THOU WALKEST IN THE TRUTH. I HAVE
NO GREATER JOY THAN TO HEAR THAT
MY CHILDREN WALK IN TRUTH.
That brings us to our main
subject—TRUTH! What is truth? That's the
question that Pilate asked Jesus in John
18:36-38. A few hours before, during that
last Passover meal that changed heaven
and earth, we find these precious words
in John 14:6:
"JESUS SAITH UNTO HIM, I AM THE WAY,
THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE: NO MAN
COMETH UNTO THE FATHER, BUT BY
ME."
Isn't that just wonderful? Let's go back
and look at what the Master said early
one morning in the Temple court, after
the Pharisees asked Jesus, "Who are
You?" Look at Chapter 8:26: "I have many
things to say and to judge of you: but he
that sent me is true; and I speak to the
world those things which I have heard of
him."
What? "HE THAT SENT ME IS TRUE"! Keep
reading verses 27-28:
THEY UNDERSTOOD NOT THAT HE
SPAKE TO THEM OF THE FATHER. THEN
SAID JESUS UNTO THEM, WHEN YE
HAVE LIFTED UP THE SON OF MAN,
THEN SHALL YE KNOW THAT I AM HE,
AND THAT I DO NOTHING OF MYSELF;
BUT AS MY FATHER HATH TAUGHT ME, I
SPEAK THESE THINGS.
Verse 29 was the breakthrough for many.
And then, verse 30 says: "As he spake
these words, many believed on him."
Now look at verses 31-32:
THEN SAID JESUS TO THOSE JEWS
WHICH BELIEVED ON HIM, IF YE
CONTINUE IN MY WORD, THEN ARE YE
MY DISCIPLES INDEED; AND YE SHALL
KNOW THE TRUTH, AND THE TRUTH
SHALL MAKE YOU FREE.
HIS WORD IS THE TRUTH! "Ye shall know
THE TRUTH." The Greek word ginōskō
which means "to know" is translated for
us in Matthew 1:22-25:
NOW ALL THIS WAS DONE, THAT IT
MIGHT BE FULFILLED WHICH WAS
SPOKEN OF THE LORD BY THE
PROPHET, SAYING, BEHOLD, A VIRGIN
SHALL BE WITH CHILD, AND SHALL
BRING FORTH A SON, AND THEY SHALL
CALL HIS NAME EMMANUEL, WHICH
BEING INTERPRETED IS, GOD WITH US.
THEN JOSEPH BEING RAISED FROM
SLEEP DID AS THE ANGEL OF THE LORD
HAD BIDDEN HIM, AND TOOK UNTO HIM
HIS WIFE: AND KNEW HER NOT TILL SHE
HAD BROUGHT FORTH HER FIRSTBORN
SON: AND HE CALLED HIS NAME JESUS.
Jesus said, "You shall know, [have
Intimate knowledge of] THE TRUTH, and
THE TRUTH SHALL MAKE YOU FREE. He
did not say "SET you free."
"Well, Brother Copeland, what's the
difference?"
Let's keep reading in John 8. Look at
verses 36-37: "If the Son therefore shall
make you free, ye shall be free indeed. I
know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye
seek to kill me, because my WORD hath
no place in you."
There you have it! Jesus and His WORD, if
His WORD has place in us, is final
authority in our lives. Remember, we are
reading words of the covenant! Backed
now, by the precious BLOOD of the
Lamb! Go with me to Genesis 17:1-5:
AND WHEN ABRAM WAS NINETY
YEARS OLD AND NINE, THE LORD
APPEARED TO ABRAM, AND SAID UNTO
HIM, I AM THE ALMIGHTY GOD; WALK
