What Is Truth?
When Jesus was brought before Pilate, Pilate asked him a number of questions. An interesting interchange occurred between Pilate and Jesus. Pilate asked him if he was a king. Jesus answered, You say that I am a king. I was born a king, but My Kingdom is not of this world. I was born into this world to bear witness of the Truth. Everyone who is of the Truth hears my voice. Pilate’s response to this discourse was: What is truth? (John 18:33-40).
I saw two things in this passage of scripture this morning that I had never seen before.
(1) Those who are of the Truth (Jesus, is the Word. His Word is Truth.) hear His voice, the voice of His Word.
(2) Pilate actually did not ask Jesus the question, “What is Truth?” because he wanted to know the truth. No, he stated it as a vocalized afterthought in response to Jesus saying that He came into the world to bear witness of the truth. Then Pilate must have shrugged his shoulders and said: Ah, what is truth? In other words, he was saying that no one really knows what truth is. He responded this way because he had no understanding of who Jesus was. He only saw Jesus as a man, one in whom he could find no fault. He dismissed the conversation in his mind and went back out to Jesus’ accusers and told them that he found no fault in Jesus and basically asked if they wanted him to release Jesus. Of course, we all know their response----release Barabbas.
In John 1:14, John 14:6, and John 17:17 we read these words:
And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
Jesus said unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man comes to the Father, but by me.
Sanctify them through your truth: your word is truth.
What is Truth? We have our answer from the scriptures. Jesus is the Truth. The Word is the Truth. He is the Word. He is the Word and the Truth. All Truth comes from God. He is the Source of all that is true. He has given us His Word, which is His Truth unveiled from Genesis to Revelation. As we are lovers of Jesus and His Word, we know (have an intimate relationship with, have revelation of) the Truth. And that intimate relationship with the Word of Truth shall make us free (John 8:32).
I saw two things in this passage of scripture this morning that I had never seen before.
(1) Those who are of the Truth (Jesus, is the Word. His Word is Truth.) hear His voice, the voice of His Word.
(2) Pilate actually did not ask Jesus the question, “What is Truth?” because he wanted to know the truth. No, he stated it as a vocalized afterthought in response to Jesus saying that He came into the world to bear witness of the truth. Then Pilate must have shrugged his shoulders and said: Ah, what is truth? In other words, he was saying that no one really knows what truth is. He responded this way because he had no understanding of who Jesus was. He only saw Jesus as a man, one in whom he could find no fault. He dismissed the conversation in his mind and went back out to Jesus’ accusers and told them that he found no fault in Jesus and basically asked if they wanted him to release Jesus. Of course, we all know their response----release Barabbas.
In John 1:14, John 14:6, and John 17:17 we read these words:
And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
Jesus said unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man comes to the Father, but by me.
Sanctify them through your truth: your word is truth.
What is Truth? We have our answer from the scriptures. Jesus is the Truth. The Word is the Truth. He is the Word. He is the Word and the Truth. All Truth comes from God. He is the Source of all that is true. He has given us His Word, which is His Truth unveiled from Genesis to Revelation. As we are lovers of Jesus and His Word, we know (have an intimate relationship with, have revelation of) the Truth. And that intimate relationship with the Word of Truth shall make us free (John 8:32).
posted by Rev. Kialeen Potterton @ 8:42 AM
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