What is Truth?

Truth is light. Truth is order. Truth is perfection, the perfect standard. Truth is ultimate reality. Truth is rightness of thinking and acting. It is integrity, fidelity and reliability. Truth originates in God. The opposite of Truth is falsehood. Falsehood is darkness. Truth is the revelation of God’s mind, will and heart. To reveal is to make known the hidden. How is Truth revealed? God’s mind is revealed in his Word. There are mysteries to man, that man could never deduce, but the Truth reveals the mystery. Truth is the revelation of God’s will. God’s will is revealed in God’s law. Truth is God’s faithfulness. God’s faithfulness is revealed God’s promises. True thought originates in God’s Word. True Life in God’s commands. True joy in God’s promises. Spiritual and moral growth is the process of replacing falsehood with truth. Replacing falsehood with Truth means transformation. Truth is alive because it transforms and gives life. We are transformed from darkness to light. Before God formed creation he called forth light. This is Truth at work.