Second Baptist Church, Griffin, Ga
The Truthfulness of God
Dr. David R. Hill
Locations & Times
Second Baptist Church
501 W Broad St, Griffin, GA 30223, USA
Sunday 10:45 AM
Jeremiah 10:10
But the LORD is the true God; He is the living God and the everlasting King…
Psalm 31:5
Into Your hand I commit my spirit; You have ransomed me, O LORD, God of truth.
John 14:6
“I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.
John 17:3
This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.
John 17:17
Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth.
1 John 5:20
And we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us understanding so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.
But the LORD is the true God; He is the living God and the everlasting King…
Psalm 31:5
Into Your hand I commit my spirit; You have ransomed me, O LORD, God of truth.
John 14:6
“I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.
John 17:3
This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.
John 17:17
Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth.
1 John 5:20
And we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us understanding so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.
“I am the truth” - John 14:6
“The only true God” - John 17:3
“the word of truth” - John 17:17
"the Spirit of truth" - John 16:13
“The true God and eternal life” - 1 John 5:20
“The only true God” - John 17:3
“the word of truth” - John 17:17
"the Spirit of truth" - John 16:13
“The true God and eternal life” - 1 John 5:20
What is truth?
“I have come into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice.”
John 18:37
“Truth is that which is consistent with the mind, will, character, glory, and being of God.”
~John MacArthur
“God is true truth.”
~Francis Shaffer
“Truth is that which conforms to reality and God is reality.”
~R. C. Sproul
“Where I found truth, there found I my God, who is the truth itself.”
~Augustine
John 1:3:
All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being.
“God’s truthfulness means that he is the true God, and that all his knowledge and words are both true and the final standard of truth.”
~Wayne Grudem
“God is prima vertas; the pattern and prototype of truth. There is nothing true but what is in God or comes from God.”
~Thomas Watson
“I have come into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice.”
John 18:37
“Truth is that which is consistent with the mind, will, character, glory, and being of God.”
~John MacArthur
“God is true truth.”
~Francis Shaffer
“Truth is that which conforms to reality and God is reality.”
~R. C. Sproul
“Where I found truth, there found I my God, who is the truth itself.”
~Augustine
John 1:3:
All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being.
“God’s truthfulness means that he is the true God, and that all his knowledge and words are both true and the final standard of truth.”
~Wayne Grudem
“God is prima vertas; the pattern and prototype of truth. There is nothing true but what is in God or comes from God.”
~Thomas Watson
How valuable is truth?
Psalm 19:10-11
It is more desirable than gold, yes, than much fine gold; Sweeter also than honey and the drippings of the honeycomb. Moreover, by them Your servant is warned; In keeping them there is great reward.
“Nothing is deemed more precious by God than truth.”
~Calvin
Psalm 19:10-11
It is more desirable than gold, yes, than much fine gold; Sweeter also than honey and the drippings of the honeycomb. Moreover, by them Your servant is warned; In keeping them there is great reward.
“Nothing is deemed more precious by God than truth.”
~Calvin
1. Truth is Divine:
Jerimiah 10:10
“… the LORD is the true God …”
John 8:44
You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. Whenever he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
God the Father is truth:
And this is eternal life that they might know You, the only true God… John 17:3
God the Son is truth:
I am the way, and the truth, and the life… John 14:6
God the Spirit is truth:
But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth… John 16:13
Jerimiah 10:10
“… the LORD is the true God …”
John 8:44
You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. Whenever he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
God the Father is truth:
And this is eternal life that they might know You, the only true God… John 17:3
God the Son is truth:
I am the way, and the truth, and the life… John 14:6
God the Spirit is truth:
But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth… John 16:13
2. Truth is Absolute:
Psalm 31:5
Into Your hand I commit my spirit;
You have ransomed me, O Lord, God of truth.
Proverbs 30:5 (ESV)
Every word of God proves true…
“Truth is what God thinks; it is what God does; it is what God is; it is what God has revealed of Himself in the Bible. Truth is found in its fullest form in God, for He is truth; He is the very source and origin of all truth.”
