What is Truth?

In a world where truth has become more subjective and the Word of God has become more compromised, is it possible to know the answer to the question, "What is Truth?" This is certainly a good question that has been asked at least once by every person to ever live, and what's interesting about this question is that two thousand years ago Pontius Pilate, the governor of Judea asked Jesus the same question in John 18:38, "What is Truth?" But, what's even more fascinating is that Jesus didn't even answer Pilate's question. Why? Is it because society back then also possessed multiple versions of the truth? Is it because there is really no such thing as absolute or objective truth? Or, is it because Pilate asked the wrong question? Unfortunately, no one will ever know the real answer as to why Jesus remained silent to this very important question. However, right before Pilate asked this question, in verse 37 Jesus did give Pilate some insight into his overall mission; that He came in to the world to testify to the truth.

Well, what truth did Jesus testify to? In a world that has so many religions, so many worldviews, and so many gods, how can anyone distinguish between the real from the fake, between the right from the wrong, or between the truth from the false??? Some believe that all religions lead towards the same God. Some believe that no God exists at all. And some believe in their own particular God(s). But, what is the truth, and what truth did Jesus testify to?

First, in a world where information is widely accessible at the touch of a button and where everyone has their own opinion to the answer of what truth is, finding out the "real truth" might require some thorough research on behalf of the seeker. Why? Because if you Google the question, "What is Truth," it will only populate approximately 634 million answers. Fortunately though, a person can avoid filtering through the Google mountains of truth by leaving the research up to those who themselves already sorted out these truths. However, the only difficult challenge with that is, who can you trust to assist you in finding the right answer, especially when everyone claims to know the right answer to the truth? It's almost as if your hands are tied behind your back, right?

This is why the account of Jesus' encounter with Pilate at his trial is so interesting. Why? Because when Pilate asked Jesus the same question, "What is Truth," instead of giving Pilate an answer to the truth like everyone else would have done when asked the same question, Jesus took the unpopular route and remained silent. I repeat, Jesus remained silent! How many of you know that sometimes there is more truth in silence than there is truth spoken??? You see, if Pilate would have been paying attention to what Jesus said beforehand in the context, Pilate would have probably asked a different question, which would have probably received a different answer. Hence, a lesson can be learned from this particular account that in life asking the 'right' questions can be far more effective than asking a bunch of questions, or asking the wrong question. How? Case-in-point: Just Google, "Who testified to the truth," and see how you just narrowed your research from 634 million down to just 28 million; by more than 95 percent! WOW!   

Therefore, in your quest of finding out the answer to the question "What is Truth," start by asking a better question; "Who testified to the truth?" Furthermore, instead of looking at what everyone else says about what they believe truth to be, look to the only person in the history of mankind who remained silent when asked the same question. And, instead of googling the internet for the truth, cut your research down even further by looking at the only person who testified to the truth to find your answer. You see, there's a difference between spoken truth and testified truth. And Jesus not only testified to everything spoken about him in the scriptures by the prophets, but Jesus also testified to everything he taught through his own word, through his own life, through his own death, and through his own resurrection. That's the ultimate demonstration to what testified truth means, and that's what separates Jesus' truth from the truth of the world! Paul says in Romans 5:8, "God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners Christ died for us." That's testified truth, and Jesus is the only person in all of humanity that ever accomplished the one power that has kept humanity captive, and that was the fear of death folks!

John 3:16, "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son that whoever believes in him (the truth) will never perish, but have everlasting life."  

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