Season 4 Podcast 29 “Truth vs Lies”
Corrupting language is a cosmic crime, for it cuts off comprehension. Lying, democracy’s public enemy number 1 because it cuts off truth, which is the law of freedom, is more than prevarication of the facts. Lying is a kind of death sentence to the truth because it cuts off the spirit of truth.
31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; 32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
What does Christ mean when he said, And ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free?” To understand that let’s divide the proposition into the two major assertions.
Assertion One: And ye shall know the truth.
Christ gives us the key to knowing the truth. It is a conditional statement. Christ said, “If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed.
Condition one is to continue in the word of Christ. In other words, to endure to the end. To be a true disciple we must continue in the word throughout our lives. The second condition is that we will be His disciples in deed. In other words, we shall be his disciples in action, in deeds, in works, in behavior, and in the service of God. That is the key to knowing the truth. Christ is the source of truth. John records:
6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
In other words, Christ is saying, “I am the straight and narrow way; I am the Word or the truth; and I am eternal life. To live with the Father forever is eternal life and the only way we can live with the Father is through his Son Jesus Christ. He is the keeper of the gate. He is both judge and advocate. He is both savior and redeemer.
"17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning."
Satan is the father of lies
44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
“A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.”
Dictionaries skirt the real meaning of truth. To understand truth, or what truth means, let’s turn to the scriptures. Notice in the following the synonyms that accompany truth.
· God of truth and without iniquity,
· serve him in sincerity and in truth, J
· Mercy and truth are met together,
· truth of the Lord endureth for ever,
· Let not mercy and truth forsake thee,
We can better understand the truth by the company it keeps. Notice in the above all the attributes that are associated with truth:
· God
· sincerity
· Mercy
· endurance
I especially like the triadic company of law, light, & truth. They are inseparable. Also, truth is associated with language, with speaking and with hearing and with mercy and grace. Truth has very good company.
Compare that with lies
· Thou shalt not bear false witness,
· false balance is abomination to the Lord,
· wicked doer giveth heed to false lips,
· love no false oath, Zech.
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