Truth is....

Yesterday I wrote about Love.  Jesus said He is Love in John.  He also said He is Truth, so I wanted to define what Truth is, and what it is not.  I have been the victim of a lot of slander and lies over the years, and have had to explain to my kids a lot about lies, and truth.  I explain it to them like this:

If I point to that stop sign across the street, and ask you what color it is, what would you say?  Of course it is red.  Would it matter to you if someone called that color green?  Does it change the color of the stop sign?  What if that person convinced a whole lot of other people that the sign was green?  Does that change the color of the sign?  The truth is that the sign is red, and nothing anyone says or believes can change that truth.  The Truth just IS, the same as God says He is the I Am.  

Jesus; God, is Truth.  What can we learn about the nature of God from knowing about Truth?

Truth is:

• Unchanging
• Absolute
• Undeniable
• Constant
• Reliable
• Fact
• Exclusive
• It exists only as itself.

Truth is not:

• Variable
• Subjective
• Capricious
• Changeable
• Invisible
• Subject to either belief or disbelief
• Open to opinion 

As a descriptor of God, I feel very safe and secure knowing that this is Who He is. 

I also love that no matter what lies are told or who believes them, the Truth is still the Truth, and cannot be changed.  I can live with that.