Sunday, February 23, 2014

What is Truth? -- Grace and Truth in Jesus!

"Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? And when he had said this, he went out again unto the Jews, and saith unto them, I find in him no fault at all." (John 18: 28)

Ironically enough (and the Gospel of John is filled with such great, and gracious, irony), Roman Praetor Pontius Pilate answered his own question.

The Truth is a person:

"Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me." (John 14: 6)

He is the Truth.

And the truth is also the Gospel:

"To whom we gave place by subjection, no, not for an hour; that the truth of the gospel might continue with you." (Galatians 2: 5)

And the Truth sets us free:

"And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." (John 8:32)

We find this truth in His Word:

"Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;" (John 8: 31)

Which before was defined for us:

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." (John 1: 1)

And in Jesus we find:

"For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ." (John 1: 17)

Grace and truth are one whole, for in grace, we receive full pardon and justification:

"Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins:" (Act 13: 38)

So that we are blameless in Christ:

"3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: 4According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:" (Ephesians 1: 3-4)

In other words:

"I find in him no fault at all."

What is truth, then? Pilate answered his own question, ultimately: that in Christ, we are graced and blessed with the gift of righteousness, justified from all sin, that when God the Father looks at us, He sees nothing wrong with us, because we are in Christ.

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