The Truth of God

Truth, is a word of frequent occurrence and of wide signification in
the Bible. The primary meaning of the Greek word aletheia (from a and
letho) is openness; what is not concealed. But in the Hebrew, and
therefore in the Bible, the primary idea of truth is, that which
sustains, which does not fail, or disappoint our expectations. The
true, therefore, is, (1.) That which is real as opposed to that which
is fictitious or imaginary. Jehovah is the true God, because He is
really God, while the gods of the heathen are vanity and nothing, mere
imaginary beings, having neither existence nor attributes. (2.) The
true is that which completely comes up to its idea, or to what it
purports to be. A true man is a man in whom the idea of manhood is
fully realized. The true God is He in whom is found all that Godhead
imports. (3.) The true is that in which the reality exactly
corresponds to the manifestation. God is true, because He really is
what He declares himself to be; because He is what He commands us to
believe Him to be; and because all his declarations correspond to what
really is. (4.) The true is that which can be depended upon, which
does not fail, or change, or disappoint. In this sense also God is
true as He is immutable and faithful. His promise cannot fail; his
word never disappoints. His word abideth forever. When our Lord says,
"Thy word is truth," He says that all that God has revealed may be
confided in as exactly corresponding to what really is, or is to be.
His word can never fail, though heaven and earth pass away.


The truth of God, therefore, is the foundation of all religion. It is
the ground of our assurance, that what He has revealed of Himself and
of his will, in his works and in the Scriptures, may be relied upon.
He certainly is, and wills, and will do, whatever He has thus made
known. It is no less the foundation of all knowledge. That our senses
do not deceive us; that consciousness is trustworthy in what it
teaches; that anything is what it appears to us to be; that our
existence is not a delusive dream, has no other foundation than the
truth of God. In this sense, all knowledge is founded on faith, i.e.,
the belief that God is true. (Hodge v 1 p. 436-437)

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1. Kathee and I stopped had the oil changed on the Impala on the way home from work. Now 38,080 miles.
   
2. We invited my Mom up for Rachel's graduation on May 12th. Mom will celebrate her 87th birthday on May 9th
   
3. Kathee and I read Exodus 37 & 38 tonight
   
4. Dusting of snow