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Title: Jesus is the Truth    
  
  
  
  

    

  
  
  
  


Definition: a verified or indisputable fact, proposition, principle

Truth is not relative - it is absolute.   For it to be absolute there must be a guarantor.   The Lord is the guarantor of Truth.   

The Bible, is the written Truth.   

Jesus, is the living Truth.   

The Holy Spirit is the Spirit Of Truth.   

The Truth about what?   
    our Creator
    our purpose
    our acceptance
    our potential
    our future
    His love

Any notion that a person may have regarding Truth must have its foundation in God`s Word - the bible and Jesus.   

Otherwise the notion, however reasonable or popular, is error.   

The Bible puts it this way:
The Lord forbid: yes, let the Lord be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That you might be justified in your sayings, and might overcome when you are judged.
Until we are willing to believe the Word Of The Lord regardless of `evidence` to the contrary, we are not prepared to appropriate Grace Through Faith.

There is a way which seems right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

There are many popular ideas that are in error:
- women have a right to kill the unborn - abortion
- sexual perversion is OK - homosexuality
- stealing by proxy is OK - entitlements
- scales will be used in The Judgment - salvation
- we are All God`s children - newbirth
- dogs are people too - animals
- profiling is wrong - The Judgment

Jesus is the Truth.   His Word speaks to the Truth.   
Kindness and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
Our Lord is the embodiment and manifestation of all that is good,

For the Lord is good; his kindness is everlasting; and his truth endures to all generations.
Our Lord doesn`t just do good, He is good.     It is impossible for Him to be otherwise.     He is true and faithful and no respecter of persons.

I have rejoiced in the way of your testimonies, as much as in all riches.
love, peace and joy cannot be found through riches.

And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father), full of grace and truth.
`The Word was made flesh` means that the eternal Word Of The Lord was born into the human family.     

`begotten of the Father` speaks to the fact that the Holy Spirit impregnated Mary.     

`full of grace and truth` speaks to the character of the Holy Spirit being manifested in the Soul and Body of Christ Jesus.     

Christ Jesus is the express image of the Father, and that image is the pattern used to create Adam and all humanity.     We are Spirit Soul And Body as is our Creator, Saviour and Lord, Christ Jesus.

For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
Two dispensations, two covenants.     The covenant of Grace Through Faith has supplanted the covenant of Self Righteousness.

But the hour comes, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeks such to worship him.
A true worshipper is one who offers acceptable worship to the one being worshipped.     

How is our Heavenly Father gratified?     
    the Spirit is the Holy Spirit
    The Holy Spirit is our Heavenly Father
    The Holy Spirit is the Spirit Of Christ Jesus
    the Word is Truth
    Jesus is the Truth

For us to please the Lord Jesus Christ we fellowship with Him in His Holy Spirit in meditation upon His Word.

The Lord is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
Jesus is Spirit Soul And Body just like we are .     
    We are created in the image of God, so
    God is Spirit Soul And Body.     

This verse reveals to us that God is first and foremost Spirit
    He is the Holy Spirit.     
    The Holy Spirit is the Father of Christ Jesus.     
    Jesus and the Father are one.     
    Jesus is the express image of His Holy Spirit
    Jesus is God.     

Any Worship that does not acknowledge the Holy Spirit does not acknowledge the Lord Jesus Christ.     Such worship is futile.     

The Word Of The Lord is Truth.     

Any Worship that does not honour the Truth does not acknowledge the Lord Jesus Christ.     Such worship is futile.

And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
To know the Truth means that we have:
    Heard it
    Believed it
    Received it
    Doing it

See He Be Re Do.

Jesus says unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man comes unto the Father, but by me.
Jesus is the Holy Spirit in flesh.     

It is necessary to believe this about Jesus in order to be Born Again of His Holy Spirit.     

Those who reject Jesus, reject His Holy Spirit.     
    The Way: Jesus is the path to His Holy Spirit.     
    The Truth: Jesus is the Truth about His Holy Spirit
    The Life: Jesus is the giver of life by His Holy Spirit.     

As disciples of Christ we must share this Gospel Truth with everyone in our lives.     

Our testimony of the Lord Jesus Christ will either be a testimony for them leading to Eternal Life with Christ or a testimony against them in The Judgment leading to Eternal Death in the Lake Of Fire.     

Even the Holy Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it sees him not, neither knows him: but you know him; for he dwells with you, and shall be in you.
Jesus is the Truth.     His Spirit is the Spirit Of Truth.     The Spirit Of Truth is the Holy Spirit.     The Holy Spirit is God.     

