WHAT IS TRUTH? 

A simple definition of Truth is: that which conforms to reality, fact or actuality.

It could be stated that there are aspects of truth which are relative to a particular person or place, for example, I could say that it is TRUE that I have blue eyes and that I am left-handed. It is also true that I am an Australian citizen by birth, and that I am a resident of the township of Sorell in Tasmania. It is also true that I am married and have two grown children - and two grandchildren. All these facts are true in relation to me, but most of these facts may not be true for you who are reading this.

When I was a student at Bible College in 1980, I remember being struck by the statement made by one of the college faculty, that ALL TRUTH IS GOD'S TRUTH. Examples of this could be stated as the laws of nature, physics and mathematics which are always true and cannot be changed. Let me clarify this by suggesting that in mathematics 2+2=4 will always be an example of mathematical truth.

Sir Isaac Newton's Universal Law Of Gravitation is another example of God's truth in the natural world proving reliable one hundred percent of the time. Newton postulated that any two objects in the universe attract each other with a force which is directly proportional to the product of their masses and is inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them. HUH! The simplified version concerning Gravity is: What goes up must come down!

There are other reliable and consistent laws in nature which were designed by the Creator God of the universe. At this point, anyone reading this who believes the universe just came into being as a result of the Big Bang, and out of that, over time everything evolved over millions or billions of years without any intelligent design, may not like my conclusions - but I make no apologies for believing God is the Prime Mover for everything in this universe, including the complex life forms on our own planet Earth.

As it says in Colossians 1:16-20 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they are thrones or dominions, or principalities or powers. All things were created by Him and for Him. He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together. He is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that in all things He may have the preeminence. For it pleased the Father that in Him all fullness should dwell, and to reconcile all things to Himself by Him, having made peace through the blood of His cross, by Him. I say - whether they are things in earth, or things in heaven.

As evangelist Ray Comfort so rightly says: "Every song has a composer, every book has an author, every car has a maker, every painting has a painter, and every building has a builder. So it isn't irrational to take this simple logic a little further and say that nature must have had a Maker. It would be irrational to believe that it made itself." So, looking at the Big Picture, ALL TRUTH IS GOD'S TRUTH.

As a committed, Bible-believing Christian, I believe the Bible to be the written Holy Spirit-inspired Word of God. We are addressing the question: What is truth? in this blog.

Truth is personified in the eternal Son of the Living God, the Lord Jesus Christ, who in John 14:6 stated concerning Himself: "I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through Me." What a remarkable statement Jesus made in response to a question from Thomas, one of the disciples.

Earlier in this same Gospel of John, Jesus addressing some Jews who believed in Him, said: "If you continue in My word, you are My disciples indeed,

And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free." John 8:31,32.

Those who have taken Jesus at His word, who have committed their lives to God, availing themselves of the transforming power of the cross of Christ, of His shed blood to cleanse us from sin and to redeem us back to the Father God - these have a powerful testimony of the liberating power of the Holy Spirit to release from bondages of sin and Satan, the arch-Deceiver, whom the Bible calls the father of Lies.

TO BE CONTINUED