What is truth or more accurately, who is truth?
John 14:6a Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
And, so if you want to know the truth, who should you listen to?
John 18:37 “You are a king, then!” said Pilate. Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. In fact, the reason I was born and came into the world is to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens to me.”
What does this mean for you? Well it means, if you are not listening to Jesus Christ, you are not on the side of truth; you are not listening to the truth. In fact, Jesus said that the reason he was born and came into the world is to testify to the truth. And if you are not on the side truth, then you must be on the side of a lie or on the side of a deception.
So, is God always on the side of truth? Can God lie?
Heb 6:18 God did this so that, by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be greatly encouraged.
It is impossible for God to lie! God cannot lie!
So, where are all of the lies and deception in this world, coming from?
John 8:44 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.
Satan, the devil, is a liar and in fact, is the father of lies. There is not even one iota of truth in him. His native language is lying. Because there is no truth in him, he cannot tell the truth.
So, what does the “world” think of Jesus?
John 7:12 Among the crowds there was widespread whispering about him (Jesus). Some said, “He is a good man.” Others replied, “No, he deceives the people.”
Notice, some people think Jesus is a good man. That’s nice of them. Today, we might say, “he’s not a bad guy,” or “he’s a pretty good fellow.” They are not really acknowledging that he is God, only that he’s a good man. Still others accuse Jesus, who is the truth, of being a deceiver. A truthful person, and as we have seen, even the Son of God, can be accused of being a deceiver by people of this world.
Did Jesus warn his followers to watch for deceivers?
Mark 13:5 Jesus said to them: “Watch out that no one deceives you.
Yes, as we can see that Jesus did warn us of deceivers. And there are many deceivers.
Why can’t the average person see what is really going on in the world?
2 Cor 4:4 The god of this age (Satan the devil) has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
Rev 12:9 The great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.
Satan, the devil, has blinded the minds of unbelievers so they cannot see the light of the gospel. It is Satan that leads the whole world astray through his lies and deception.
What will eventually happen to those who refuse to love the truth (Jesus Christ)?
2 Th 2:9-12 The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with how Satan works. He will use all sorts of displays of power through signs and wonders that serve the lie, 10 and all the ways that wickedness deceives those who are perishing. They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. 11 For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie 12 and so that all will be condemned who have not believed the truth but have delighted in wickedness.
Those who refuse to love the truth – (the truth being Jesus Christ), will perish. They will have no life in them.
But what about those who do believe, the truth – Jesus Christ?
John 3:16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
True believers in Jesus Christ will be given eternal life. That is, those on the side of truth, will be given eternal life.
Are you on the side of truth?