Verdade
A verdade é um dos atributos centrais de Deus e um pilar da vida cristã. Jesus se declarou o caminho, a verdade e a vida. Viver na verdade é viver em liberdade e integridade.
Deus é a fonte da verdade
O Senhor é fiel e verdadeiro em todas as suas palavras. Sua Palavra é a verdade absoluta que ilumina nosso caminho e nos sustenta.
6 Jesus says to him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father unless by me.
14 And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (and we have contemplated his glory, a glory as of an only-begotten with a father), full of grace and truth;
4 For the word of Jehovah is right, and all his work is in faithfulness.
5 Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
20 And we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us an understanding that we should know him that {is} true; and we are in him that {is} true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
O Espírito da verdade
Jesus prometeu enviar o Espírito Santo, o Espírito da verdade, que nos guia, ensina e nos faz lembrar de tudo o que Cristo disse.
7 But I say the truth to you, It is profitable for you that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Comforter will not come to you; but if I go I will send him to you.
26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who goes forth from with the Father, *he* shall bear witness concerning me;
27 and *yourselves*, the unction which ye have received from him abides in you, and ye have not need that any one should teach you; but as the same unction teaches you as to all things, and is true and is not a lie, and even as it has taught you, ye shall abide in him.
24 God {is} a spirit; and they who worship him must worship {him} in spirit and truth.
A verdade liberta
Jesus prometeu que conhecer a verdade nos torna livres. A mentira aprisiona, mas a verdade de Deus nos conduz à plenitude.
31 Jesus therefore said to the Jews who believed him, If ye abide in my word, ye are truly my disciples;32 and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free.
30 I have chosen the way of faithfulness; thy judgments have I set {before me}.
5 Make me to walk in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.
15 Strive diligently to present thyself approved to God, a workman that has not to be ashamed, cutting in a straight line the word of truth.
18 According to his own will begat he us by the word of truth, that we should be a certain first-fruits of *his* creatures.
Vivendo e falando a verdade
Somos chamados a falar a verdade em amor e a rejeitar toda forma de engano. A integridade nas palavras é marca do cristão.
15 but, holding the truth in love, we may grow up to him in all things, who is the head, the Christ:
8 For the rest, brethren, whatsoever things {are} true, whatsoever things {are} noble, whatsoever things {are} just, whatsoever things {are} pure, whatsoever things {are} amiable, whatsoever things {are} of good report; if {there be} any virtue and if any praise, think on these things.
2 He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth from his heart.3 {He that} slandereth not with his tongue, doeth not evil to his companion, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour;
13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile;
32 The lips of a righteous {man} know what is acceptable; but the mouth of the wicked is frowardness.
24 Put away from thee perverseness of mouth, and corrupt lips put far from thee.
12 But before all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath; but let your yea be yea, and your nay, nay, that ye do not fall under judgment.
18 Children, let us not love with word, nor with tongue, but in deed and in truth.
6 If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not practise the truth.
4 I have no greater joy than these things that I hear of my children walking in the truth.
1 Now faith is {the} substantiating of things hoped for, {the} conviction of things not seen.