The Truth

Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. – John 14.6

Truth is an interesting concept.

Today truth is a much embattled subject. What is truth? Is there truth? Can’t we all have our own truth? Does truth even matter? What’s true for you might not be true for me?

Even in Jesus day we have Pilate asking that classic question ‘Quid est veritas?’ (What is truth?)

Just like people say there must be many ways to God many would say that there must be many truths about God.

But that simply is not true. True is truth because it is true. If there are multiple truths there is no truth.

Jesus made it clear that there is only one truth. That truth is found in Him.

The Greek word here is aletheia. Aristotle defined the word 'to say of what is that it is, and of what is not that it is not, is true.' In other words, things are what they are. This is the aspect of truth which is assailed by modern culture in its ‘modernism’ and ‘post-modernism.’

But Jesus is exactly true and what He says He is. He is true and everything about Him is true.

Jesus is the truth, the only truth. He is what He says He is. There is nothing hidden about it. He is the truth that leads to eternal life.