Back in 2003, in partial response to the devastation of the 9/11 destruction of the twin towers in NYC and the Pentagon and Flight 93 in PA, President George W. Bush sent our military into battle in the country of Iraq. One of, but not the only, reason for this invasion was the existence of Saddam Hussein’s weapons of mass destruction. After we invaded and started stabilizing the country, it was widely reported that there were no weapons of mass destruction.
That (lack of) discovery motivated the other political party to demand the truth! Nancy Pelosi, the Majority Leader at the time, called the CIA habitual liars. Both Democrats and GOP leaders called for a 9/11 Truth Commission. We want the truth. A 9/11 commission was appointed and they gave the results of their research.
Truth. Who would question that light travels at 186,282 miles per second? Who would question that two opposite statements cannot both be true at the same time and in the same way? Who would question that 2+2=4?
“True” is defined as “that which corresponds to reality.” People today like to say, “You have your truth and I have my truth.” But that absolutely cannot be the case unless both “truths” are the same truth. Either your “truth” corresponds to reality or my “truth” corresponds to reality. But if our “truths” are different, then one (or both) of them are false.
The focus of our VBS this week is: Truth Seekers, with our key text coming from John 14:6, where Jesus famously says: “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.”
The word “true” is found in the Bible 87 times; 28 in the OT; 59 in the NT (NASV). “Truth” is found 206 times; 95 in the NT. Out of these 95 times in the NT, the word “truth” is found 26 times in the Gospel of John. “True” is found 21 times. That means that 1/4 of all the occasions of “truth” in the NT are used by John in his Gospel! One-third of all the occasions of the word “true” are used by John in his Gospel! If you add in the letters of John and Revelation, we have an additional 17 occasions of “true” and 20 occasions of “truth;” that’s as many in those letters as in the whole Gospel! That’s a total of 84 times!
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If there is anybody who knows truth, who truly understands all of reality, it is God. God is called the “true” God some five times in the Bible. But the truth of the matter is that Jesus came to reveal that truth to mankind.
John 1:14-17: “And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth. John testified about Him and cried out, saying, “This was He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me has a higher rank than I, for He existed before me.’” For of His fullness we have all received, and grace upon grace. For the Law was given through Moses; grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ.”
Jesus came to testify to the truth. “Therefore Pilate said to Him, “So You are a king?” Jesus answered, “You say correctly that I am a king. For this I have been born, and for this I have come into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice” (John 18:37).
Thus we see that Jesus embodies the truth from God and teaches the truth, from the mind of God. He says: “When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He, and I do nothing on My own initiative, but I speak these things as the Father taught Me. And He who sent Me is with Me; He has not left Me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to Him. …Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I proceeded forth and have come from God, for I have not even come on My own initiative, but He sent Me” (John 8:29, 42).
All that Jesus did and says is what truly “corresponds to reality.” What He says is what is absolute, unchanging truth. That’s why you can trust Him. That’s why you must obey Him.
–Paul Holland
