Truth has become one of my life-long pursuits and passions. I yearn to know what is true (in all areas of life). But what is truth? Is it possible to really know what truth is any more? Truth is “the state of being the case” or “the body of real things, events, and facts” according to Webster. In other words, it is what is real. Great! But how do I know if something is really “the state of being the case”?
The answer comes from God’s Word. Psalm 119:160 states the following: “The entirety of Your word is truth, and every one of Your righteous judgments endures forever.” (NKJ) God’s Word is truth. The Scriptures are truth—in its entirety. In other words, there is nothing that is in the Scriptures that is NOT true!
I understand this to mean the following:
© I cannot pick and choose what parts of Scripture I like or don’t like—which parts I will obey or not obey—which parts I will live or not live. Scripture is either all truth, or it is not truth at all.
© If Scripture really is the truth, then I must accept all of Scripture as the ruler or guide by which I measure all else. It must become the grid through which I filter EVERYTHING else!
© What Scripture states is what is real.
These facts are a great comfort to me. It is possible to know the Truth. I do not have to live my life in a constant upheaval of trying to determine my own reality or am not doomed to another person’s perception of reality.
These facts are also a great responsibility. I have the Truth readily available, therefore I am without excuse. I cannot but abide in the Truth. I have utter confidence in the words of Christ in John 8:31-32: “Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, "If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."
