http://trumpetsofjericho.org/forums/topic/what-paul-is-teaching-the-christians-thought-life-should-be-focused-on-the-great-truths-of-scripture/feed/ Thu, 21 May 2026 14:59:31 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=2.6-alpha-5566 en-US http://trumpetsofjericho.org/forums/topic/what-paul-is-teaching-the-christians-thought-life-should-be-focused-on-the-great-truths-of-scripture/#post-3361 http://trumpetsofjericho.org/forums/topic/what-paul-is-teaching-the-christians-thought-life-should-be-focused-on-the-great-truths-of-scripture/#post-3361 Fri, 17 Apr 2015 11:00:50 +0000 admin The word means, “true as to fact … it denotes the actuality of a thing” (G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament [Charles Scribner’s Sons], p. 20). The “true” is that which corresponds to reality. God Himself is the only final test for truth. Since He is unchanging, the moral standards revealed in His Word, which stem from His holy nature, are also unchanging. They apply to every culture in every age. John 3:33 attests, “God is true” (see also, John 8:26; Rom. 3:4). As Paul writes to Titus, who was in Crete (the Cretans were notorious liars), “God … cannot lie,” and He made known His truth by “His word” (Titus 1:1-3). Jesus also claimed for Himself that He is true (John 7:18; also 5:31-32). Opposed to God and Christ, Satan is a liar and the father of lies (John 8:44). He is a deceiver, and he uses sin to deceive those ensnared by it (2 Cor. 11:3; Eph. 4:22; Heb. 3:13).

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