S – And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding so that we may know the true one. We are in the true one—that is, in his Son, Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life

1 John 5:20 CSB

O – Commentary:

The NLT interprets the phrase the true God (literally the one who is true) as referring to God, since the next phrase refers to his Son, Jesus Christ. John is also saying that Jesus Christ is the only true God (see John 1:1, 18; 20:28; Rom 9:5; Titus 2:13; 2 Pet 1:1). • To have fellowship with Jesus Christ is to have eternal life, because he is eternal life

 New Living Translation Study Bible (Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., 2008), 1 Jn 5:20.

A – When we know the truth, it gives us something that is “opposed to falsehood.”  God is true (truth) gives us great confidence and faith that He is the source and standard for our lives.  It also allows us to identify false imposters that would tempt us or act like something good.  We are grateful to have relationship with God because of the truth we know in Him. And, we must use that same truth to confess or remove sin and other lies from our lives.

R – Heavenly Father, you are the Truth.  Thank you for revealing your character to us in our relationship with you.  Empower our thoughts, words and actions to reveal your truth through us today.  Also, help us to identify things that are not aligned in your truth so we can remove them.