John 17:13-19
Jesus Asks God to Sanctify His Disciples to His 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.
John 14:6-7
Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life
6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. 7 If you really know me, you will know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him.”
John 8:31-32
Jesus Truth Shall Set Us Free
31 To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. 32 Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
John 18:37-38
Jesus Came to Earth to Testify to the Truth
37 “You are a king, then!” said Pilate.
Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. In fact, the reason I was born and came into the world is to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens to me.”
38 “What is truth?” retorted Pilate. With this he went out again to the Jews gathered there and said, “I find no basis for a charge against him.
Hebrews 13:8
Jesus the Same Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
Why do you believe in anything that you believe in?...One believes in things because they think they are true...So to believe in God and Jesus you must think that they speak the Truth and are our Absolute Truths in life...And we know that there are Absolute Truths in our lives and that there are some Universal Truths that we believe in (math and math equations come to mind)...And that these Absolute Truths are unchanging from day to day and century to century...
But what we believe in, as man, is not necessarily Absolute Truth...Man's truth is different from the Absolute Truth...Man's truth and what he believes in is known to change...Our truth is not the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow...We often believe in things based on the way we are currently feeling...We may believe something because someone we know and trust has told us something that sounds true to us...We might not believe in the Real Truth, because it is difficult and we cannot believe in our minds that it is true...Sometimes we do not want to believe in the Truth, because it might make us unhappy...We might not believe in Truth, because Truth is exclusive, because Truth is always the Truth and unchanging...
We should believe and worship both God and Jesus because they are True...Jesus asked God to sanctify His Disciples by God's Truth...God's word is Truth...Jesus spoke about God being True and we can believe that God and Jesus are both Absolute Truths...That is why He said I Am the Way, the Truth, and the Life...Jesus’ teachings are grounded in Truth, if you believe in Him...When one believes in Jesus and believes in what He taught and holds on to His teachings, then you know the Truth and this Truth of His shall set you free...
Jesus furthers His teachings on Truth, by telling us that He was actually born to testify to the Truth...And for the cause of Truth, is one of the reasons that He came into this world...Jesus bears witness to the Truth and those who listen to Him and those who hear His voice and believe in Him -recognizes Him as the Truth, and they too are Truth...Following His teachings and holding on to His teachings and His Truth make us disciples of His...And when we follow Him completely, then we know the Truth, and the this Truth shall set us free...
And if you believe that Jesus spoke the Truth, so if you know Him you know God...When we believe in Jesus, then we share in His special relationship with God...If you believe Him, then those who have seen Him, have seen God...And if you believe Jesus, then you believe He is the only Way to God...