John 8:32 says, “Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” When Christ said that truth exists, it implies that falsehood also exists. Truth is universal, just as is mathematics. It would be foolish to say that 2+2=4 is only a Western idea. Science and technology rely on universal principles that apply in every country and in every era. When an astronomer finds a new star, he has not changed the universe; he has only discovered something that was already there. Now, truth exists as an object outside ourselves. We do not create truth; we can only discover it. If Christianity is true, then other religions are false. And if it is true, it is true for everyone, or universally. Mathematics and science are not a matter of personal opinion and neither is the truth of God. The Lord Jesus Christ presented Himself as the one and only qualified Saviour who is able to bring men and women to God the Father (John 14:6). This excludes all others who claim that they can bring men and women to God. And Christ is not the Saviour for only the Western world, but not the Eastern world. If He is the truth, He is the truth for everyone.
In John 8:32 Christ affirmed that truth can be known. It has come to us in a form that we can understand. The freedom in this verse is not political or economic, but being free from the tyranny of sin.
1. Why is a banner given to them that fear the Lord? Psalm 60:___
2. Besides grace, what else came by Jesus Christ? John 1:___
3. The mercy of the Lord is everlasting. How long does His truth endure?
Psalm 100:___
4. In what person is there no truth at all? John 8:___
5. Judgment is turned backward and justice stands afar off. What about truth? Isaiah 59:___