The Truth, Whole Truth, and Nothing But the Truth

My daddy and me
1958

"Jesus told him, 'I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through Me." (John 14:6)

After earning his Bachelor's degree from the University of Alabama in 1943, my father, W. W. Watson, joined the Army and finished O.C.S. as a Second Lieutenant in Anti-Aircraft Artillery at Camp Davis, Wilmington, N.C. In May, 1944, he sailed to New Guinea - landing on June 6th, D-Day in Europe. He was later transferred to Subic Bay in the Philippines and, after WWII ended, was sent with the occupation troops to Japan. 

During his twenty-six months overseas, Daddy was promoted to captain and served as a Platoon Commander, S-II-Intelligence Officer, S-III-Training Officer, and Trial Judge Advocate. After the war, he returned to law school at Alabama and, for forty-four years, advocated the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.

In the Gospel of John, the beloved apostle quotes Jesus as saying that He is the Truth and no one comes to the Father but by Him. 

Oswald Chambers wrote: "Never build your case for forgiveness on the idea that God is our Father and He will forgive us because He loves us. That contradicts the revealed truth of God in Jesus Christ. It makes the Cross unnecessary, and the redemption 'much ado about nothing.' God forgives sin only because of the death of Christ." 

And that, beloved, is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. So help us God!