The Holy Spirit of Jesus was with them while He ministered on earth and His Holy Spirit would come to be in them on the day of Pentecost.     

Why do people, including Christians, not receive the Holy Spirit, the Spirit Of Christ?     They cannot see Him.     
No one can see the Holy Spirit and so men go about creating a god that they can see or at least visualize.     

It is idolatry to try to visualize the Holy Spirit apart from His express image, Christ Jesus.     This is why we come to the Father (Holy Spirit) in the name of Jesus.     

We receive the Holy Spirit of Jesus by asking in faith just like we received remission of sins and were Born Again.     Both come by and through faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.

But when you receive the Comforter, who is my Father, even the Holy Spirit of truth, for truth is of the Holy Spirit, he shall testify of me:
The Holy Spirit is:
1) Comforter
2) Spirit Of Truth
3) witness of Jesus Christ.     
    Peace is a Spirit Fruit state of comfort.     
    Jesus is the Truth so the Holy Spirit gives revelation knowledge of the Truth.     
    We cannot adequately testify of Jesus without His Holy Spirit inspiration.     

But just as Jesus is in His Holy Spirit Father , and His Holy Spirit Father is in Him, making Him His own Father while saying `the Father is greater than I` , so it is with us, we can be filled with the Holy Spirit and yet have only part of the omnipresent Holy Spirit Father in us.     

The source point from which He, the Holy Spirit, issues is the Spirit Realm (heaven).     It is there in which His Majesty is best experienced

Howbeit when he, the Holy Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will show you things to come.
Having the Holy Spirit, the Spirit Of Truth, inside you is better than having Jesus beside you .     

All Truth is ours In Christ Jesus who listen to His Holy Spirit teach us the depth of it .     

What does the Holy Spirit hear?     
    The Word.     

What does the Holy Spirit speak?     
    The Word

The Word is Truth .     

It is interesting that the Holy Spirit, who will only speak what He hears from the Word, is the inspiration for what is spoken in the Word.     This is saying that the Word and Holy Spirit are One - inseparable .     

We must pour ourselves into the Word so that the Holy Spirit can reveal its Truth to us .     

Sanctify them through your truth: your word is truth.
We are washed in the Word Of The Lord and transformed from Grace to Grace by it.     

The implication for those not in the Word is that they are unsanctified and so, spiritually filthy.     

Worst of all, they may not realize they are filthy and in conflict with their Saviour.     

But for those in the Word, Abundant Life in power, peace, joy, faith and love manifests more and more.

And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.
Jesus kept Himself from sin in order for us to be saved by His perfect sacrifice.

Pilate therefore said unto him, Are you a king then?     Jesus answered, You say that I am a king.     To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth.     Every one that is of the truth hears my voice.
Jesus actually offers some information here regarding His purpose in coming to earth.     He is the Truth and draws men to the Truth.

O foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you, that you should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ has been evidently set forth, crucified among you?
It would take the bewitching of Satan to undermine a New Creature into believing that they are somehow responsible for their New Life.

In whom you also trusted, after that you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that you believed, you were sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise,
When we heard the Gospel of Truth we believed it, received it and trusted it.     
In so doing we signed the New Covenant that the Holy Spirit offered to us by the preaching of the Word.     
As a result, we were Born Again and made New Spirit beings In Christ Jesus.     

Our New Spirit is perfect.     
Our sanctification in the New Birth made us eligible to receive the Holy Spirit.     

So, every such Born Again believer who asks for the baptism of the Holy Spirit is filled with Him.     

This baptism of the Holy Spirit is the seal of the New Covenant, He was promised and His presence in us holds promise of power going out of us.     

If so be that you have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus:
This transformation will occur in every person who has truly heard Jesus and is being taught by Him.     The Holy Spirit teaches us about Christ Jesus, the Truth.

(For the fruit of the Holy Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)
The fruit of the Holy Spirit can only manifest in a person who has given themselves over to goodness and righteousness and Truth.

Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
We have to determine to stand
    The will to stand is all on us.     
    The strength to stand is all on the Lord.     

On what do we stand?     
We stand on Gospel Truth, by which the righteousness of the Holy Spirit abides in us.

For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof you heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;
The Gospel reveals the good things of the Lord`s Grace which includes blessings for this life and for our life with Him in heaven.     The Gospel is the Word of Truth.

