Such a dramatic title… but I believe in my heart it is very simple. They are the same. John 3:33 But anyone who examines this evidence will come to stake his life on this: that God himself is the truth.

I was considering the word truth in its very basic form, the opposite of a lie or what we consider to be real. It got me to thinking about how much pain and suffering is caused by lying, bringing death and destruction… the opposite of life. It doesn’t take digging very deep; when looking at history or simply our lives, we can almost instantly see how lying brings death… death to relationships, death to countries, death to people. The opposite also surrounds us; adulterers, murderers, sinners of every kind redeemed, brought back from lies and death to Truth and Life through the Gospel of Christ… the Way back to Life… to God.

In the beginning, there was nothing, no life, outside of God. He is the source of Life and the giver of Life. We are part of Him… all of creation is part of Him… Life does not exist outside of God. He is Life. So if the Truth brings Life, one can see how God himself is the Truth. 

John‬ ‭3:34-36‬ ‭(MSG)‬‬  The One that God sent speaks God’s words. And don’t think he rations out the Spirit in bits and pieces. The Father loves the Son extravagantly. He turned everything over to him so he could give it away—a lavish distribution of gifts. That is why whoever accepts and trusts the Son gets in on everything, life complete and forever! And that is also why the person who avoids and distrusts the Son is in the dark and doesn’t see life.

Jesus is The Way. The way back to God, to Life, and to Truth. The lamb of God has come to take away the Sin of the world! And restore what has been lost… Life… sweet abiding Life.