Bible Truth

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In a 2017 cover story, Time magazine asked: “Is Truth Dead?” It’s a question that reflects our moment—when the very idea of truth feels slippery, when everyone has their own version, when “my truth” competes with “your truth” and we’re not sure there’s any ground left to stand on.

Into this confusion, Jesus makes a staggering claim: “I am… the truth” (John 14:6). Not a truth, not one perspective among many—He is truth itself.

And the Bible that points to Him? It’s truth in complete purity. “The words of the Lord are pure words,” the psalmist declares, “like silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times” (Psalm 12:6). Jesus prayed to the Father, “Your word is truth” (John 17:17). Not contains truth. Is truth.

Here’s the wonder: God’s truth doesn’t shift with culture or trend. “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever” (Hebrews 13:8). When we anchor ourselves in Scripture, we’re not anchoring to something that drifts. We’re anchoring to unchanging reality.

Ellen White captured this well: “There are mines of truth yet to be discovered by the earnest seeker.” Notice—she didn’t say we move beyond truth. She said we discover more of it. The Bible never contradicts past truths; it builds on them, layer upon layer, deeper and richer.

In a world that questions whether truth exists at all, this is our anchor: God’s Word is truth, Jesus is truth, and in Scripture we find a foundation that doesn’t crumble.

Today: What truth from Scripture has become real to you recently—not just intellectually, but in a way that actually changed how you live? That’s the kind of truth that holds.

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Ezra