Christ as the TRUTH TRUTH as a liberating power

1. Christ is the Truth
Truth as a Liberating Power
Offense Against Truth

2. BLIND
ARENA
SPOT
FACADE UNKNOWN

3.  Should not just be conformity or
agreement between what we think and
what is reality
 Mt. 11:27 – it must be grounded in
“God, the Father, the source of all
Truth, fully manifested in His Son,
Jesus Christ, who is the truth come
to set us free and sends His Spirit of
Truth that proceeds from the Father”

4. He is the Word made flesh, the
Image of the Invisible God, the
fullness of God’s revelation
Towards authentic loving service to
others and towards the full
realization of the Kingdom of God

5. Not private possession of ours
rather the center, the meaning and
the goal of our lives as members of
the human community and as
disciples of Christ

6. “The reason why I was born, the
reason why I came into the
world, to testify to the truth”
Jn. 18:37

7. The The The
truth of truth of truth of
our our our
thoughts words actions
Remind us to be consistent with what we
think, say or do

8. When they correspond to reality
and are not erroneous

9. When we honestly declare what we
really think and are not lying

10. Actions that correspond to our
words, so we are not hypocrites who
say one thing and do another

11. TRUTH
CHRIST
The word made flesh Fullness of God’s revelation
It is not a private possession of ours
It is the center, the meaning and goal of our lives as
members of the Church

12. 1. We will be in darkness (1Jn. 1:6)
2. We will not be walking into the right
path (Lk. 18: 22)
3. We will be led to many false ways (Heb.
3: 10)
4. We will be wandering out of way

13. Our personal
response to God’s
Enables us
call of friendship
to
with Him
understand
Allows us to grow more about
and mature in our faith
personal relationship
with God

14. Gift of • Life-giving
• Liberating
God
• Discerning the truth
task • Professing it with
courage

15. Truth enables us to live a
moral Christian life
authentically

16. DOUBT IRRATIONAL FEAR
TRUTH frees
us from
ILLUSIONS SIN

18. The fear to love and trust
others and God
The fear to let go what we have
for others and God

20. These are often false beliefs or
misconceptions that arise from
the stubbornness of the head
and pride of the heart.