In an age where everyone has an opinion and few seek understanding, truth feels like it has lost its meaning. Scroll through any social platform and you will see phrases like “my truth” and “your truth,” as if reality bends to emotion or personal perspective. Yet, deep down, every person knows that truth cannot change from one person to another. Two people can hold two opinions, but both cannot be right if they contradict.
So, what is truth? Can it even be known?
For the Christian, truth is not a concept we debate. Truth is a person we know.
The Human Search for Truth
For thousands of years, humanity has asked what truth really is. The philosophers of Greece—Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle—searched for something that could be known with certainty. They understood that truth must be something greater than opinion. Augustine and Aquinas later taught that truth points beyond creation to the Creator Himself.
Truth is not something we invent. It is something we discover.
If two people disagree about a fact, such as whether the sun is shining, only one of them can be correct. The truth does not care about feelings or perception. It simply is.
Philosophically, this idea rests on what is called the Law of Non-Contradiction—two opposite statements cannot both be true in the same way at the same time. If truth did not exist, we could not know anything at all, including the claim that truth does not exist.
Even reason itself demands truth. Without truth, there can be no logic, no morality, and no meaning.
The Death of Truth in Modern Culture
Our world has moved from asking “What is true?” to saying “What feels true?”
This shift began when people replaced God with self. Nietzsche once declared that “God is dead,” not meaning that God literally died, but that humanity had rejected Him as the foundation of moral and objective truth. When God is removed, people must find their own standard of good and evil. The result is moral confusion.
Today’s culture says truth is whatever makes you happy. But happiness without truth eventually becomes emptiness. When everyone is free to define their own right and wrong, chaos replaces order.
If truth becomes personal, then justice, morality, and even love lose meaning. Whose version of right wins? If your truth allows you to lie, steal, or harm others, how can anyone object?
This is why Scripture warns that when truth is abandoned, darkness grows. Isaiah 5:20 says, “Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness.”
Biblical Truth: The Foundation That Never Changes
The Bible does not describe truth as an idea but as a living reality.
Jesus said in John 14:6, “I am the way, the truth, and the life.” He did not claim to teach truth. He claimed to be truth.
That statement separates Christianity from every other worldview. Truth, according to Scripture, is not abstract. It is revealed through a relationship with the One who created all things.
John 1:14 declares, “The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.”
When Jesus speaks, He does not merely offer moral principles. He reveals the nature of God Himself. And because God never changes, His truth never changes either. Malachi 3:6 reminds us, “I the Lord do not change.”
Psalm 119:160 puts it plainly: “The sum of your word is truth, and every one of your righteous rules endures forever.”
Unlike human opinion, God’s truth is eternal. It does not evolve with culture. It remains the same in every age, for every people, under every circumstance.
Why Truth and Faith Work Together
Faith and truth are not opposites. They are partners.
Faith is not blind hope. It is trust built on evidence, reason, and experience. Every day, people practice faith when they sit on a chair or trust a pilot to land a plane. They believe because they have seen consistency.
Belief in God works the same way. The evidence of creation, the order of nature, and the moral compass within us all point to a consistent Creator. Faith, then, is not belief without proof—it is trust in the One who has already proven Himself.
C.S. Lewis once wrote, “I believe in Christianity as I believe the sun has risen, not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.”
Truth gives light to faith. Without truth, faith becomes fantasy. Without faith, truth remains distant and cold. Together, they form the bridge between the mind and the heart.
Jesus: The Living Truth
When Pilate stood before Jesus, he asked one of the most profound questions in history: “What is truth?” (John 18:38). Yet, Truth was standing in front of him.
Jesus is not merely a historical figure who spoke wise words. He is the embodiment of all truth—spiritual, moral, and physical. In Him, we see the fullness of reality.
His resurrection proved that truth cannot be buried. Lies could not silence Him. Death could not hold Him. The empty tomb is the eternal declaration that truth is alive.
John 8:32 says, “You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” That freedom is not political or emotional—it is spiritual. When we live in truth, we are no longer bound by deception or fear.
Truth frees us from the lies that define our worth by achievement, appearance, or status. It frees us to live in love, knowing we are already accepted by God through Christ.
Standing for Truth in a World That Rejects It
Living by truth today takes courage. To follow Christ means standing firm when the world demands compromise. But truth without love becomes harsh, and love without truth becomes hollow.
1 Peter 3:15 gives us the balance: “Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have, but do this with gentleness and respect.”
We do not win people by overpowering them with arguments. We reach them by reflecting the One who is Truth in the way we live.
To stand for truth is to stand for Christ. Every act of integrity, every word spoken in honesty, every refusal to compromise when pressured—these are all acts of worship.
The Unchanging Truth
The truth is not hard to find. It is only hard to accept.
Jesus did not say, “I will show you the way.” He said, “I am the Way.” He did not say, “I will teach you the truth.” He said, “I am the Truth.” He did not say, “I will give you life.” He said, “I am the Life.”
The question is not whether truth exists. The question is whether we will live by it.
John 8:31–32 promises, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
Truth is not an idea to understand—it is a person to follow. His name is Jesus. And He is as real today as He was two thousand years ago.
The world may keep changing, but truth never will.
If you are searching for something real—something steady—start by seeking the One who called Himself Truth.
Open the Gospels. Read His words. Listen to His voice. When you do, you will find that truth is not hidden. It has been standing before you all along.
