Your Will be done in the earth as it is in Heaven”. So to be true we have to be true to GOD who is True.

 

JESUS said that “if you know The Truth, The Truth will set you free”, what is The Truth? GOD! GOD is omniscient, He knows everything that has happened, is happening right now and that will happen because He is all knowing and He has ordained (willed) it. When Pilate asked JESUS, “What is truth?” he truly did not know and he truly did not want to know, his statement was critical and satirical based on his life’s experiences. In this world and in our life there is only one source of truth and that is GOD and His Word The Bible!

 

To be true to ourself we have to know The Truth-GOD! To be set free by The Truth we have to have a personal relationship with Him through JESUS CHRIST. To know the Truth you have to know Him who is The Truth. To know Him who is The Truth you have to have a personal relationship with Him. Just like to truly know anybody you have to have a personal relationship with them. That is done by being born again, confessing by trust that JESUS is the savior of humanity (yourself) and The Head of His Body in the earth, The Church. Then His HOLY SPIRIT comes to live in you and to teach you everything you need to know about JESUS through GOD’s Word The Bible!

 

 

*The American Heritage College Dictionary, Houghton Mifflin Company