The TRUTH

In a society filled with multiple forms of truth, it is sometimes hard to know what exactly truth is. Our world tells us what is true for you is great, but what is true for someone else is also just as great. A very philosophical view of truth as being simply relative. And completely wrong.

After Jesus was handed over to Pilate in John 18, Pilate asked Jesus the essential question to life: "what is truth?" Pilate, much like ourselves, was searching for truth. Searching for answers. And Jesus had been speaking nothing but truth the entire time. In John 14:6 Jesus tells us He "is the way, the TRUTH, and the life." Jesus IS truth.

However, sometimes the world challenges that belief. How do we know? How do we know what we believe? Well, it starts with the Bible. For Jesus to be truth, then the Bible must be truth first. Check out these facts on the Bible:

• Written over 1,500 year span without any of its writers knowing their writings were going to be a part of one book
• Written by more than 40 people from all walks of life (kings, military leaders, peasants, fishermen, tax collectors, poets, musicians, shepherds, etc)
• Written in many different places (wilderness, dungeons, while traveling, while in exile, etc)
• Written on 3 different continents (Asia, Africa, Europe)
• Written in 3 different languages (Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek)
• Written in a variety of literary styles (prophecy, historical narrative, song, poetry, parables, biography, autobiography, law, allegory, etc)

All of these elements come together & prove to not only be historically accurate, but also archaeologically accurate. There has never been a historical or archaeological discovery that has refuted the Bible. It is completely inerrant, and through an amazing set of circumstances above, completely TRUE. The Bible is truth. 

And if the Bible is truth, then we know Jesus IS the truth. In a world looking & searching for the answers to truth, JESUS IS. 

Finally, take a look at Psalm 22. This was written over 1,000 years before Jesus' crucifixion, and what we learn from it can teach us the greatest truth: Jesus was mocked, beaten, bled & died for you. TRUTH. He was crucified, laid in a tomb to die for you. TRUTH. He rose again & gives you new eternal life. TRUTH. He’s coming back so be ready. TRUTH. 

Jesus IS truth. Jesus IS the answer. Be free, forgiven & redeemed. TRUTH. 

JV