Jesus said in John 18:37, "You say correctly that I am a king. For this I have been born, and for this I have come into the world, to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice." After saying these words, Pontius Pilate makes a proverbial statemant, "What is truth?" In that moment, Pontius Pilate walked away from the greatest authority of truth. What is truth? Webster's New World Dictionary defines truth as 1. sincerity; honesty 2. conformity with fact 3. REALITY; ACTUAL EXISTENCE 4. AGREEMENT WITH A STANDARD. The quintessence of truth is reality and the conformity or agreement to this reality. The terminology used for defining the inability to perceive truth is known as insanity.
The embodiment of Jesus' saying resolves Pontius Pilate's statement. Pilate's quest for reality could only be found in Jesus. Jesus says in John 14:6, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but through Me. What is truth? What did Jesus bear witness to? Jesus was and testified the reality that can only be found in the one true God. The Hebrew word for truth, 'emeth, characterizes both God's words and actions in the Old Testament. THIS IS JESUS' POINT! He came to show the world both in words and actions the truth of God. He came to show the world the truth of God's standard. The truth of God's love, mercy, holiness, and judgement. For example, the world has twisted the standard of love. The world has projected love as this fluid, self-seeking, pleasuring emotion in which we as people must seek our own wealth and pleasure first then whatever is leftover, charity overwhelms our emotions (notice I didn't say heart) and we leave these oddments for those less fortunate. Jesus flips this lie and states in John 15:12, "Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends." This sacrifical love of putting others before yourself (the standard of God) negates the simplicity and egocentricity of our culture. Anything outside the reality of God's standard is insanity and futile. The lies of secular culture leaves humanity without profit and always searching. It's time for believers to start testifiying to the truth of God in both words and actions. I'll end with these verses from 2 Timothy 24-26, "And the Lord's bond-servant must not be quarrelsome, but be kind to all, able to teach, patient when wronged, with gentleness correcting those who are in opposition, if perhaps God may grant them repentance leading to the knowledge of the truth, and they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil, having been held captive by him to do his will. "
About Me
- A Ragamuffin
- My name is Brett and I'm a believer. I'm not a man of faith because of my righteousness but because of His. All I'm capable of doing is making a mess of my life. Jesus restores and transforms. Jesus has changed my life forever though I'm not deserving. I'm still prideful, arrogant, lustful, and irritable (among other failures in my life), but Jesus still loves me; he still cares. I say those things not for people to feel sorry or for the spotlight to shine on me. I say those things to show you that my life is all about Jesus. I don't have to stand in a pulpit screaming at the top of my lungs to prove my faith, Jesus does that for me. He provides me with a love that I've never felt before; a love for God and my neighbor. You cannot put my faith in a neat little box. A believers life is the most dangerous, unstable life you can live, but the most fulfilling. I'm tired of the narrow beliefs of the religious right and the shallow beliefs of liberals. I don't have all the answers, but Jesus has changed my life and continually does. I'm on a journey. Many times I want to quit and give up, but that's not an option. My name is Brett, I'm a Ragamuffin. All Glory to God!!
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