John 17:13-19
God's Word is Truth
13 “I am coming to you now, but I say these things while I am still in the world, so that they may have the full measure of my joy within them. 14 I have given them your word and the world has hated them, for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world. 15 My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. 16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of it. 17 Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth. 18 As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world. 19 For them I sanctify myself, that they too may be truly sanctified.
1 John 4:8
God is LOVE
8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.
The Bible teaches us that faith is found in hearing, reading, and receiving the Word of God...God's Word is Truth...And God is LOVE...So when we read the Bible, which is God's Word, we are reading about the Truth and about LOVE...We are also learn in faith, truth, and love -we are connected by the Word of God...Jesus is the Word, and the Word of God is from the very beginning...So Truth has been around before faith came to the world...God is LOVE, so love has been around eternally...
Jesus said He came to earth to testify to God's Word and to His Truths...Jesus tells us that He is the Truth...He is the Absolute Truth...When we follow Him, we are His disciples and then we actually know this Truth, and we are set free by Him and His Truths and His teachings...Through our faith, we study and learn about His Word and His Truth...By studying and believing Him in with our hearts, our faith (in Him) will get us saved...There is no other way or to be saved, because salvation is found in no One else and no other man...
Jesus spoke the most unforgettable words, ever to be spoken...To me some of the His Most Interesting Words are centered around Him speaking about the Truth...When Jesus said I AM Truth, these are unforgettable words...He told Pilate the very reason He was born and came into our world -was to testify to this Truth and about the Truth...Everyone who believes in Truth listens to Him...And if we believe in Him and this Truth, we are then His disciples...And if we are His followers, we know the Truth and this Truth will set us free...Truth not only leads us to our faith, but faith leads us to the Truth of Jesus...The reason Jesus was born was to be the Absolute Truth, and to testify about this Truth...So our faith guides us to the Truth...
And following Jesus and His Father bring us to LOVE, because God is LOVE...So LOVE and Truth are so closely related in Scripture...Truth and LOVE are eternally with us...
Pastor and author John MacArthur spoke about the connection between Love and Truth...This is what he had to say about Love and Truth: "Love and truth must be maintained in perfect balance...Truth is never to be abandoned in the name of love...But love is not to be deposed in the name of truth... Truth without love has no decency; it's just brutality...On the other hand, love without truth has no character; it's just hypocrisy."...