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 saith to him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life, no one doth come unto the Father, if not through me;
14 And the Word became flesh, and did tabernacle among us, and we beheld his glory, glory as of an only begotten of a father, full of grace and truth.
4 For upright [is] the word of Jehovah, And all His work [is] in faithfulness.
5 Every saying of God [is] tried, A shield He [is] to those trusting in Him.
20 and we have known that the Son of God is come, and hath given us a mind, that we may know Him who is true, and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ; this one is the true God and the life age-during!
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 tell you the truth; it is better for you that I go away, for if I may not go away, the Comforter will not come unto you, and if I go on, I will send Him unto you;
26 And when the Comforter may come, whom I will send to you from the Father -- the Spirit of truth, who from the Father doth come forth, he will testify of me;
27 and you, the anointing that ye did receive from him, in you it doth remain, and ye have no need that any one may teach you, but as the same anointing doth teach you concerning all, and is true, and is not a lie, and even as was taught you, ye shall remain in him.
24 God [is] a Spirit, and those worshipping Him, in spirit and truth it doth behove to worship.
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 unto the Jews who believed in him, If ye may remain in my word, truly my disciples ye are, and ye shall know the truth,32 and the truth shall make you free.
30 The way of faithfulness I have chosen, Thy judgments I have compared,
5 Cause me to tread in Thy truth, and teach me, For Thou [art] the God of my salvation, Near Thee I have waited all the day.
15 be diligent to present thyself approved to God -- a workman irreproachable, rightly dividing the word of the truth;
18 having counselled, He did beget us with a word of truth, for our being a certain first-fruit 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 and, being true in love, we may increase to Him [in] all things, who is the head -- the Christ;
8 As to the rest, brethren, as many things as are true, as many as [are] grave, as many as [are] righteous, as many as [are] pure, as many as [are] lovely, as many as [are] of good report, if any worthiness, and if any praise, these things think upon;
2 He who is walking uprightly, And working righteousness, And speaking truth in his heart.3 He hath not slandered by his tongue, He hath not done to his friend evil; And reproach he hath not lifted up Against his neighbour.
13 Keep thy tongue from evil, And thy lips from speaking deceit.
32 The lips of the righteous know a pleasing thing, And the mouth of the wicked perverseness!
24 Turn aside from thee a froward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee,
12 And before all things, my brethren, do not swear, neither by the heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath, and let your Yes be Yes, and the No, No; that under judgment ye may not fall.
18 My little children, may we not love in word nor in tongue, but in word and in truth!
6 if we may say -- we have fellowship with Him, and in the darkness may walk -- we lie, and do not the truth;
4 greater than these things I have no joy, that I may hear of my children in truth walking.
1 And faith is of things hoped for a confidence, of matters not seen a conviction,