2 Tim 2:15 "Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth."
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STANDING IN THE TRUTH
LORD’S DAY, OCTOBER 20
1 John 2:21-24
John 14:6
“… I am the way, the truth, and the life:
no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”
STANDING IN THE TRUTH
One of the attributes of God is that He is true. It is called the veracity of God. It is defined as “that perfection of God in virtue of which He is true in His inner being, in His revelation, and in His relation to His people. … this attribute is also called God’s faithfulness” (Berkhof).
The Apostle built on the saying of Christ that He is, among other things, the truth. The Greek word “pistos” (meaning “faithful”) is related to truth. It is “a chief element of the nature of God … a ground of confidence in His promises … the truth of God stands for the consistency of His nature and guarantees His full response in all the relations of a universe of which He is the Maker, Preserver, and End” (ISBE).
John wrote, “I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth” (1 John 2:21). On the opposite end is the antichrist. The word translated devil means a slanderer or a liar. Everything he does is against God’s truth. Yet faith stands on the truth, for God is true. “… it was impossible for God to lie …” (Heb 6:18).
The words of Christ that He is the truth will always remain true. In opposition to the truth, lies will continue. Today, liberal theologians are having a field day denying Christ. Their blasphemies must not be repeated. They do this because they do not know the Father. Spurgeon said that there is nothing that is new in theology except that which is false. The mindset of men who deny Christ is the same in all generations. They are all energized by the wicked one. The truth “… which ye have heard from the beginning” (1 John 2:24) does not change. It will always remain and continue to proclaim itself because it is of God.
THOUGHT: “And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free” (John 8:32).
PRAYER: Lord, may I continue in the Son and in the Father.