Truth

In John 18:36,37,38 there was an exchange between Jesus and Pontius Pilate which reverberates through the ages. Jesus said to Pontius Pilate in relation to his questions: My kingdom is not of this world; if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.
Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.

And Pilate saith unto him, What is truth?

The One Who was the Truth was standing before Pilate and he was not able to perceive Him Who was the Truth because Pilate was not spiritually capable of doing that as a fleshly man.

What is Truth? Let’s answer that question.

In John 14:6 in a time prior to Pilate’s question, Jesus had given the answer, but because Pilate was not around to hear it, he did not know the answer. Right here Jesus said that He is the way, the truth, and the life.

In the very first chapter of John we read in the Amplified Bible in verse 14 that the Word was made flesh. Jesus, the Word, took on a flesh and blood body and lived among us. He was full of grace and truth. Then a few verses later, in verse 17, we read that grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

In John 8:31,32 we read that if we continue in God’s word, then we are the disciples of the Lord and we shall know the truth and the truth shall make us free.

Jesus is the Truth of God Who came to this earth and demonstrated the fullness of God, the character of God. He showed mankind what God was truly like. He was the embodiment of God in the flesh, where men could see Him with their physical eyes and hear Him with their physical ears.

Then when Jesus died and rose again and ascended into Heaven, the Father sent the Holy Spirit in the name of Jesus and the Holy Spirit was the Spirit of Truth. In John 16:13, Jesus said that when the Spirit of Truth, the Holy Spirit comes (and He is here now) He will guide you into all Truth. If you and I as children of God will depend upon the Holy Spirit, we will hear His voice, and we will walk in His Truth. We belong to the Spirit of Truth. He is in us. He will guide us in our everyday life, as we make decisions, as we go about the business of daily living. The Spirit of Truth will guide us.

This Word is the Truth of God that we are to read, meditate upon, speak and do. When we read God’s Word, we are reading the Truth. Nothing else is the Truth. The doctor’s report is factual. The bank statement is factual. The divorce papers are factual. The jail sentence is factual for a child. But there is something greater than the facts of this earth. It is the Truth of the Word of God, that Jesus the Word brought to us here on this earth.

As God’s children, we do know the Truth. When satan comes at us with lies, things which are contrary to God’s Word and tells us that we are not going to make it, we must turn and face him “square-on” and say: That’s not my thought because that is not God’s thought. And then we must go to God’s Word and find the Truth for that situation in which we find ourselves. The Truth of God’s Word is higher than anything else that man can say to us. The Word of His Truth is higher than any other word. We must accept that. We must believe it. Whatever He says in His Word is greater than anything we have heard, any report we have been given, any situation which stares us in the face and says we will fail. We must remember that God’s Word is the banner of Truth over every situation and circumstance of life. We must believe Him. We are to trust Him. He is the Truth.