{"id":3442,"date":"2021-12-21T01:54:46","date_gmt":"2021-12-21T07:54:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/?p=3442"},"modified":"2021-12-21T04:52:19","modified_gmt":"2021-12-21T10:52:19","slug":"the-love-of-truth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/the-love-of-truth\/","title":{"rendered":"The Love of Truth…"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Christian (and Jewish) theology insists that truth matters, and knowing the truth about God is absolutely essential for life itself. Nothing is more important. Nothing is more vital. \u201cThis is eternal life (\u05d7\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b5\u05d9 \u05e2\u05d5\u05b9\u05dc\u05b8\u05dd), that they may know you, the only true God (\u05d0\u05b6\u05dc\u05be\u05d0\u05b1\u05de\u05b6\u05ea), and Yeshua the Messiah (\u05d9\u05b5\u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05bc\u05e2\u05b7 \u05d4\u05b7\u05de\u05bc\u05b8\u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d9\u05d7\u05b7) whom you have sent (John 17:3). The truth sets us free; it is the unbreakable seal that bears witness of reality. In the Gospel of John it is recorded that Yeshua said, \u201cI am the way, the truth, and the life\u201d (i.e., \u1fbd\u0395\u03b3\u1f7d \u03b5\u1f30\u03bc\u03b9 \u1f21 \u1f41\u03b4\u1f78\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f21 \u1f00\u03bb\u1f75\u03b8\u03b5\u03b9\u03b1 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f21 \u03b6\u03c9\u1f75). The Greek word translated \u201ctruth\u201d in this verse is aletheia<\/em> (\u1f00\u03bb\u1f75\u03b8\u03b5\u03b9\u03b1), a compound word formed from an alpha prefix (\u03b1-) meaning \u201cnot,\u201d and lethei<\/em> (\u03bb\u1f75\u03b8\u03b7), meaning \u201cforgetfulness.\u201d (In Greek mythology, the \u201cwaters of Lethe\u201d induced a state of oblivion or forgetfulness.) Truth is therefore a kind of \u201cremembering\u201d something forgotten, or a recollecting of what is essentially real. Etymologically, the word aletheia<\/em> suggests that truth is also \u201cunforgettable\u201d (i.e., not lethei), that is, it has its own inherent and irresistible \u201cwitness\u201d to reality. In that sense light is a metaphor for truth: \u201cThe light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it\u201d (John 1:5). There can be no truth apart from moral reality. People may lie to themselves, but ultimately truth has the final word.<\/p>\n

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Greek scholars note that the word lethei<\/em> itself is derived from the verb lanthano<\/em> (\u03bb\u03b1\u03bd\u03b8\u1f71\u03bd\u03c9), which means \u201cto be hidden,\u201d so the general idea is that a-letheia (i.e., truth) is non-concealment, non-hiddenness, or (put positively) revelation or disclosure. Thus the word of Yeshua – His message, logos (\u03bb\u1f79\u03b3\u03bf\u03c2), revelation, and presence – is both \u201cunforgettable\u201d and irrepressible. Yeshua is the Unforgettable One that has been manifest as the express Word of God (\u05d3\u05bc\u05b0\u05d1\u05b7\u05e8 \u05d4\u05b8\u05d0\u05b1\u05dc\u05d4\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd). Yeshua is the Light of the world (\u05d0\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8 \u05d4\u05b8\u05e2\u05d5\u05b9\u05dc\u05b8\u05dd) and the one who gives us the \u201clight of life\u201d (John 8:12). Though God\u2019s message can be suppressed by evil and darkened thinking, the truth is self-evident and intuitively certain (see Rom. 1:18-21).<\/p>\n

We have a moral imperative, given by God Himself, to receive the truth and to live according to the nature of spiritual reality. Those who reject or suppress the truth, however, are responsible for their actions, as it is written, \u201cNo one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no one who utters lies shall continue before my eyes\u201d (Psalm 101:7).<\/p>\n

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