Face to face with Truth

Have you ever heard someone say something like, "you wouldn't know the truth if it was staring you in the face"? In today's society or culture, "truth" is no longer Truth. It has become a relative term, something that might have many interpretations depending on your point of view. The famous line I hear over and over again is "you have your truth and I have mine." Today when THE TRUTH is right there in front of a person, their heart may be so blinded by the world or hardened that they can't recognize it for what it is.

There was a man of power and position who stood face to face with Truth and never recognized it ... never acknowledged it. That man was Pilate. He stood before Jesus... the Christ, looked Him in the eyes, and missed it. John 18:33, 36-38(ESV)

So Pilate entered his headquarters again and called Jesus and said to him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" ...

Jesus answered, "My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would have been fighting, that I might not be delivered over to the Jews. But my kingdom is not from the world."

Then Pilate said to him, "So you are a king?" Jesus answered, "You say that I am a king. For this purpose I was born and for this purpose I have come into the world--to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice."
Pilate said to him, "What is truth?"

What an opportunity Pilate missed. Here was the Messiah, the Christ, the Savior... and Pilate missed it.

Haven't we all been like that at one time or another? I was there for over 40 years! The funny thing is I can't really recall a time that I really "heard" the Gospel. As a child I went to Sunday school and church until I was about 18 or 19. I heard the pastor read from the Bible and heard his sermons. The Truth was right there in my face and I couldn't see it or hear it.

Webster's definition of truth:
1. Conformity to fact or reality; exact accordance with that which is, or has been, or shall be.

It seems pretty clear to me that truth is "fact" and unchangeable. There is much comfort in this reality for if it was changeable then chaos would rule and we would be lost and hopeless.

I take great comfort in the Truth. The Truth in the Word of God is just as true today as it was yesterday and will be tomorrow...His salvation plan through Jesus, His great and precious promises for you and for me.

I can only pray for my loved ones who have been face to face with Truth and until now have chosen to reject it for their own "truth." I pray they would come to know the Truth and that the Truth "would set them free."

MaryAnn

MaryAnn and John Kiernan have been married for 37 years, have 2 grown/married sons and are the proud grandparents of three grandsons and one granddaughter! She serves at America's Keswick as a Biblical Counselor and also as Intake Coordinator for the Colony of Mercy. Her life verse is Romans 8:28.

DIGGING DEEPER
Matthew 6
33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
34 Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.