Truth!

Truth!

John 8:32 AMPC

[32] And you will know the Truth, and the Truth will set you free.

We start with a definition of truth. The word "true" means matching facts and reality instead of being false. The challenge with the definition above is that the world is able to define what it qualifies as true, and it will hold on to that position, no matter how silly its view is, or what God's word says. We live in a world that celebrates 'alternative facts" and claims these facts to be true, even when everyone else can see it to be false. This is also why it cannot be the world that defines what is true, but that which has been proven to be consistent and absolute in its constant consistency. God is the only One who has remained true through changing generations.

We encounter this truth when Jesus spoke to the crowd which always gathered anytime He was speaking. I note that in that crowd were Jews, as well as Pharisees and the teachers of the law. Some came sincerely to hear Him speak, but some also came to find ways to trip Him up, so they could have cause to accuse and arrest Him. As it was in those days, so is it today. Many come to Jesus with ulterior and sincere motives, but the warning here is: we deal with a God of absolute knowledge. Nothing catches Him by surprise; there are no secrets with Him; you cannot deceive Him. How can that which is created outwit He who is the Creator?

He cannot be mocked; whatever the motive for coming to Him may be, know that you will get the result that matches that motive. Think about the verse above; this was Jesus' words to the Jews who had come to believe in Him. In the same crowd where the Pharisees were looking for ways to trip Him, there were Jews that were receiving and responding to the Word of God. Who says God cannot move in the midst of the most oppressive regime? Who says God is limited by men's resistance to His Word? As it was then, so is it today. The Word still works wonders. The power of the Word of God is still active today. Is my heart receptive to the Word of God today?

These Jews who believed were introduced to the Truth: the person that gives true freedom. No knowledge of man is ever complete in man; no one can say he has known all there is to know of a body of knowledge. In the same way, if a man knows God, He is now exposed to a God who has no limits, and who can preserve all who hold on to Him to eternity. This is the truth of the person of Christ: He does not just give life. He is Life. He does not just show the way; He is the Way. He is not one of many options; He is the One who makes the Father known. He will not force Himself on anyone, but knowing Him is true freedom that preserves all the way to eternal life. Do you know Him? God's time of favour is here.