The Trustworthiness of God
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What is truth?
What is truth?
Reality, Veracity, The way things actually are
Reality, Veracity, The way things actually are
God’s truth is the standard and source of all truth
God’s truth is the standard and source of all truth
Truth is consistent with everything about God because He is truth and His word is truth
Truth is consistent with everything about God because He is truth and His word is truth
9 CHARACTERISTICS OF THE GOD’S TRUTH
GOD’S TRUTH IS...
GOD’S TRUTH IS...
Divine
Divine
God is truth — thus, truth is divine
Doesn’t originate with man or some organization or tradition
Father, Son, and Spirit
Into your hands I commit my spirit;
deliver me, Lord, my faithful God.
FATHER
Whoever invokes a blessing in the land
will do so by the one true God;
whoever takes an oath in the land
will swear by the one true God.
For the past troubles will be forgotten
and hidden from my eyes.
SON
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
when you heard about Christ and were taught in him in accordance with the truth that is in Jesus.
There is no redemptive truth outside of Jesus
Every other religion is not truth because it is not based upon Jesus, who is truth
SPIRIT
the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you.
“When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father—he will testify about me.
But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come.
The Holy Spirit is our Teacher
Absolute
Absolute
Absolute
Absolute
Exclusive - the foundational standard for all that is right
THE truth
Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.
Satan is a liar…the polar opposite of the truth
You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
Not at all! Let God be true, and every human being a liar. As it is written:
“So that you may be proved right when you speak
and prevail when you judge.”
The “wisdom of this world” is incompatible with the truth because it doesn’t come from God
Objective
Objective
It is revealed in clearly defined, unambiguous terms through the Bible
It is revealed in clear and specific teaching found in the Bible
It is the whole truth…the source of light and life
The Bible is the verbal, plenary word…100% inspired (God-breathed)
For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.
His truth is objective because it doesn’t rely on feelings, circumstances, people’s opinions, etc.
Singular
Singular
Singular
Singular
Singular
Singular
It stands as one complete body of truth…there is no need to edit, add to or take away from it
It doesn’t contradict itself
Interwoven to create a perfect tapestry - theology, history, poetry, doctrine, law, prophecy
It is definite, definitive, and conclusive. Truth is not abstract, vague, or nebulous. It is accurately stated by the fixed meaning of words and can be observed, discussed, studied, analyzed, believed, proclaimed, and defended.
Dear friends, although I was very eager to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt compelled to write and urge you to contend for the faith that was once for all entrusted to God’s holy people.
Immutable
Immutable
Unchangeable
Your word, Lord, is eternal;
it stands firm in the heavens.
The grass withers and the flowers fall,
but the word of our God endures forever.”
It is easier for heaven and earth to disappear than for the least stroke of a pen to drop out of the Law.
You cannot get more up-to-date that God’s truth because it doesn’t change…it’s always on target
Universal
Universal
All truth is God’s truth, wherever and however it is found — Arthur Holmes
It is transcendent over everything else
It is straightforward and trustworthy
Illuminating
Illuminating
Your word is a lamp for my feet,
a light on my path.
We must have the light of truth to have the mind of Christ…to see things as they really are
Without it we are in the dark
With it…we have the ultimate advantage in navigating this life
Trustworthy
Trustworthy
Trustworthy — a solid rock
Has never failed and will never fail
Historically sound, accurate, free of all errors and deficiencies
God is the source of truth…He is truth…making it perfect and inerrent
Authoritative
Authoritative
It is never a mere suggestion
It is sovereign because it’s source is God
It is demanding
It creates
It sustains
It has the right to rule
It demands a response
There is no salvation apart from it because it leads straight to Jesus