Can You Handle...The Truth?

Can You Handle...The Truth?
Brad Reiches
Jun 5 2006 10:00AM

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Monday, June 5,  2006

GodThoughts Wired!          

"Can You Handle...The Truth?"

"tamim:"  Hebrew meaning, complete, without blemish, faultless, blameless.

The Bible is the word of God.  "All scripture is inspired by God" (2 Timothy 3:16).  It is, "tamim."  The law of the Lord is perfect (tamim).  It is the instruction manual of life.  "Profitable for teaching, correction, training, reproof; that the man of God may be adequate equipped for every good work" (2 Timothy 3:17).  It is our rule book.  "Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path" (Psalm 119:105).

Here's some fun logic:

Jesus is God.  "But of the Son He (God) says, 'Thy throne O God, is forever and ever" (Hebrews 1:8).  Jesus is Truth.  "I am the...Truth..." (see John 14:6).  He cannot lie.  "It is impossible for God to lie" (Hebrews 6:18).  The Bible is God's revelation to man.  "All scripture is inspired by God" (2 Timothy 3:16).  Therefore, the Bible is truth.  "Thy word is truth" (John 17:17).

And in reverse:

God wrote the Bible. "All scripture is inspired by God" (2 Timothy 3:16).  God is Truth.  "God, who cannot lie...The Glory of Israel will not lie" (Titus 1:2; 1 Samuel 15:29).  Therefore, the Bible is truth.  "The precepts of the Lord are right...The commandment of the Lord is pure" (Psalm 19:8-9).