John 14:17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.

John 16:13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.

1 Peter 1:22a Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth…

Yesterday I made the assertion that truth is objective. I ended with scripture that said Jesus Christ is truth. Some might not have understood my assertion. Let me follow up with a definition of objective which clarifies my point.

Objective: noun; something that one’s efforts or actions are intended to attain or accomplish a purpose, goal, or target.

Jesus Christ is a pronoun, truth is a noun. In this definition Christ is the one whose actions, efforts, and words have a purpose, a goal, a target. The life of Jesus Christ is an objective truth. All that He did was the will of the Father to bring us into right relationship with God. The Holy Spirit, the third person of God, is the Spirit of truth.

While I cannot trust myself to know the truth, I can trust God. His Word is truth. It is worthy of my trust. His promises are truth, I can trust His promises. His Spirit is truth, I can trust in Him.

Subjective truths are not trustworthy. They exist to serve themselves. They do not love me.

1 Peter 1:22 (complete) Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:

Follow truth, find love.

Psalm 119:30 I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me.

I have had many arguments with people over the years about truth. As the world sees truth, it is subjective. As I see truth it is objective. I have not been able to convince anyone of my point of view that didn’t already understand the nature of truth. I had an experience recently that might illustrate my point. Maybe.

We were driving back home from Ohio and found ourselves in a blinding rain storm. I slowed the car and turned on the flashers. I could not see more than a few feet in front of the car. The pounding of the rain on the car was thundering. The wiper blades could not keep up. The rain was relentless. I was troubled by the rain, it was so dangerous to be on the road and to stop was perilous also. I could not see the shoulder or cars behind.

Then I began to feel rain drops hitting my legs and face, as if the rain was coming through the car windshield and roof. Only a drop or two at a time but it caused me to feel my legs and face to wipe the water from my body. I was dry. It was an illusion. I knew the rain was not coming through the car. The illusion persisted and I continued to feel the rain hit my legs and face even though I knew it was nothing more than an illusion.

The mind is so powerful it can and does create its own reality. That perception of our reality is what we call truth. It is truth to us because our mind controls and creates our reality. Was it true that rain hit my body inside the car? No. Is it true that I felt the rain hit my body? Yes. What is the truth?

The truth is I cannot trust my own mind to determine truth. I have to rely on the truth to reveal itself to me.

John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: