Christ is the truth, the expression and manifestation of the true God. Much may be true in human knowledge. This knowledge, however, is but partial and not that of God Himself. Christ is the truth, objectively, absolutely, and in its totality, nor can the creature reach God or apprehend Him, but by Christ, the one Mediator. Truth and light therefore are not equivalent terms. Light is God’s nature; truth is the expression or manifestation of that nature in its entirety, that is, whatever may be its attributes. The psalmist could speak of God as “the living God” and as “the God of my life.” I see this in Christ, says John, that which we have seen and heard of the Word of life, for the life was manifested, and Christ is the life. In brief, He is the expression or manifestation of God, and therefore is “the truth.”
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