Truth

 “Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness,” —Ephesians 6:14 

Here’s something about truth: Jesus Christ is the embodiment of it. Don’t take it from me; Jesus himself said, “I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life” (John 14:6). This means that he is the yardstick by which we measure all claims to truth. To the extent whatever we believe deviates from what he said and what the apostles said about him is the extent to which we have deviated from Absolute Truth. 

People outside the faith take issue with this, but here’s the test: John 8:32—“You shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free.” Does what you believe help you live a freer life? Are you free of bad habits, of resentment, of judgmentalism, anger, lust or greed? Have you learned how to forgive so you aren’t bound to the people who hurt or disappointed you? And pay attention to those who say they have the truth—do their actions and attitudes demonstrate freedom, or bondage? Many who claim to have the truth are all to eager to bring others into bondage The Truth is Jesus, who sets us free.