The Importance of Truth

John 8:31-32

31 Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed.

32 And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”

Quickword: The Importance Of Truth

As a young child, I can remember my parents and grandparents watching the evening news. I'm dating myself now but when the venerable anchor man from CBS, Walter Cronkite ended the evening news with his signature catch phrase "and that's the way it is" we knew we had been given the truth. Now phrases such as alternative facts are used to try and convince us that there is more than one truth. There is no truth in alternative facts. The truth is so easily manipulated that it is becoming increasingly difficult as those especially in the media instead of reporting truth work diligently to convince us to believe their interpretation of stories and events. This text in the gospel of John reminds us of the importance of truth.

- The word of God is truth

- Abiding in God’s word makes us disciples of Jesus Christ.

- When we know the truth, it sets us free.

There are three things that people do that really unnerves me. They are people who are lazy, people who are habitual late and last and most concerning are people who lie. In this day and time, it is important that truth is told, when the truth is on the table generally we can address whatever the issues are that we are facing. Yet when there is deliberate deceit, the quest to live peacefully is always threatened. I encourage each of us to be truthful in our conversations and actions. My wife and I have used the phrase, you can choose your sins but not your consequences. Lying as a sin is one of those things that takes us to places we don’t want to go, keeps us longer than we ever expected to stay and costs us more than we wanted to pay. Truth is of most importance as it allows us to make honest decisions. The truth I leave with today is that regardless of what we are facing or going through, God is the same today, yesterday and forever and He knows the truth about each and every one of us. So if you are not truthful to one another, at least have the common sense to be truthful to God because He already knows.