What is Truth?

Pilate once asked Jesus, “What is truth?” It is a question that has been asked for thousands of years. Today we believe truth is subjective – what is truth for you may not be truth for me. Will there ever be an answer we can depend on?

Scripture: John 18:33-37
Pilate then went back inside the palace, summoned Jesus and asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?”
“Is that your own idea,” Jesus asked, “or did others talk to you about me?”
“Am I a Jew?” Pilate replied. “It was your people and your chief priests who handed you over to me. What is it you have done?”
“Jesus said, “My kingdom is not of this world. If it were, my servants would fight to prevent my arrest by the Jews. But now my kingdom is from another place.”
“You are a king, then!” said Pilate.
Jesus answered, “You are right in saying I am a king. In fact, for this reason I was born, and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens to me.”
“What is truth?” Pilate asked.

Renewing Reflections
It is our prayer Renewing Reflections will be a blessing in your life this coming week. This quote is taken from the sermon “What Will It Take to Satisfy Me?" delivered on Christian Crusaders August 13, 2000.

The hunger and thirst of the soul can only be satisfied by Jesus. This is one of Jesus’ basic teachings. When he said, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry and he who believes in me will never be thirsty” (John 6:36), his meaning was very clear. Jesus alone can satisfy the deep needs of our souls. What is this bread and wine to which Jesus refers? It is his Word with the promises found therein which satisfies the soul’s needs.

On the Light Side
A fisherman was getting a terrible reputation for stretching the truth. So he decided to buy a pair of scales and thereafter insisted on weighing every fish he caught in front of a witness.

All went well until one day a doctor borrowed the scales to weigh a newborn baby. The baby weighed forty-seven pounds!

The program "What is Truth?" will air Sunday, November 22, 2009. Visit www.christiancrusaders.org for radio stations and times, or to listen online.