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Evidence ID: BIB-EV96
Evidence: Declarations of God's Truth
Summary: The truth of God's revelation is declared by creation, the prophets, the apostles, Jesus and the Holy Spirit. The apostles proclaim that Jesus is the incarnation of God's truth.
Description: What evidence is there that God's revelation of himself is true? What or who testifies to the truth of God?
The Bible is replete with declarations of God's revealed truth. Over the span 1,500 years, God's revelation of himself becomes more and more specific. With the incarnation of Jesus, God's revelation comes to a climax.
According to the apostle Paul in his Epistle to the Romans, creation declares the truth of God.
19 They know the truth about God because he has made it obvious to them. 20 For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature. So, they have no excuse for not knowing God. (Romans 1:19-20 NLT)
Paul states that we can readily observe God's transcendent power and nature with the naked eye without the use of a telescope or microscope. God's revelation can be plainly observed and known by all.
Through the use of scientific methods, we also observe that the universe is governed by physical laws. These laws are constrained by physical constants which can be measured and validated [REF-NWE01]. These constants are true because they are invariant.
Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274 AD) argued that God's truth is proclaimed through both nature and scripture, i.e. nature (science) and scripture (theology) are in complete harmony. He asserted that any discrepancy is due to a misunderstanding of either science or theology. Aquinas' thesis was that all truth comes from God.
"The epitome of rationality, argued Aquinas, is recognizing that science drives us conclusively and compellingly toward the existence of God." R.C. Sproul, Defending the Truth [REF-RCS04]
The prophets of the Old Testament proclaimed the truth of God throughout the ages. God spoke to them or made himself known to them through visions. From the Book of Genesis (BC 1400) to the Book of Malachi (BC 400), God's truth about himself and mankind remains consistent with the broader meta-narrative of the Bible [BIB-EV77].
The prophet Samuel declares
"For you are God, O Sovereign Lord. Your words are truth." (2 Samuel 7:28)
Often the prophets of God contrasted the truth of God with the falsehood of mankind, and the justice of God with the injustice of mankind. This contrast is best illustrated in the Book of Isaiah,
14 Our courts oppose the righteous, and justice is nowhere to be found. Truth stumbles in the streets, and honesty has been outlawed. 15 Yes, truth is gone, and anyone who renounces evil is attacked. (Isaiah 59:14-15 NLT)
In this passage, the prophet Isaiah describes the moral climate of his age. He contrasts the injustice of the legal system with those who are righteous and honest. He personifies God's truth and declares that it has fallen like a corpse lying in the street.
This prophecy foretells the acts of injustice imposed on Jesus during his trial where he testified to the truth (John 18:37 NLT). In the hours leading up to his crucifixion, Jesus' truth claims were on trial before the Jewish Sanhedrin and the Roman procurator Pilate. The Jewish leaders charged Jesus with blasphemy because he claimed to be the Messiah, the Son of God, and with subverting the authority of the Roman Emperor by claiming to be the King of the Jews.
Jesus, the incarnation of God's truth, literally stumbles on the road to Calvary (Luke 23:26-27) and was put to death unjustly (Luke 23:4).
In John 1:1, the Apostle John referred to Jesus as the Word or the Logos. In the Greek, logos means "word" and "thought". In this context Jesus is portrayed as the full expression of God, God's ultimate revelation of himself. According to John, we witness the very nature of God in the life and teaching of Jesus.
Likewise, in Colossians 2:9-10, the Apostle Paul says "For in Christ lives all the fullness of God in a human body." Paul makes it clear that Jesus is fully divine [PHY-DS06] and reveals the true character of God.
Jesus frequently prefaced his teachings with the phrase "I tell you the truth" or AMEN. He used this phrase 68 times in the gospels. The significance of this phrase is often overlooked. Because Jesus used this phrase before a teaching, he implied that the teaching is absolutely true. In effect, Jesus is claiming, "I know this is true firsthand because I am the author of this truth!" [HIS-EV29]
Jesus not only speaks the truth of God but is the very essence of God's truth. Jesus claims to be the incarnation of God's truth when he said,
"I am the way, the truth, and the life. (John 14:6 NLT)
Jesus proclaims that the Holy Spirit will be his successor, and that the Holy Spirit possesses the same divine nature as God the Father and Jesus the Son.
The principal role of the Holy Spirit is to illuminate God's revealed truth and guide the believer in all truth. He will possess and equip all believers with God's truth, in all places for all time.
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