Good Morning All,
John 18:38; “Pilate said to him, “What is truth?”
After he had said this, he went back outside to the Jews and told them, “I find
no guilt in him.”
“What is truth?” That was the question
that Pilate asked Jesus. There are many
ways to interpret that question. It
would seem that this one is somewhat rhetorical and cynical. It reminds me of “Reality TV”. Just where is the reality on these TV
shows? I have only watched a couple of
episodes and have never met anyone who spoke or acted like these people do and
yet we call it “reality TV”.
Why do we call it that? Do we think that there are people who believe
that lie is like this? Do the makers of
these shows have strange dreams and then come up with these stories? Or do they think this is reality? I suspect the answer is that the makers of
the show see reality as whatever makes a profit. If they can make money, they put it on and
smile all the way to the bank. It is
funny how we can distort reality so that it is what they want it to be. The makers of the show have their motives and
then call it reality.
Pilate does the same thing. First he asks Jesus what is truth, and then
he announces that he finds no guilt in him.
Pilate knows the truth; he knows that Jesus is innocent of all the
charges made against him. Yet he has
Jesus beaten and whipped; apparently being innocent had a different meaning to
him. He then allows himself to be
bullied into letting Jesus be crucified.
What is truth? Apparently to Pilate it was whatever was convenient at
the time.
How often do we do the same thing? We take the easy or convenient way out. Everyone else is gossiping about someone
else, so we join in. Everyone around us
is advocating some form of sinful action and we acquiesce. Everyone around us espouses some form of
greedy or selfish stance and we agree, even when we know it goes against our
faith and our understanding of Scriptures.
What is truth? The world tells us that truth is whatever works at the
time we need it. “Truth” depends on the
situation; it is relative to what is around us.
The world wants you to believe that “reality TV” is truth even when we
know it is not.
This is what Jesus is talking about when he
told his followers that “the truth will set you free.” When you have no truth, only imaginations,
you are always tied up in the lies. You
have to figure out why the current “false truth” exists. Who has the power, who has the influence, who
thinks they decide what truth is.
Believers in Christ know the truth.
Jesus came as the truth. In him,
and in him alone, do we have salvation; that is the truth. God and God alone is truth. He alone determines the truth.
In Christ we have the truth of God’s
love. In Christ we have the certainty of
God’s mercy in our life. In Christ we
have the truth of our salvation. In
Christ we know truth.
Father, you sent Jesus to be
our truth. Give us the courage to cling
to you and to your truth. Be with those
who are being led astray by the world’s twisting of truth. Bring them home to your eternal truth and
love. In the precious name of Jesus, our
Risen Savior, we pray, amen.
God’s
Peace,
Pastor
Bret
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