through all my life I have always been bothered by lies the most... realizing that sometimes liars believe their own lies to be the truth, loosing sight of what truth / reality is... sometimes it is just that everyone sees the truth from their point of view... trying to accept this I think is what has led today's world to say there is no ultimate truth... as a Christian, believing what theBible says, I do not agree with that.
there always is truth, no matter how distorted it gets by being filtered through our own experiences, hang ups and issues...
this is what the Webster's Dictionary from 1828 says truth is:
Conformity to fact or reality; exact accordance with that which is, or has been, or shall be. The truth of history constitutes its whole value. We rely on the truth of the scriptural prophecies.
Conformity of words to thoughts, which is called moral truth.
Veracity; purity from falsehood; practice of speaking truth; habitual disposition to speak truth; as when we say, a man is a man of truth.
Correct opinion. Fidelity; constancy. Honesty; virtue. Sincerity The truth of God, is his veracity and faithfulness. Ps.71.
Jesus Christ is called the truth. John 14. To do truth, is to practice what God commands. John 3.
isn't it interesting that a dictionary in 1828 would have used the Bible as a reference to explain what truth is? This is what the Bible says...
John 1:14, 16, 17 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
Out of his fullness we have all received grace in place of grace already given. For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
John 8: 31+32 If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
John 14:6,7,15-17 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you really know me, you will know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him.” “If you love me, keep my commands. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever— 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.
so, lying... considering there is a lie at the source of every sin, this is serious... lying could also be telling half truths, sharing only part of what happened, keeping things that would allow others to understand the full truth hidden...
as Christians, we are called to do everything we can to find out the whole truth, without jumping to conclusions and gossiping about it, .. this might be very hard, go against our feelings, but we cannot just see one side and let that cloud our judgement... there is only one that will benefit from this, and we do not want to help him now, do we?
