Spring
2004
Truth
Maurice Lindsay
All that coincides with the will of God is truth. There is
no need to go through a packet of definitions, or logic, to
discover truth. All that is needed is to believe God, and
take Him at His word.
When one takes God at His word, and believes on the Lord
Jesus Christ, He becomes saved, with a witness by and of the
Spirit of God, that He is now a child of God. In his heart,
a person may know he is saved, and has become a part of God’s
family.
Much of the time, “truth” is construed as anything
that matches its definition. If a green object is said to
be green, it matches its name, which gives it substance, and
it is said to be true.
A contradiction exists when an object and its definition
differ. If I say a green object is white, the object and its
description differ, so it cannot be true. Any contradiction
immediately establishes a falsehood. A contradiction cannot
be true, because truth is based in God, and He does not contradict
Himself.
If God contradicted Himself, He would cease to be God. God
has revealed Himself in Scripture, and He has set His word
above His name. He is committed by His very existence to “Truth.”
Jesus said, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life.”
These three entities cannot be separated. When He expresses
Himself as being the Way - the Truth and the Life are at once
immediately expressed, along with the Way.
When Thomas asked, “How could he know the way?”
Jesus could not answer only that He is the Way, but must answer
with all three parts, as He is the answer to the ethical problem
of the One within the Many. God exists as a triune Person.
In this Person dwell three; Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
The One within the Many is solved. All that is true is in
Christ Jesus. Pilate asked Jesus, “What is Truth?”
to which Jesus did not respond. He did not answer Pilate because
Jesus is the Answer. He said, “I AM the way, and the
truth, and the life. When Jesus said, “I AM,”
He is saying, I AM is God.
There are those who teach the “Fatherhood of God”
and the “Brotherhood of man,” which is not part
of the Scriptures. God is Father to all in a creative sense,
but not in a relative sense. Only when one receives His Son
as Savior and Lord, does God accept him as a son.
When this occurs, God sends His Spirit into that person’s
heart to witness within him, that he is now in right relation
to God, as Father and son. The truth of this is demonstrable
in that when the Word of God is accepted and believed by an
individual, he becomes what the Bible says he will become.
This is true, and is truth.
The three necessities of a Life Philosophy are embodied in
Jesus Christ, the revealed Truth of God: He is Truth. He is
Life Eternal, and He gives this life to whomsoever He will.