What is Truth? The Father God is Truth.
What is Truth? The Father God is Truth.
“What is truth?” (John 18:38).
TRUTH: (Hebrew, “emet;” Greek, “aletheia”) Truth is the only absolute in the world. If everything else in the world falls apart, only Truth will remain standing; the building blocks of all creation; the framework upon which we build our faith; the true Reality that has established the world’s reality; that which can never be truly altered or changed; that which is universally trustworthy as facts of life; the foundation of what is truly real in our experience; the plumblines from which to measure our lives; that which is common knowledge in God’s mind; that which lines up with God’s perspectives; established facts from God as opposed to a person’s changeable opinions or preferences; that which is solid and certain as opposed to a lie, deceit, an illusion or superstition; the tangible fundamentals issued forth from the intangible mind of God. Truth is always true even when discounted or disbelieved. Since the Almighty God is the ultimate source of all truth, then it follows that the Father God is Truth, the Lord Jesus is Truth, and the Holy Spirit is Truth.
“One word of truth outweighs the world.” (Alexandre Solzhenitsyn, Russian author, early 20th century);
“Into your hand I commit my spirit. You have redeemed me, O Lord Yahweh, God of truth and faithfulness (emet)” (Ps. 31:5); “But Yahweh is the true (emet) God, the God of truth, the God who is Truth.” (Jer. 10:10).
Emet = a Hebrew word meaning primarily either truth or faithfulness. Emet has also been translated secondarily as stability, certainty, trustworthiness, constancy. In Hebrew, “faithfulness” and “truth” are interchangeable, and the literal meaning is: True to His word; steadfast loyalty; trustworthy; truthful about promises; reliable; constant and dependable; act in good faith; certain in commitment; His word is His bond. Many Biblical scholars believe that John 1:14, where John states that Jesus is “full of grace and truth,” is an intentional repetition of the phrase in Yahweh’s important self-revelation (Exodus 34:6), “abounding in love and faithfulness.” John 1 no doubt hearkens back to Yahweh’s nature in Exodus 34, flatly stating that Jesus is of the very same eternal nature as Yahweh, the glorious God of the Hebrew Bible. The fact that the Hebrews saw truth and faithfulness as interchangeable points to God’s character, that He is true to His word, true to His nature, that God keeps truth certainly and with stability and trustworthiness. God is literally, truly faithful.
God is Truth – the One who created Reality and established it on the earth; the universal Fact that founded the world; the divine Reference Point for all that is true; the one fundamental essence of trueness.
God is Faithfulness – the One who is perfectly loyal to His righteous nature; the Being who is purely committed to His trustworthiness; He who is permanently, unfailingly true to His promises.
“I shall sing about the Lord’s faithful love forever, with my mouth proclaim your truth and faithfulness (“emunah,” rooted to same words as “emet”) to all generations; because I have said, Mercy is built to last forever; in the heavens themselves you established your truth and faithfulness. Lord God of the Angel Armies, who is as mighty as You? Your truth and faithfulness surround You!” (Ps. 89:1-2, 8).
Father God as Truth Unfailing. When Moses yearned to be assured of God’s divine nature and glorious Presence, Yahweh Lord promised Moses that He would make all His “goodness” pass in front of him. Shortly thereafter, while on the holy mountain, the Lord kept His promise to Moses and passed before him, declaring His Name and revealing His true nature, His sacred attributes: “And the Lord Yahweh descended in the cloud and stood with Moses, and pronounced the Name of the Lord; and Yahweh passed in front of Moses and called out, ‘Yahweh! Yahweh! A God of tender mercy and gracious compassion, slow to anger, abundant in lovingkindness and truth (or faithfulness, emet), maintaining His mercy for a thousand generations, forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin, yet not excusing the guilty or ignoring sin.” (Exodus 34:5-7). God chose to reveal His true essence, the fixed qualities of His character that are constant, will never change, are eternally true. This is what the Lord wanted Moses to remember about Himself above all else. Yahweh Lord chose to reveal Himself as a trustworthy God of love and faithfulness, mercy and truth. The true faithfulness of God’s character even extends to His creation, a universe that is unchangeable, perpetual, constant. God has His faithfulness surrounding Him, circling Him in truth, so that from any angle, He remains certain, an immovable Rock. No matter how you look at God, His word is His bond. Keeping His promises from one generation to the next till the end of time. God is Emet, the Father who is Truth Himself.