Truth

I have moved on to 2nd John.  A very short little letter written to a special woman and her children.  A personal letter.  It is great to go over these little treasures in the Bible and see how God used John to talk to just one woman, then, but is using that letter to spread His love to all of us now.

In the first 4 verses I have read, it is very obvious that a theme is transpiring.  In these 4 verses, John has stated the word "truth" five times.  So, I decided if I was going to read a book centered around truth, I better know what it means and how it effects me as a Christian.

Truth as defined by dictionary.com is 1. the true or actual state of a matter, 2. conformity with fact or reality; verity: the truth of a statement, 3. a verified or indisputable fact, proposition, principle, or the like: mathematical truths, 4. the state or character of being true, 5. actuality or actual existence.

The truth that John is talking about here is the truth of Christ and His existence, death and Resurrection.  The truth as we live it today as Christians is not only these things but His Word as well.  We must stand on the Word of God as the most absolute truth we know.  It is not something we can take bits and pieces out of and leave the rest.  It isn't something we can try to conform to how we want it to fit our lives.  It is the absolute truth and the foundation from which we should live every second of every day.

Christ is truth.  His Word is truth.  My belief in Him is truth.  Actual.  Real.  Indisputable.