When Pilate asked Jesus if he was a king, Jesus answered: “Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice. Pilate saith unto him, What is truth?”
The devil masquerades himself an angel of light. Millions are snared into believing that Islam, Buddha, Hinduism, atheism, communism, and countless other deceptions are speaking the truth. They obviously cannot all be right. Therefore Pilate’s question to Jesus still remains a mystery to millions.
If Pilate only knew when he asked the question of all questions, “What is truth?" that THE TRUTH was standing right in front of Him, the One condemned to be crucified by the High Priest as well as the leaders of Israel.
The answer to Pilate’s question was confirmed to the world three days later by Jesus’ rising from the dead. Jesus had stated: “Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up” (John 2:19). He also said in Matthew 12:40: “For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.”
In the final analysis, the only basis for all truth is God. We can only know Him through His Son, Jesus Christ who said: “I am the way, the truth, and the life" (John 14:6). Jesus said: “Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice” (John 8:37).
What our country desperately needs to lead us are men and woman who hear Jesus’ voice. In the end, no one else, no matter how good-looking, how talented, how worldly-wise, how well-educated, or how appealing in personality can be trusted. This country and the world needs the real truth, not the counterfeit.
We parents must raise up sons and daughters who are of the truth--who seek the truth, who recognize and know the truth, who daily hear the voice of Jesus Christ who is the only truth, and who speak the truth.
Be encouraged.
Colin Campbell