“… The truth will set you free” is a widely used phrase in society to establish the importance of truth. Caltech and Johns Hopkins University use it for their mottos and Johnny Depp quoted this after he was victorious in the trial with Amber Heard. It gets used so freely many people don’t know it’s a quotation of Jesus in the Bible, and if they knew it’s in the Bible, I would guess they don’t know the context of the statement. That famous quotation is in this Sunday’s text where Jesus is emphasizing the path to real truth . . . truth that is liberating.

While Johnny Depp and the above mentioned Universities use that statement to defend truth, and with it preserve freedom, that is not how it was originally used by Jesus. Because Jesus is the truth itself, there is no need to defend it. However, because we live in a world that is ravished by sin and ruled by the father of lies, the devil himself, truth needs to be discovered. And in that discovery comes true and lasting freedom. Considering the current assault on truth in our media driven world, this is a fascinating look at the timelessness and unchanging nature of truth. Join me this Sunday as we look at truth in an age of deception: You can know the truth and that truth will give you ultimate freedom.