{"id":6214,"date":"2006-04-14T14:04:00","date_gmt":"2006-04-14T14:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/simplethoughtsfromscripture.wordpress.com\/2006\/04\/14\/john-1836-37-what-is-truth"},"modified":"2018-05-31T20:48:52","modified_gmt":"2018-06-01T01:48:52","slug":"john-1836-37-what-is-truth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jimerwin\/2006\/04\/14\/john-1836-37-what-is-truth\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Truth?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\"What<\/a><\/p>\n

What is Truth?<\/h2>\n

Pilate therefore said to Him, \u201cAre You a king then?\u201d <\/span> Jesus answered, \u201cYou say rightly that I am a king. For this cause I was born, and for this cause I have come into the world, that I should bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice.\u201d Pilate said to Him, \u201cWhat is truth?\u201d And when he had said this, he went out again to the Jews, and said to them, \u201cI find no fault in Him at all.\u201d
\n<\/span> (John 18:37-38 NKJV)<\/span><\/p>\n

What is Truth?<\/p>\n

What is Truth? Everyone asks the question loud and discreet.
\nFrom the skeptic to the religious to the simple man on the street.
\nWhat is Truth? A question that no one seems to know the answer.
\nWe ask but we cannot know.
\nWe seek but we do not find.
\nWe investigate with trial and error but we cannot discover.<\/p>\n

Is there anyone who can answer this ultimate question?
\nIs there anyone who has the authority to show?
\nIs there anyone who is willing to prove the evidence?
\nIs there anyone who will share what we all want to know?<\/p>\n

Will we listen when the Truth speaks?
\nWill we hear what the Truth has to say?
\nCan we be certain the Truth will not lie to us?<\/p>\n

The Truth has stood the test of time.<\/p>\n

When the Truth comes to us, will we love or ignore?
\nWhen the Truth comes to us, will we obey or refuse?
\nWhen the Truth comes to us, will we enjoy or condemn?<\/p>\n

The Truth is a person.<\/p>\n

He taught, testified, and told about Truth.
\nHe lived, loved, and labored in Truth.
\nHe fought, died, and conquered for Truth.<\/p>\n

The Truth is Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n


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