Is Truth Essential?

1. Truth Came by Jesus Christ

John 1:17

For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

2. Jesus Came to Bear Witness to the Truth

John 18:37

Then Pilate said to him, “So you are a king?” Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. For this purpose I was born and for this purpose I have come into the world—to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice.”

3. Truth Makes One Free

John 8:32

and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.

4. Truth Sanctifies

John 17:17

Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.

5. Truth Purifies

1 Peter 1:22

Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart,

6. God's Judgment Is According to Truth

Romans 2:2

We know that the judgment of God rightly falls on those who practice such things.

7. Everyone that Is of the Truth Hears the Voice of Jesus

John 18:37

Then Pilate said to him, “So you are a king?” Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. For this purpose I was born and for this purpose I have come into the world—to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice.”

8. It Is God's Desire that All Men Come to the Knowledge of the Truth

1 Timothy 2:4

who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

9. Those Who Do Not Obey the Truth Will Be Lost Forever

Romans 2:8-9

but for those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, there will be wrath and fury. There will be tribulation and distress for every human being who does evil, the Jew first and also the Greek,