Jesus answered, "I am the Way and THE TRUTH and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through Me." ~John 14:6
Last week we learned about Jesus as 'The Life'. This week, we get an understanding of Jesus as 'The Truth'. We have unfortunately let society give us a counterfeit definition of 'truth'. We have allowed ourselves to think that we are defined by our clothes, our vehicle, our house or even our circumstances.
Sometimes we make choices with counterfeit information we believe to be truth. We can also make choices based on information we get from others, only to discover it wasn't the truth. The thing about counterfeit is that it is a way of robbing the recipient. It's such a subtle form of robbery, it's not a burglary in broad daylight. Nor is it a pickpocket where you find out after the fact once you start looking for what was taken. Counterfeit actually requires someone else pointing out to you that you've been taken. In good faith you think what you have is real and then someone points out its fake, it's not the real thing.
When this happens, we can become frustrated:
- It isn't what we thought it was
- It's face value ends up not being what we thought
- We didn't know how to identify something as being counterfeit and we got stuck with it
A LIE:
- Perverts the truth
- Tells people what they want to hear
- Mixes enough truth to make a lie appear realistic
We need a 'benchmark' or a standard. If we spend time studying a counterfeit, another counterfeit could come by and we could be fooled by it, because we don't have a benchmark - the real thing. When we spend time with the authentic, we have a standard (the truth) that we can compare anything with, to see if it matches up. This way, any counterfeit will be quickly exposed. However, learning how to identify the truth isn't instant. It takes time to be trained to be able to know the authentic from a counterfeit. The more time you spend with the authentic (the truth), the easier it will become to identify the various counterfeits that may come your way.
Jesus Is The Real Deal... Jesus Is The 'Truth'!
The good news is that we have received the greatest gift ever. We have received the gift of Jesus Christ. Jesus came that even in the midst of all of the counterfeits, we might be able to know the truth. Jesus is not in agreement with the standard... Jesus is the standard. He doesn't rely on the original... He is the original.
What Is Truth?
TRUTH is defined as 'constancy, agreement with a standard or original, accurate-without fault, truth is opposed to falsehood.'
There are many facts out there that over time are proven incorrect. Facts are not constant. They are subject to change. However, the Truth never changes. For example, gravity has always been and will always be gravity. It will always work the same way... something falling at a constant 9.8 metres per second, squared.
How Is JESUS The TRUTH?
- Jesus is CONSTANT ~Rev. 22:13
Jesus is the same yesterday, today and forever. ~Hebrews 13:8
Sin is a debt and it will come due. What will you pay for that debt with?
Christ came to pay our bill for us. We are free from the debt of sin by
Christ's finished work on the cross. You can trust that Jesus paid your
debts because He is constant, always backing His promises!
- The value of the dollar goes up and down; it's not constant. It fluctuates because those who trade currency change their belief in the ability of a government to back their currency with their federal reserve.
- A dollar is a 'promissory note' that is backed by a promise made by the government that they will have the money to guarantee that dollar.
- Jesus has the capacity to back His promises... without fluctuation. He owns it all! You can be assured. He has always kept and will always keep his promises!
- Jesus is in in AGREEMENT with God the Father ~John 15:15
- Jesus understood His source, God the Father.
- Jesus' purpose came from the Father, Jesus life on earth worked towards the purpose of the Father.
- Jesus came to unite the world to their creator. Everything He did was in agreement to that.
- Jesus is truthful but more than that He IS THE TRUTH. He IS THE TRUTH because of what He accomplished here on earth.
- Jesus is WITHOUT FAULT ~Hebrews 10:14
- In order to have relationship with God, people in the Old Testament days had to make continual sacrifices because there was nothing that could be given to a perfect God that could take care of our sin issue.
- That was before Jesus; He came and once and for all paid the price as the perfect sacrifice.
- Jesus OPPOSES Lies - Satan is the father of all lies - no lie comes from the truth.
- "Then you will know THE TRUTH, and THE TRUTH will SET YOU FREE." ~John 8:32
- We don't have to be Trapped
- We don't have to be Shackled
- We don't have to be Imprisoned
And not free for a moment. It's not a parole or time off for good behaviour. It is complete Freedom given freely when you know THE TRUTH because... "If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed" ~John 8:36
- NOT COUNTERFEIT FREEDOM - BUT TRUE FREEDOM
- NOT COUNTERFEIT HEALING - BUT TRUE HEAING
- NOT COUNTERFEIT WHOLENESS - BUT TRUE WHOLENESS
- NOT COUNTERFEIT LIFE - BUT LIFE TO THE FULLEST
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