“True Truth Comes by “True Light” part 1

“True Truth Comes by “True Light” part 1

            There are several things that the Bible teaches about truth and light.  Every Christian came to knowledge of truth by God revealed light.  Everyone Christian believes that he or she has knowledge of what is right.  All too often Christians who have had an ”aha” i.e. a moment of sudden realization, inspiration, insight, recognition, or comprehension believe that this impression was from God. 

            The Bible teaches that there is supposed” truth” and there is false “truth”.  There are a couple of verses in the writings of St John that attest to this fact: John 14:6 records that “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”  Also, John 18:37 records that, “Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.”   We also know from Romans 1:25 that there were those  “Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator…”

            The Bible also teaches that truth is made known to us by God’s divine light.  St. John 1:9 in his great discourse on the deity of Christ stated under divine inspiration that Christ “…was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.” St. Paul in 2Cointhians 11:14 warns about Satan’s ability to pervert “true light” when he stated,  “And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.”

            The Christian does not have to live in fear of being deceived and ignorantly dong wrong because St John 14:6 records that, “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” Furthermore, 1John 5:20 assures and comforts Christians by saying,  “And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.”