Establishing Foundations: The Source of Truth

In John 17:17 Jesus prayed to the Father and said, "Thy word is truth." That's a great statement, but do you realize what it is to have the truth? Quite often people say, "But I don't know what the truth is." Even Pilate came to the place in his life when he looked at Jesus and said, "What is truth?" (John 18:38). Many people have that same thought; nevertheless, we're in a world that searches for truth. That has caused a lot of information (and a lot of misinformation), because our society is chasing truth. The Bible even says that men are "ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth" (2 Tim. 3:7).

You se, man has lost the truth, or he has misunderstood experiences and emotional times in God for the undeniable truth. People promote moves of God that are unscriptural, because part of truth is present and not all the truth. Partial truth is actually no truth and is a lie and deception. It's fantastic to realize, and sometimes I think we forget it, that every time we pick up the Bible, we pick up the truth. It is the final authority. It is the sieve, which all things we do must pass through. What a tremendous guide we have that is sure and available for all to see.

But we can't take it for granted, and we certainly can't let it just sit around. We need to study the Word of God because it is the source of truth. Jesus said, "If ye continue in my word ... ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free" (John 8:31b-32). Man will search and struggle and grapple and grope for the truth until he finds it-then he's free. The truth about God; the truth about man; the truth about life; the truth about death; the truth about you and me; the truth about men, women, children, husbands, wives, fathers, and mothers; the truth about friends and enemies; the truth about how you ought to be at work and how you ought to be at home; even the truth about how you ought to eat, drink, how you ought to live, how you ought to think-the truth is all there. What a resource we have. Cherish it. Let us not be deceived in this day with false actions and doctrines. The truth at times may be painful to fully realize, but the truth will always set us free!