January 28, 2026 WWJWMTD by Steve, the son of John (2SoJ)
When Lies Become Truth
The world and Satan would like you to believe, “The truth is what I say it is!” Adam and Eve had to wrestle with the very question: “Who is telling the truth—God or Satan?” Their unwillingness to wrestle with the question, but instead chose to fulfill their needs and wants to avoid the question and thereby accepting their desires for a lifestyle that included the desires of ‘lust of the flesh, lust of the eyes, and pride of life’.
Have you ever tried to define TRUTH? Philosophers have tried to define ‘truth’ for centuries. You can read countless books and dissertations on the process of defining ‘truth’ and on what many people have realized truth could be or what the reality of truth is. Today, you would be hard-pressed to find individuals who took any such class in college, not counting the refusal of modern-day societies to believe that such truth doesn’t exist.
I tend to lean toward God’s definition of truth after studying “what is truth” and how one recognizes what truth is and how it impacts my life and the societal culture we live in. Without acknowledging ‘truth’, we have no ‘internal compass’ in our lives, and drift as a ship on the sea, unable to find one’s way, not able to travel to a safe harbor to dock. Not all truths are equal or have equal impact on our lives. Some truths work, and others are simple excuses for living a life without purpose. A life without truth is a life not worth living—this is where darkness wants you to live, a life void of the reality of truth.
C.S. Institute offers the average person study guides to find the truth and understand its importance. A brief summary of what C.S. Lewis says about truth in an article on June 1, 2021:
· Truth is whatever is in accordance with the way in which God created the world.
· Truth is more than just facts and appearances: truth is knowledge of what is right in God’s sight.
· Human beings have been created to seek truth, but we cannot know all truth in ourselves, and so we need God to lead us to the Truth; or we can easily be led astray by falsehood.
· The devil is the “father of lies” (John 8:44), and he is behind every lie circulated in the world today; he can only be defeated by God’s Truth.
· Truth is always good — even when it is sometimes painful to discover or tell the truth.
· The truth stretches our understanding: it frequently takes us some time to discover it behind the tangle of false agendas that surround us in our worldly circumstances — politically, socially, and materially.
· Just because something is commonly accepted as “fact” does not make it true: it must be tested by the only Truth of God’s Word to discern whether it is in fact true or false. Truth, in Scripture, is one of the ways of describing Who God is — just as He is Love or Wisdom or every other good thing; so, coming to understand Truth requires that we come to know God, not just “facts” of experience.
· Jesus came to bring the truth — He is the Truth.
· Truth must be exercised in love and righteousness.
· The ultimate Truth is therefore God Himself and acknowledge Him as the source and foundation of all Truth.
· Truth has a very practical aspect: knowing what is true or false according to God’s reality helps us to determine what is right or wrong for us to do.
· Truth helps us evaluate what we are doing.
People often do not recognize or accept the truth because they believe a lie. Lies deceive and manipulate the truth for personal gratification and lust. Truth dispels darkness because it brings ‘light’ into any doctrine, worldly facts, or misbeliefs. Evil presents itself as proper and necessary, and truth seeks only what is good, right, and just, but not based on human laws or judgments, but on God’s creation, laws, and righteousness. Truth stands alone and finds its support in the Word of God and Jesus Christ. As Jesus stated in Scripture, “I am the way, the truth, and the life.” Find Jesus, you’ll find truth, purpose, and meaning in this world.
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