John speaks of people who were witnessing of the truth, as they were
walking in the truth.
3 John 1:3 For I rejoiced greatly when brothers came and
witnessed of the truth in you, as you walk in the truth.
He says further in 3
John 1:4 I have no greater joy than to hear of my children walking in
truth.
It was great for John to see people walking in truth.
What was this truth they were walking in.
John 4:23-24 “But the hour
is coming, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father
in spirit and truth, for the Father also does seek such to worship Him. “Elohim
is Spirit, and those who worship Him need to worship in spirit and truth.”
Father is Spirit
and to be able to worship Him you need the Spirit – To receive truth, does a
believer need the Spirit. But first we need to know what is this truth?
John 5:33-34 “You have
sent to John, and he bore witness to the truth. But I do not receive
witness from man.
What truth did
John bore witness? Pilate asked Messiah what is truth?
John 18:37-38 Then Pilate
said to Him, “You are a sovereign, then?” Yahusha answered, “You say it,
because I am a sovereign. For this I was born, and for this I have come into
the world, that I should bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears My
voice.” Pilate said to Him, “What is truth.
John 8:31-32 So Yahusha
said to those Yehudim who believed Him, “If you stay in My Word, you are
truly My taught ones, and you shall know the truth, and the truth
shall make you free.”
Messiah said to
them, if you stay in the Word, you will know the truth and this truth shall set
you free. We know that the Word will also give truth.
John 14:6-7 Yahusha said
to him, “I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the
Father except through Me. “If you had known Me, you would have known My Father
too. From now on you know Him, and have seen.”
John 14:16-17 “And I shall
ask (petition) the Father, and He shall give you another Helper
(Comforter/intercessor), to stay with you forever – the Spirit of the
Truth, whom the world is unable to receive, because it does not see Him or
know Him. But you know Him, for He stays with you and shall be in you.
Is the Comforter
the Spirit of truth. The next verse confirms.
John 15;26 “And when the Helper
comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of the Truth,
who comes from the Father, He shall bear witness of Me.
The Spirit of
truth is given by the Father.
John 16;13 “But when He
comes, the Spirit of the Truth, He shall guide you into all the truth.
For He shall not speak from Himself, but whatever He hears He shall speak, and
He shall announce to you what is to come.
The Spirit is of
the truth and we will worship the Father in Spirit and truth = Spirit and truth
go together, cannot have the one and not the other.
The Spirit of
truth will announce to the believer what is to come.
John 17:17-19 “Set them
apart in Your truth – Your Word is truth. “As You sent Me into the
world, I also sent them into the world. “And for them I set Myself apart, so
that they too might be set apart in truth.
Messiah confirms
the Father’s Word is truth. How does the Word, the Spirit and the truth fit together?
Yahusha is the
embodiment of the Word, and of the Truth, and the Word is the truth. Messiah
bears witness to the Truth, to the Word of His Father. Elohim sets us apart if
we follow the Word, the Truth, and do it! This is all through the Spirit.
2 Timothy 2:15 Do your
utmost to present yourself approved to Elohim, a worker who does not need to be
ashamed, rightly handling the Word of Truth.
James 1:18 Having purposed
it, He brought us forth by the Word of truth, for us to be a kind of
first-fruits of His creatures.
Both James and
Timothy speak of the Word of truth. Messiah also says His Word is truth. The
Father’s Word given to Messiah and now to the believers is truth.
The Father gives
His Spirit (Ruach) to us and the Spirit is truth = The Word, the Spirit is truth.
The Word/Spirit is Father and He lives in you.
1 John 5:6 This is the One
that came by water and blood: Yahusha Messiah, not only by water, but by water
and blood. And it is the Spirit who bears witness, because the Spirit
is the Truth.
Father gave His
Spirit to the son = Messiah with the Spirit in Him bears witness or we can say
the Messiah with the Father in Him bears witness.
