Pilate—the man who handed Jesus over for crucifixion—turned to Jesus in His final hour, and, albeit a rhetorical one, posed one of the most significant questions in all scripture, saying, "What is truth?" Jesus had just said to him in John 18:37, "To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth." It isn't rhetorical any more. Now the world is completely serious when it asks, "What is truth?"
Today many call truth a mere human construct for controlling the masses. Others refer to truth as only subjective, a personal preference and opinion. Maybe you've heard people say, "Your truth is your truth." Still others see conventional wisdom as truth, a product of the judgment of a consensus of the population. So, what is truth?
Jesus in His prayer to His Father said in John 17:17, "Thy Word is truth." In a root way, a theological one, truth is that consistent with the character and will of God. In an ontological way, truth is the way things really are, or in other words, reality. God would have His creatures to understand earth and heaven according to how they really are. That is the truth.
Because God is the ultimate author of truth, its originator, and He is One, the truth cannot contradict itself. If someone will know the truth, perhaps like Pilate once-upon-a-time seemed to want to know, he will find it when He looks to God, His Creator and His Savior. Psalm 25:5 says, “Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.” Romans 3:4 says, “Let God be true and every man a liar.” With God the source of all truth and Himself the truth (John 14:6), His Word is sufficient also to know the truth. It too is the final arbiter of truth. If someone seeks God first through His Word, He will know the truth, and more than anything, the eternal truth of the gospel.
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