Comunidad y discipulado

Jesus is the Truth (Jn. 14:6)

2019.08.18P. Stephen Cha

Jesus is the Truth: He reveals who God is and who we are, He stands up to every test of worldview, and He is a person to know and trust, not merely a doctrine to agree with.

God leads seekers to the truth

A student from Iraq studied at Torch Seminary and went back to Baghdad, though his father told him not to return because of the bombs. Each morning he faced a 60 to 70 percent chance of surviving the day. Still he stayed, and God led him to the Kurdistan area, where he began a church with refugees and former Muslims. One man came after a dream in which a shining person told him to go to that city and find that place. He heard about Jesus and became a believer. God leads those who seek Him to the truth of Jesus Christ.

Truth is exclusive, and Jesus sees the whole (v. 6)

Some call Jesus' claim in John 14:6 arrogant, yet Buddhism, Hinduism and Islam are exclusive too. Ravi Zacharias said truth by definition is exclusive: if everything is true, nothing is false. Five blind men touching an elephant each describe only a part, because they cannot see the whole. Jesus is not blind. He created the elephant and knows what is real. When He says He is the truth, He is telling us the reality of who we are, who God is and the world we live in.

Jesus is God's final revelation

General revelation shows God's fingerprint in creation, while special revelation tells us what we cannot know on our own, as a baby must be told her name and her parents. Hebrews says that God spoke long ago by the prophets and in these last days by His Son. Jesus is fully God and fully human, so He shows us God most fully and speaks most clearly. He pictures a father waiting for his prodigal son, not a God waiting to whip us. Whoever has seen Jesus has seen the Father. The more we know Jesus, the more we know God, ourselves and our purpose.

The truth stands up to every worldview test

Many claim truth, so we must test it. Ravi Zacharias asks whether a worldview is logically consistent, empirically adequate and existentially relevant. Every worldview must also answer four questions: origin, meaning, morality and destiny. Scripture says we are made in God's image, so we have dignity, personality, morality and creativity. Life's purpose is to worship God, and Christ entered our pain and took our place on the cross. Our sense of right and wrong reflects a holy God, and history will end in judgment and a new age. Facing challenges from other faiths should deepen our understanding, not turn into debate. Living in the truth brings freedom.

Truth is a person we must come to know

Before Pilate, Jesus said He came into the world to bear witness to the truth, and Pilate asked, "What is truth?" He should have waited for the answer. From Genesis 3 through Abraham and Isaac, David and Isaiah, more than 300 prophecies foretold God becoming a human baby, born in Bethlehem and raised from the dead. At the center of the universe a Father sends His Son, who bears our sins and opens the way to God. Truth is not agreeing with a creed or attending church; it is knowing Jesus. C. S. Lewis said He was either a lunatic, a liar, or who He claimed to be, God who became man.

Apply to Life

  • Let us trust that God leads those who seek Him, and share the gospel with courage.
  • Let us know Jesus as the one who reveals God, and see God as the loving Father He showed us.
  • Let us test what we believe and keep growing in God's Word, so that we live truthfully and answer questions with understanding instead of arguing.
  • Let us come to know the person of Jesus Christ, not only agree with Him or attend church.
  • Let us build our lives on the truth that we are God's beloved and that Jesus paid for our sins.

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