What is Truth?
GodQuest – Part 1
Life Church St. Louis – October 2, 2011
Pastor Dan Walker
Hebrews 11:6b (NIV) … anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.
Isaiah 5:20 (NIV) Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.
John 17:17 (NIV) … your word is truth.
John 14:6a (NIV) Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life.”
1. Truth reveals ________________
John 8:12 (NIV) Jesus … said, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."
A. Truth reveals a ___________ road
Matthew 7:13 (NIV) For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.
B. Truth reveals a ____________ road
Matthew 7:14 (NIV) But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.
2. Truth ___________ you
John 8:32 (NIV) Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.
A. Truth frees you from _____________
John 8:34 (NIV) Jesus replied, "I tell you the truth, everyone who sins is a slave to sin.”
B. Truth frees you to __________ God
Psalm 119:32 (NIV) I run in the path of your commands, for you have set my heart free.
3. Truth ______________ you
John 12:46 (NIV) I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness.
A. Truth changes your _________________
Romans 12:2 (NLT) Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.
B. Truth changes your ________________
Matthew 5:14-15 (NIV) You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house.