| In the Bible, The Truth is not just an abstract idea or a set of correct facts. Instead, it is defined as the personal and moral reality of God Himself, whose character, words, and actions are completely reliable, unchanging, and faithful. |
| TheFruitOfTheTruth.org provides hope for eternity if we only follow and obey The Truth Of The Lord. |
| Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” John 14:6 And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free. John 8:32 Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth. 2 Timothy 2:15 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. John 1:14 |
| 1. There is one true vine planted by the Husbandman. Isaiah 5:1-7 ***Jesus is the vine ***God is the Gardner ***Christians are living branches 2. There are only two types of branches: ***Dead branches = bear no fruit = takes away = no fruit ***Living branches = bear fruit = cleanse/purges/prunes = brings forth more fruit ***God has arranged for the conditions of fruitfulness to be possible, to progress over time, and to be permanent. Verse 2, 5, 8, 16 ***God expects fruitfulness from Israel and from the disciple of Jesus. 3. The fruitfulness of the branch is entirely determined by what it is abiding in. ***A fruitful branch must abide in Jesus. ***A fruitful branch must accept the corrective, purifying pruning of the Word of Jesus. Verses 3-4, 2 Tim 3:16-17, 1 Thess 2:13, Heb 4:12 ***A fruitful branch must allow the Word of Jesus to dwell in him and abide in those words and pray. Verse 7, Col 3:16 ***A fruitful branch must obey the Word of God. Phil 4:9, 2 Tim 4:2 4. The fruitful branch gives evidence of its fruitfulness through its fruit! Gal 5:22-23, Eph 4:1-3, Mic 6:8 ***Clean life: verse 3 ***Humble life: verse 5 ***Life of answered prayer: verse 7 ***Obedient life: verse 7 ***Consistent life: verse 9 ***Loving life: verse 9-13 ***Joyful life: verse 11 ***Friend of God life: verse 14 ***Chosen and ordained life: verse 16 SO WHAT? ***Is there obvious evidence of fruit in your life? ***Are you absolutely confident that you are clinging to Jesus and His Word for fruitful living? ***Are you willing to let God prune away the dead things in your life to make you more fruitful? ***Do you need to seek fruitfulness in God’s one true vine? |
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| TheLordOfTheTruth.org | And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free. John 8:32 |
| HisBookOfTruth.org | Faith Comes From Hearing And Hearing By The Word Of God. Romans 10:17 |
| HisSwordOfTruth.org | For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. Hebrews 4:12 |
| HisBeaconOfTruth.org | You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven. Matthew 5:14-16 |
| HisWayOfTruth.org | I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. John 8:12 |
| TheFruitOfTheTruth.org | This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples. John 15:8 |
| What The Bible says about Truth |
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| Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” John 14:6 And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free. John 8:32 When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. John 16:13 Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth. John 17:17 God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth. John 4:24 Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth. 2 Timothy 2:15 Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord, but those who act faithfully are his delight. Proverbs 12:22 Stand therefore, having fastened on the belt of truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, Ephesians 6:14 Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth. 1 John 3:18 The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. Psalm 145:18 The sum of your word is truth, and every one of your righteous rules endures forever. Psalm 119:160 Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all the day long. Psalm 25:5 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. John 1:14 Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. 1 Corinthians 13:4-6 Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures. James 1:18 Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, Ephesians 4:15 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. John 1:17 Then Pilate said to him, “So you are a king?” Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. For this purpose I was born and for this purpose I have come into the world—to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice.” Pilate said to him, “What is truth?” After he had said this, he went back outside to the Jews and told them, “I find no guilt in him.” John 18:37-38 Teach me your way, O Lord, that I may walk in your truth; unite my heart to fear your name. Psalm 86:11 All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work. 2 Timothy 3:16-17 And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life. 1 John 5:20 |
| What does it mean that God is Truth? |
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| Any statement beginning with the words God is indicates that it is ontological in nature; that is, the statement refers to an attribute of God’s being. The attributes of God are typically categorized into two groups, with the first being nonmoral attributes (e.g., eternality, infinity, and omnipotence) and the second being moral attributes, one of which is truth. The statement God is truth speaks of God’s morality. To say that God is truth is to acknowledge that truth itself proceeds from the nature of God. While many things can have the truth, only one thing can be the truth, with that one thing being God Himself. Scripture refers to this fact about God directly in a number of places. For example, Jesus said, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life” (John 14:6), and He called the Holy Spirit “the Spirit of truth” (John 14:17; 15:26; 16:13). A more indirect affirmation that God is truth is Hebrews 6:18, which says that “it is impossible for God to lie.” The Hebrew term for “truth” is emet, which means “truth,” “firmness,” “stability,” and “faithfulness.” The Greek word for “truth” is aletheia, which denotes “truth,” “sincerity,” “straightforwardness,” or “reality.” From these terms—and from other attributes of God that support His truthfulness such as His immutability (God cannot change), infinity, and simplicity (God cannot be partly anything)—we understand that God Himself is absolute truth. That truth will never change and can always be relied upon. Lastly, one often overlooked aspect of truth in the Scriptures that applies to God is the synonymous relationships between righteousness and truth, and between unrighteousness and falsehood. For example, Paul refers to people who “do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness” (Romans 2:8), and he highlights the equality of unrighteousness and lies and righteousness and truth in Romans 3:5, 7. From this we learn that God’s moral attribute of truth is also tied to His attribute of holiness. |
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