Saturday 11 April 2020

What Is Truth?

Pilate saith unto Him, What is truth? John 18:38

Pilate had a desire to know the truth. His mind was confused. He eagerly grasped the words of the Saviour, and his heart was stirred with a great longing to know what it really was, and how he could obtain it. “What is truth?” he inquired. But he did not wait for an answer. The tumult outside recalled him to the interests of the hour; for the priests were clamorous for immediate action. Going out to the Jews, he declared emphatically, “I find in Him no fault at all.” DA 727

A selection of Scriptures to answer Pilate's question:

Thou art near, O Lord; and all Thy commandments are truth. Psalms 119:151

Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and His ways judgment: and those that walk in pride He is able to abase. Daniel 4:37

For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. John 1:17

Jesus saith unto him, I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by Me. John 14:6

This is He that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth. 1 John 5:6

Sanctify them through Thy truth: Thy word is truth. John 17:17

When the power of God testifies as to what is truth, that truth is to stand forever as the truth. No after suppositions contrary to the light God has given are to be entertained. Men will arise with interpretations of Scripture which are to them truth, but which are not truth. The truth for this time God has given us as a foundation for our faith. He Himself has taught us what is truth. CIHS 12

Neither name or numbers count with God or have anything to do with determining what is truth. 
No one has a monopoly on truth and there is no place on earth to go to find it.
Truth is revealed, not searched out by human shrewdness. 
We get truth merely by looking to God and His Word. 
Truth is that which is, therefore truth is life.