only God is truth

truth = honesty = transparency
there is no deceit in truth.

every human being is deceitful.
groups of humans are deceitful--governments, churches, experts, men, women, young, old, etc.
ALL humans are deceitful.

Only God is truth.
image by Billy Hathorn
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what does God/truth look like?

when God talked to Moses on the mountain His voice came from a burning bush. when Moses gave the people the ten commandments, the people built the ark of the covenant from specific instructions to place the tablets in. when Solomon was king, the people built the temple from specific instructions as a permanent place for the ark of the covenant. They believed that God resided in the holy of holies in the temple. Only the high priest could enter the holy of holies, only once a year.

Those who saw Jesus when he lived saw God. Needless to say, there are no photographs or portraits of Jesus. Artists have portrayed Jesus after he lived using their imaginations, mostly contrary to Isiah 53 2 which says "He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to Him, nothing in His appearance that we should desire Him.”  

Where did Jesus say that we should look if we want to see God? 

“When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit upon his glorious throne, and all the nation will be assembled before him. And he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will place the sheep on his right and the goats on his left. 

Then the king will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father. Inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, a stranger and you welcomed me, naked and you clothed me, ill and you cared for me, in prison and you visited me.’ 

Then the righteous will answer him and say, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? When did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? When did we see you ill or in prison, and visit you?’ And the king will say to them in reply, ‘Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me.’ 

Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you accursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink, stranger and you gave me no welcome, naked and you gave me no clothing, ill and in prison, and you did not care for me.’ 

Then they will answer and say, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or ill or in prison, and not minister to your needs?’ He will answer them, ‘Amen, I say to you, what you did not do for one of these least ones, you did not do for me.’ And these will go off to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”

Matthew 25 31-46