So I was pleased to see that much of the usage of the word “Truth” is associated with our Lord Jesus Christ—that when He came to this earth, He came first of all to join us in becoming flesh and blood, because the God Head had not experienced what we have in flesh and blood. But Jesus has experienced flesh and blood, and thereby He becomes our faithful high priest who “was tempted in all points like as we are, yet without sin,” [Hebrews 4:15]. Think of this perfect friend!

Now He came to show us exactly what the Father is like. What we just commemorated in the Lord’s Supper reminds us of the love of God, because His love sent Jesus. But it reminds us not only of the love of Jesus, but also reminds us of Jesus’ submission to the Will of the Father, even though He could say, “The Father and I are One,” [John 10:30]. He was still submissive to the Father. And the Spirit was submissive to Jesus. He said, “When I return to the Father, I will send you the Comforter,” [John 15:26]. [John, chapters 14, 15 and 16 all speak of the ‘Comforter’ or ‘Counselor’ that Jesus would send. The New International Version of the Bible translates the word ‘Comforter’ as ‘Counselor’.] He sent the Holy Spirit. I think there’s an order of authority in the Godhead. I know that Jesus was submissive so that He might pay the price for our sins—and here’s where grace appears. We didn’t deserve it! “For while we were yet sinners, Christ died for the ungodly,” [Romans 5:8]. And this verse [John 1:14] says that when He came and we beheld Him, we saw that He was “full of grace and full of Truth.”

Now I’m afraid I find in the church today that there is a lot of preaching about grace but not too much preaching about Truth. I find people “feeling emotions” a lot more than they speak the Truth. We ought to feel good about the word “grace.” It means “unmerited favor.” But dear friends, when Jesus manifested Himself, Truth was on an equal par with grace. We don’t want to minimize either one of them. We want at all times and in all ways to declare the Truth. “Ye shall know the Truth and the Truth shall make you free,” [John 8:32].

There is in the brotherhood today a diminishing less and less of preaching—more songs, more activities and shorter sermons. Some of our Bible Classes will have coffee and doughnuts for the first 20 minutes and then, hopefully, they’ll have 30 minutes for the lesson. Friends, keep your head in the Book! We’re in troubled times. We need to be studying God’s Word. We need to know it as well as we possibly can, and we need to practice it. The more we know the Word, the more we know our Lord Jesus Christ, the more we love Him, and the more we want to serve Him and be like Him.

So think of that beautiful verse. When He came, He came FULL OF… The Greek word is pleroma. It means “overflowing” …with grace and Truth. So He came to declare the Father and to tell us truthfully what the Father is like. How beautiful all of these passages are! He says in John 14, verse 6, “I am the Way, the Truth and the Life. And no man cometh unto the Father but by Me.” I read where a man, a noted preacher in the brotherhood, said, “Anyone that calls God ‘Father’ is my brother.” He had to correct that statement. The Muslim [Moslem] world calls God “Father.” The Jewish world calls God “Father.” You’ve got to be a believer and a follower of Jesus Christ to have the privilege of calling God your “Father” because, “no man comes to the Father but by Me [Jesus].”