Today the Spirit
in you is the Father but when Messiah walked on the earth, He had the Spirit
(Father) to bear witness to the people. He then said when he leaves the earth,
the helper (the Spirit/Ruach/Father) will come in His place to witness the
truth.
Let’s dig deeper
to find out more about the truth.
Psalm 25:4-5 Show me Your
ways, O Yahuah; Teach me Your paths. Lead me in Your truth and teach me,
for You are the Elohim of my deliverance; On You I wait all the day.
David asks Yahuah
to lead him in truth and to teach him. How will Yahuah teach David His truth.
It’s by means of the Spirit?
Psalm 26:3 For Your kindness
is before my eyes, and I have walked in Your truth.
David is walking
in truth, just like John said people are walking in truth in 3 John.
Psalm 86:11 Teach me Your
way, O Yahuah; Let me walk in Your truth; Unite my heart to fear Your
Name.
Walk in truth.
How did David walk in truth?
Psalm 119:142 Your
righteousness is righteousness forever, and Your Torah (Law/commands) is
truth.
It is confirmed
by David, the law/commands are the truth.
When Yahuah spoke
the 10 commands at Mt Sinai, they were His Word (breath of Words), therefore
Torah or commands or instructions are the Word. Is the Word not the breath of
Yahuah = Spirit (Ruach)? The Word is truth = the Word/Spirit of truth.
Torah/commands/Word
= truth.
Romans 2:20 an instructor
of foolish ones, a teacher of babes, having the form of knowledge and of the truth
in the Torah (law).
The truth is in
the Word.
Psalm 119:150-151 Those
who pursue mischief have drawn near; They have been far from Your Torah.
You are near, O Yahuah, and all Your commands are truth.
Yahuah’s commands
are truth.
Psalm 147:19 Declaring
His Word to Jacob, His laws and His right-rulings to Yisra’el.
James and Timothy
spoke about the Word of truth and Father declared His Word to Jacob. The Spirit
of truth = Yahuah of truth.
Nehemiah 9;13 “And You
came down on Mount Sinai, and spoke with them from the heavens, and gave them
straight right-rulings and Torah of truth, good laws and commands.
Very clear the
Torah (commands and laws) are the Word and is the truth.
Malachi 2:6 “The Torah
of truth was in his mouth, and unrighteousness was not found on his lips.
He walked with Me in peace and straightness, and turned many away from
crookedness.
So, we know the
Father is Spirit, the Word or Torah is given from the Father through His Spirit
which is the truth.
True believers
worship the Almighty through Spirit and Truth. The scripture says we should
worship in Spirit and truth.
This is how I
understand: Messiah received the Spirit when on earth so He could witness the
truth to the people, When Messiah left the earth, the Spirit would be given to
the true believer. With the Spirit in you the Word of truth or the Torah of
truth will be given and you will walk in truth.
Now the warning.
John speaks of two spirits.
1 John 4:6 We are of
Elohim – the one knowing Elohim hears us. He who is not of Elohim does not hear
us. By this we know the Spirit of the Truth and the spirit of the
delusion.
Those who have
the Spirit of truth will hear and do, but those who have the spirit of delusion
shall not hear and do.
We also read
through scripture of people having a wicked spirit, a spirit of delusion.
Hebrews 10:26-27 For if we
sin purposely after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there
no longer remains a slaughter offering for sins, but some fearsome anticipation
of judgment, and a fierce fire which is about to consume the opponents.
Romans 1:18 For the wrath
of Elohim is revealed from heaven against all wickedness and unrighteousness of
men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness.
As we know truth
is the Word/Torah, we now understand how the truth is suppressed today.
Romans 1:25 Who changed
the truth of Elohim into the falsehood, and worshipped and served what
was created rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever.
Who has changed
the Word/Torah of truth? Religion today – has changed the truth.
Romans 2;8 but wrath and
displeasure to those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but
obey unrighteousness;
Paul is speaking
of those that are not obeying something that is truth. We know what is the
truth that should be obeyed.