YOU SHALL KNOW THE TRUTH

You shall know the truth
Jesus said …
Different sides to the news …
What is the truth? …
Truth in the eyes of teens …
6 % believe truth is unchanging
75 % believe truth depends on your situation
14 % say they don’t know if there is truth
Jesus before Pilate …
Battle for truth began in Eden …
You shall know the truth
Jesus said …
John 13 … Principles of truth
John 13:21-22 When Jesus had said these things, He was troubled in spirit, and testified and said, "Most assuredly, I say to you, one of you will betray Me." 22 Then the disciples looked at one another, perplexed about whom He spoke.
1st Question by Peter … Where are you going?
John 13:36-38 Simon Peter said to Him, "Lord, where are You going?" Jesus answered him, "Where I am going you cannot follow Me now, but you shall follow Me afterward." 37 Peter said to Him, "Lord, why can I not follow You now? I will lay down my life for Your sake." 38 Jesus answered him, "Will you lay down your life for My sake? Most assuredly, I say to you, the rooster shall not crow till you have denied Me three times.
Truth has one destination … Heaven !
"Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. 2 In My Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. 4 And where I go you know, and the way you know."
If you want to know truth, don’t look for it in this life
Genesis 28 – Jacob’s vision of heaven
2 Corinthians 12:1-4 – Paul caught up into paradise
Matthew 5:11-12 – Great is your reward in heaven
2nd Question by Thomas …
How can we know the way?
John 14:5-7 Thomas said to Him, "Lord, we do not know where You are going, and how can we know the way?" 6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. 7 "If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; and from now on you know Him and have seen Him."
2nd Question by Thomas …
How can we know the way?
How do we get there to your Father in heaven?
Isaiah 35:8 A highway shall be there, and a road, And it shall be called the Highway of Holiness. The unclean shall not pass over it, But it shall be for others. Whoever walks the road, although a fool, Shall not go astray.
Truth is found in one way … Jesus !
John 14:6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
3rd Question by Philip …
Show me the Father
John 14:8-12 Philip said to Him, "Lord, show us the Father, and it is sufficient for us." 9 Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you say, 'Show us the Father'? 10 Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me?
Truth has one source … God
His works and His words !
John 14:8-12 The words that I speak to you I do not speak on My own authority; but the Father who dwells in Me does the works. 11 Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father in Me, or else believe Me for the sake of the works themselves. 12 "Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father.
4th Question by Judas (Thaddeus)
Why tell us and not the world?
22 Judas (not Iscariot) said to Him, "Lord, how is it that You will manifest Yourself to us, and not to the world?" 23 Jesus answered and said to him, "If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him. 24 He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and the word which you hear is not Mine but the Father's who sent Me.
Truth only has one response … Abiding in and Keeping my Word !
22 Judas (not Iscariot) said to Him, "Lord, how is it that You will manifest Yourself to us, and not to the world?" 23 Jesus answered and said to him, "If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him. 24 He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and the word which you hear is not Mine but the Father's who sent Me.
Truth only has one response … Abiding in and Keeping my Word !
2 Timothy 2:15 Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
You shall know the truth …
Truth has one destination …. Heaven
Truth is found in only one way …. Jesus
Truth has one source …. God .. Evidenced by His works and His word
Truth has one response … Abiding in and Keeping His word !
How God will respond to any who seek His truth …
John 14:23-24 Jesus answered and said to him, "If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him. 24 He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and the word which you hear is not Mine but the Father's who sent Me.
You shall know the truth
Jesus said …