Truth
Truth
In the modern definition of the truth we see: Truth is the property of being in accord with fact or reality. In everyday language, truth is typically ascribed to things that aim to represent reality or otherwise correspond to it, such as beliefs, propositions, and declarative sentences. Truth is usually held to be the opposite of falsehood.
The ethics within the mind of mankind have been expressed through numerous perspectives. From Plato to Kant, or Nietzsche to Buddha, or even Confucius to Averroes[1], and Moses to Jesus there has been the questions of what is truth.
Plato once said, “You should not honor men more than truth.” This is because truth is not subject to the opinions of men.
We all may have an opinion about what the truth is or is not. But there is no such thing as "your truth" but only your opinion about what the truth may or may not be.
As truth may only be in "accord with fact or reality"
Hiding from this truth has been a common practice from the beginning of time.
- "And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden." Genesis 3:8
Your personal quest to seek the truth requires that you love the whole truth includig the truth about yourself and act upon that truth.
- "For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God." John 3:20
Spirit and Truth
John 4 tells us that God is Spirit but we also know that he is the truth.[2] If we actually worship God we must do so in Spirit and in truth.[3]
We know that the fruit of the spirit is righteousness and truth[4] with out delusion. If we are truly Born again we will love the light that clears away the darkness of those delusions which often plague mankind.
There can be no redemption without that spirit of God through Christ entering into our hearts and minds.[5]
The Spirit and power of God only comes with a confession of the truth about our own transgression.[6]
The Spirit of a man of God should always bear witness to that truth because that "Spirit is truth". If it does not then there is need of repentance.
Conversing about truth
Ben Shapiro, "Critically evaluating one's beliefs is imperative for one's faith to deepen and grow. However, deconstruction in a philosophical sense a la Derrida and Foucault is bunk. It's rooted in the notion that all truth is subjective and, therefore, up to endless interpretation."
"All opinions are subjective but truth is not. That is what makes it truth."
Julia asked "How do you know truth without actual proof? Also is the proof real or was it planted? Who really knows for sure?"
All the things we call "proof" are dependent upon our senses through which we may evaluate a conclusion. That conclusion is still an opinion based on our sensory perception, evaluation, and reason, ergo it is subjective. So, there is no way to know if your proof is true. There is always some element of faith present in our personal search for truth. Still truth is part of an objective reality.
I may have an opinion about reality and you may have an opinion about reality but Only God's opinion "is" reality.
This is why what ever God may be He is identified as the "I am".
It has been said "Cogito, ergo sum" which is Latin: meaning “I think, therefore I am." I am sharing that from René Descartes' Discourse on Metho published in 1637.
Bible and truth
John 4:24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
John 5:33 Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth.
John 8:32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
John 8:40 But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham.
John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
John 14:17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. 18 I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.
John 15:26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:
John 17:17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. 18 As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world. 19 And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.
John 18:37 Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice. 38 Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? And when he had said this, he went out again unto the Jews, and saith unto them, I find in him no fault at all.
- My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth. 19 And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him." 1 John 3:18
- ↑ The unity of the intellect is a philosophical theory proposed by the medieval Andalusian philosopher Averroes (1126–1198), which asserted that all humans share the same intellect. Averroes expounded his theory in his long commentary of On the Soul to explain how universal knowledge is possible within the Aristotelian theory of mind.
- ↑ Spirit and Truth
- Psalms 31:5 "Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth."
- John 4:23 "But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him."
- John 4:24 "God [is] a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship [him] in spirit and in truth."
- John 14:17 "[Even] the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you."
- John 15:26 "But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, [even] the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:"
- John 16:13 "Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, [that] shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come."
- Ephesians 1:13 "In whom ye also [trusted], after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,"
- Ephesians 5:9 "(For the fruit of the Spirit [is] in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)"
- 2 Thessalonians 2:13 "But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:"
- 1 Peter 1:22 "Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, [see that ye] love one another with a pure heart fervently:"
- 1 John 4:6 "We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error."
- 1 John 5:6 "This is he that came by water and blood, [even] Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth."
- ↑ John 4:24 "God [is] a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship [him] in spirit and in truth."
- ↑ Ephesians 5:9 (For the fruit of the Spirit [is] in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)
- ↑ Psalms 31:5 Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.
- ↑ Micah 3:8 But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the LORD, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.