BIBLICAL VIEW OF TRUTH

BIBLICAL WORDS FOR TRUTH...

True (alethes) - "unconcealed, manifest...actual, true to fact" - Vine

True (alethinos) - "denotes 'true' in the sense of 'real, ideal, genuine;'" - ibid.

Truth (aletheia)

"objectively, signifying 'the reality lying at the basis of an appearance; the manifested, veritable essence of a matter' (Cremer)" - ibid.

"subjectively, 'truthfulness,' 'truth,' not merely verbal, but sincerity and integrity of character" - ibid.

-- When the Bible speaks of truth, it describes that which corresponds to reality, what is factual and absolute, not relative

BIBLICAL STATEMENTS REGARDING TRUTH...

God is a God of truth - Deut 32:4

Jesus is the truth, and full of truth, and spoke the truth - Jn 14:6; 1:14; 8:45

The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Truth, and guided the apostles into all the truth - Jn 14:17; 16:13

The Word of God is truth - Jn 17:17

The judgments of God are according to truth - Ps 96:13; Ro 2:2

Christians should walk in the truth as revealed by Jesus, including the standard of morality He taugh Ep 4:17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31-32; 5:1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16-17

Christians should patiently teach others the truth - cf. 2 Ti 2:23,24,25-26

Many will turn their ears away from the truth - cf. 2Ti 4:1,2,3-4

-- Much more could be said, as the Bible reveals so much about what is truth

CONCLUSION

What is truth...?

Truth is what is real

God is real, and reveals what is real

God is truth, and what He says is the truth

Call yourself what you may, but you cannot be a Christian unless...

You hold the correspondence view of truth

You believe in moral absolutes of right and wrong

You accept Jesus and His Word as the ultimate source of truth, especially in regards to morality and salvation

For those willing to accept Jesus as the ultimate source of truth, they will be greatly blessed... 

HEAR

BELIEVE

REPENT

CONFESS

BE BAPTIZED

LIVE FAITHFULLY