Which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and brings forth fruit, as it does also in you, since the day you heard of it, and knew the grace of the Holy Spirit in truth:
The pure Gospel will bring forth fruit whereever and whenever it is preached.     The Gospel reveals the Grace of the Lord in Truth.

For this cause also thank we the Lord without ceasing, because, when you received the word of the Lord which you heard of us, you received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of the Lord, which effectually works also in you that believe.
It is wonderful when hearers of the Word become believers and receivers of the Word that we minister to them.

And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
The beast will exercise influence and power over all those who have received his mark, name or number.     

Those in his power did not receive a Love Of The Truth through Christ Jesus and so were deceived,

That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
Damnation is the end result of rejection of the Truth, believing the lie and worshipping unrighteous pleasure.

But we are bound to give thanks alway to the Lord for you, brothers beloved of the Lord, because the Lord has from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Holy Spirit and belief of the truth:
His Plan from the beginning is that we become His children by being born of Him.     

We are born of the Holy Spirit by believing on the Lord Jesus Christ who is the Truth.     

We are sanctified in the New Birth by the indwelling Holy Spirit.     

Adherence to the Truth will be challenged by the beast and his followers.

Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.
There are no exceptions - all men.

Study to show yourself approved unto the Lord, a workman that needs not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
The Word must be rightly divided because of the gradations of revelation found in the different covenants.     
The most profound distinction is between Law and Grace.     

When studying the Word, we must understand the Old Testament in the context of the New Testament.     We search the Old Testament scriptures for evidence of Christ who brings salvation .      When we study the New Testament we grow in Grace and knowledge of Christ Jesus .     

When you see the real object its shadow is no longer informative and should not be one`s focus.     

Furthermore, understanding that Jesus was an Old Testament prophet is critical to balance His commands with His provision of Grace through His death and resurrection.     

We are to be workmen, meaning we have a job to do for the Kingdom Of God.     The Word Of The Lord is the tool we use to effect the Lord`s will.     But having the true nature of the Holy Spirit in our minds is necessary for good fruit to manifest.     

Our study of the Word reveals that we are already approved of the Lord.     We are Accepted In The Beloved.

In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if the Lord perhaps will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;
Believers who are in bondage to wrong theology must be treated for their sake and not our pride.

Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
The knowledge of the Truth is a personal relationship with Christ Jesus via His indwelling Holy Spirit.     

The Holy Spirit Of Christ Jesus is the Spirit Of Truth.     

Many people know about Jesus.     Some even know what He said and did.     But knowledge about Christ Jesus is not the knowledge of the Truth that this verse is speaking of.     

Knowledge of the Truth comes by faith in the Word of the Lord concerning Jesus.     That faith produces Eternal Life in the believer on the authority of the Lord`s Word .     

In the secular realm, knowledge is the end all.     Disciplines are contrived in which knowledge is pursued.     However, without the correct assumptions, a discipline or thread of knowledge is merely an intellectual game having no connection at all to Truth.     

The acknowledgement of the Creator must be assumption number one.     Otherwise, the pursuit is the pursuit of a fool.     

And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
The Truth is Christ and His Word revealed by the Spirit of Truth, the Holy Spirit.     Rejecters of Jesus, the Word and Holy Spirit will believe the lies of Satan.

Paul, a servant of the Lord, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of the Lord`s elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness;

Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.

Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
We are saved because the Holy Spirit loves us.     He desired us, created us, redeemed us, filled us and has made us Accepted In The Beloved.     

Note that we are born of the Word and the Holy Spirit.     
    the Word is what Jesus said and who He is
    the Holy Spirit is the inspiration and essence of Jesus.     
    we are begotten of the Holy Spirit as New Spirit beings on the authority of what Jesus has accomplished for us.


Honesty is a by-product of having received the Truth.   

The spirit of lying that is dominating public life is evidence that the truth is not in people`s lives.   

There is no reason to be frustrated with the lying and the liars.   A liar lies.   That is who they are.   

The only way a liar can change is to accept the Truth.   

So, we should simply see lying as a signal for us to share the Truth with them.   


20181117 update We have been fed a lie for 55 years - that there is more than one Truth.   

The reality is that there is only one Truth - Christ Jesus.   Outside of Him is darkness.   When you are in the dark you call evil good and good evil.   

Jesus said you will know the tree by its fruit.   See the lost as who they are - people who need Christ.   

Hearing and receiving the Truth brings repentance, and repentance enables Christ to make a New Spirit being of us.