“I Am the Way, the Truth, and the Life” — Part Two:
The Truth
“Jesus said to him, ‘I am the
way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through
Me.’”
— John 14:6 (ESV)
Yesterday, we looked at the Way — Christ as the path to the
Father. Today, we slow down and consider the Truth, and in doing so, we
must be honest about how different the world’s understanding of truth is from
what Jesus declares.
Jesus does not say, “I speak truth.”
He says, “I am the truth.”
That one statement confronts every competing version of truth we live
with daily.
The World’s View of Truth
We live in an era where truth has shifted from being objective to being personal. It is no longer something to be submitted to, but something
to be claimed. The language of the day is filled with phrases like “my
truth,” “follow your heart,” “speak your truth,” and “I am enough.”
These ideas are widely celebrated, not because they have been tested
against reality, but because they affirm the self. Affirmation has become the
highest good, while correction is viewed as harmful and conviction as unloving.
Yet Scripture offers a far more sober assessment of the human condition.
“The heart is deceitful above
all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?”
— Jeremiah 17:9
If the heart is unreliable, then truth cannot safely originate from
within it.
When Affirmation Replaces Examination
The danger of our current moment is not a lack of confidence but the
loss of examination. Anything that challenges identity is resisted. Anything
that causes discomfort is dismissed. Truth is welcomed only if it agrees.
Jesus does not affirm people in their brokenness — He meets them there
and calls them out of it. He confronts before He comforts, exposes before He
heals, and names sin not to shame, but to save.
“Faithful are the wounds of a
friend.”
— Proverbs 27:6
Truth that never wounds is rarely truth that redeems.
Truth Is Revealed, Not Invented
The world insists truth is discovered by looking inward. Jesus declares
truth is revealed by looking to Him. Truth is not constructed by culture,
shaped by consensus, or adjusted by time. It is fixed because it is grounded in
Christ.
Self-affirmation says, “You are complete as you are.”
Christ says, “Follow Me — and be transformed.”
One leaves the old self untouched.
The other produces renewal and holiness.
“Sanctify them in the truth;
Your word is truth.”
— John 17:17
Truth That Frees, Not Flatters
There is a kind of truth that soothes the conscience without changing
the heart — and there is Truth that confronts, corrects, and ultimately
frees.
“And you will know the truth,
and the truth will set you free.”
— John 8:32
Freedom does not come from affirming who we think we are.
Freedom comes from submitting to who Christ is.
Christ, the Measure of All Truth
Jesus does not submit to culture, trends, or the affirmations of the
age. Culture must submit to Him. If a belief contradicts Christ, it may feel
sincere — but it is not true. If a conviction avoids Christ, it may sound
loving — but it lacks power.
Truth is not whatever affirms us.
Truth is whatever aligns us with Christ.
He is the Truth — unchanging, uncompromising, and merciful.
May we resist truth that merely flatters and surrender ourselves to
truth that transforms.
Grace and peace,
Signing off
Tyrone
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