~Tim Challies
Psalm 31:5
Into Your hand I commit my spirit;
You have ransomed me, O Lord, God of truth.
Proverbs 30:5 (ESV)
Every word of God proves true…
“Truth is what God thinks; it is what God does; it is what God is; it is what God has revealed of Himself in the Bible. Truth is found in its fullest form in God, for He is truth; He is the very source and origin of all truth.”
~Tim Challies
3. Truth is Singular:
John 17:17
Your word is truth.
“Truth holds together. There is no phase of truth that is not related to every other phase of truth.
All things that are true are part of the truth and stand in proper relationship to God, who is Himself the truth.”
~James Montgomery Boice
John 17:17
Your word is truth.
“Truth holds together. There is no phase of truth that is not related to every other phase of truth.
All things that are true are part of the truth and stand in proper relationship to God, who is Himself the truth.”
~James Montgomery Boice
4. Truth is Objective:
Psalm 31:5
Into Your hand I commit my spirit; You have ransomed me, O LORD, God of truth.
“God writes with a pen that never blots, speaks with a tongue that never slips, acts with a hand that never fails.”
~Charles H. Spurgeon
Psalm 31:5
Into Your hand I commit my spirit; You have ransomed me, O LORD, God of truth.
“God writes with a pen that never blots, speaks with a tongue that never slips, acts with a hand that never fails.”
~Charles H. Spurgeon
5. Truth is Immutable:
Psalm 117:2
For His lovingkindness is great toward us, and the truth of the LORD is everlasting.
“The most contemporary church is that which teaches the truth of the Bible.”
~Steve Lawson
Psalm 117:2
For His lovingkindness is great toward us, and the truth of the LORD is everlasting.
“The most contemporary church is that which teaches the truth of the Bible.”
~Steve Lawson
6. Truth is Authoritative:
Psalm 115:3
God is in the heavens; He does whatever He pleases.
Psalm 115:3
God is in the heavens; He does whatever He pleases.
7. Truth is Universal:
Psalm 100:5
For the Lord is good; His mercy is everlasting, and His truth endures to all generations.
Psalm 100:5
For the Lord is good; His mercy is everlasting, and His truth endures to all generations.
8. Truth is Illuminating:
Psalm 119:105
Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
O send out Your light and Your truth, let them lead me; Let them bring me to Your holy hill And to Your dwelling places.
Psalm 43:3
Psalm 119:105
Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
O send out Your light and Your truth, let them lead me; Let them bring me to Your holy hill And to Your dwelling places.
Psalm 43:3
9. Truth is Trustworthy:
Psalm 9:10
And those who know Your name will put their trust in You, For You, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek You.
If we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself.
2 Timothy 2:13
“The promises of the Bible are nothing more than God’s covenant to be faithful to His people. It is His character that makes these promises valid.”
~Jerry Bridges
“God’s faithfulness means that God will always do what He has said and fulfill what He has promised.”
~Wayne Grudem
Your lovingkindness, O LORD, extends to the heavens, Your faithfulness reaches to the skies. Psalm 36:5
God is faithful, through whom you were called into fellowship with His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. 1 Corinthians 1:9
God is faithful 1 Thessalonians 5:24
God is faithful 2 Thessalonians 3:3
Psalm 9:10
And those who know Your name will put their trust in You, For You, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek You.
If we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself.
2 Timothy 2:13
“The promises of the Bible are nothing more than God’s covenant to be faithful to His people. It is His character that makes these promises valid.”
~Jerry Bridges
“God’s faithfulness means that God will always do what He has said and fulfill what He has promised.”
~Wayne Grudem
Your lovingkindness, O LORD, extends to the heavens, Your faithfulness reaches to the skies. Psalm 36:5
God is faithful, through whom you were called into fellowship with His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. 1 Corinthians 1:9
God is faithful 1 Thessalonians 5:24
God is faithful 2 Thessalonians 3:3