Jesus is the Truth
John 14:6 – “Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father except through Me.”
In this verse Jesus is making a very bold statement. He did not say He was a way, or a truth, or a life. He said He was the way, the truth and the life. Today, we want to look at the fact that He is the truth! Again, we notice that Jesus is not saying that He just knows the truth; or that He speaks the truth. These are very important things, but Jesus goes beyond that and says that He is the truth.
So, as we look at this, we ask ourselves the question, “What does He mean, He is the Truth?” One commentator says this, “ It would seem that He is saying that, ultimately, He Himself is the source of all truth, and the standard by which all things are to be judged as either true or false. There is nobody else, besides Jesus, who so embodies truth as to be entitled to identify Himself as being the truth.”
We can recall the story of Jesus standing before Pilate and Pilate asks Jesus if He was a king. Jesus answered him by saying, “You say that I am a king. For this I was born, and for this I have come into the world, to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears my voice.” And Pilate asked Jesus, “What is truth?” Well, the answer to Pilate’s question was actually standing right there in front of him. Jesus was, and is, the truth. Everything about Him is truth. He spoke the truth, He embodies the truth. His character speaks truth. His life expresses truth. He is the truth!
Because this is true about Jesus, He must become the One from whom we get our truth today. Whatever truth we base our life on, it must be the truth that comes from Jesus Himself. It must come from His life, His teachings, His character. We stand for truth because of who Jesus is. It doesn’t matter what the world says or thinks, it doesn’t matter what the government may say or do, It doesn’t matter what our friends or family may see about us, what matters is that our heart and life is centered on Jesus, the truth. And we stand on what we know to be true about Him and what we see in His Word.
We will continue this later, but may God help all of us to know that He is the truth for us!