\u00cd Bibl\u00edunni er sannleikur \u00fea\u00f0 \u00e1rei\u00f0anlega, \u00f3yggjandi og tr\u00faver\u00f0uga. Hann stendur st\u00f6\u00f0ugur og er \u00f3umbreytanlegur. Sumar gr\u00edskar heimspekikenningar fara nokku\u00f0 \u00ed b\u00e1ga vi\u00f0 \u00feetta. Samkv\u00e6mt \u00feeim er sannleikurinn hugmynd e\u00f0a meginregla utan og ofan vi\u00f0 \u00feann raunheim, sem gengur \u00far s\u00e9r og \u00fareldist. \u00cd Bibl\u00edunni r\u00eds sannleikurinn aftur \u00e1 m\u00f3ti \u00e1 \u00f3hagganlegum fyrir\u00e6tlunum Gu\u00f0s me\u00f0 heiminn, sem hann hefur skapa\u00f0 og manninn \u00ed \u00feessum heimi. \u00dev\u00ed er andsvari\u00f0 vi\u00f0 sannleika Gu\u00f0s eitt og a\u00f0eins eitt: Traust \u00e1 fyrirheitum hans.<\/p>\n
\u00deetta traust er meginsto\u00f0 sambands Gu\u00f0s og manns. Abraham tr\u00fa\u00f0i Gu\u00f0i (1M\u00f3s 15.6). Jakob \u00feakka\u00f0i k\u00e6rleika og tr\u00fafesti Gu\u00f0s, sem hann var\u00f0 a\u00f0nj\u00f3tandi \u00fer\u00e1tt fyrir \u00f3hl\u00fd\u00f0ni s\u00edna (1M\u00f3s32.9-12). M\u00f3se lofa\u00f0i Drottinn \u00e1 S\u00edna\u00edfjalli fyrir \u00f3brig\u00f0ulan k\u00e6rleika hans til kynsl\u00f3\u00f0a \u00cdsraelsmanna (2M\u00f3s 34.6,7). Drottinn er tr\u00fafastur Gu\u00f0, svikalaus, r\u00e9ttl\u00e1tur og hreinlyndur (5M\u00f3s 32.3,4). Eins og jurtir spretta \u00far j\u00f6r\u00f0 og s\u00f3l og stj\u00f6rnur sk\u00edna um aldur, \u00feannig eru og elska og tr\u00fafesti Drottins (Slm 85.11,12).<\/p>\n
Jes\u00fas fr\u00e1 Nasaret, sem sagt er fr\u00e1 \u00ed N\u00fdja testamenti, h\u00e9lt \u00fev\u00ed fram a\u00f0 or\u00f0 Jesaja sp\u00e1manns hef\u00f0u r\u00e6st \u00ed \u00feeim verkum sem andi Drottins f\u00f3l honum a\u00f0 vinna (L\u00fak 4.16-21). \u00deegar Jes\u00fas var a\u00f0 kenna, greip hann i\u00f0ulega til hebreska or\u00f0sins „amen“ (sem \u00fe\u00fd\u00f0ir „j\u00e1, \u00fea\u00f0 er vissulega satt“) til \u00feess a\u00f0 gera \u00e1heyrendum s\u00ednum lj\u00f3st a\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 sem hann seg\u00f0i um fyrir\u00e6tlanir Gu\u00f0s me\u00f0 l\u00fd\u00f0 sinn v\u00e6ri \u00e1rei\u00f0anlegur sannleikur (Matt 5.18; 5.2; 8.10; 18.15; 19.23; 24.2; 25.12). Jes\u00fas segir l\u00e6risveinum s\u00ednum a\u00f0 dau\u00f0i hans \u00e1 krossi og s\u00ed\u00f0an upprisan fr\u00e1 dau\u00f0um s\u00e9 fylling fyrirheita \u00ed helgiritum Gy\u00f0inga og \u00feau fyrirheit s\u00e9u \u00f3vefengjanleg (L\u00fak 24.27, 45-47).<\/p>\n
Samkv\u00e6mt J\u00f3hannesargu\u00f0spjalli er Jes\u00fas hi\u00f0 sanna lj\u00f3s (1.9), \u00ed heiminn komi\u00f0 til \u00feess a\u00f0 bera sannleikanum vitni (18.37). Hann er l\u00edka brau\u00f0 l\u00edfsins (6.35), hinn sanni v\u00ednvi\u00f0ur (15.1) og vegurinn til Gu\u00f0s (14.6), sem lei\u00f0ir \u00ed allan sannleikann (14.6). \u00dea\u00f0 eru verk Gu\u00f0s og fyrirheit, sem gefa b\u00f6rnum hans l\u00edf. \u00deau heyra hi\u00f0 lifandi or\u00f0 Jes\u00fa og eru \u00fev\u00ed sannleikans megin (18.37).<\/p>\n
\u00cd yngri br\u00e9fum N\u00fdja testamentis tekur hugtaki\u00f0 „sannleikur“ a\u00f0 merkja \u00fea\u00f0 sem er r\u00e9tt, gagnst\u00e6tt hinu sem er rangt. \u00deessi skilningur kemur vel heim vi\u00f0 n\u00fat\u00edmahugsun. Vara\u00f0 er vi\u00f0 villukenningum (1T\u00edm 1.3,4; 2T\u00edm 2.16-18), s\u00f6mulei\u00f0is \u00feeim sem standa \u00ed gegn sannleikanum (2T\u00edm 3.6-9) og „gefa sig a\u00f0 b\u00e1biljum og bla\u00f0ra um h\u00e9g\u00f3ma“ (T\u00edt 1.10-14). \u00cd \u00feessum br\u00e9fum segir a\u00f0 kirkjan skuli berjast fyrir sannri tr\u00fa (1T\u00edm 6.11-21) og vera „s\u00f6fnu\u00f0ur lifanda Gu\u00f0s, st\u00f3lpi og grundv\u00f6llur sannleikans“ (1T\u00edm 3.14,15).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"