The Revelation Of The Truth Series

But Jesus didn’t give up on Pilate. He revealed to him the real truth of the matter. 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.” 37 “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.” Do you see how Jesus was trying to expand Pilate’s mind beyond his tunnel vision that this was just a “Jewish” matter or whether Jesus was claiming to be a king of the Jews. Jesus wanted Pilate to see that his kingdom went far beyond that of the Jews. In an indirect manner Jesus was in fact telling Pilate, “I came from another world - heaven. I came to this earth to share with the WORLD the truth. I have an absolute truth - a spiritual truth that I can share with you!” We know what Jesus was talking about. That He is the Savior - the spiritual Christ. For the truth of the Gospel says in 1 John 2:2, He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world. Jesus came to die for all people, and he wants ALL people to be saved through the truth of salvation in Christ.

III. The response

And how did Pilate respond to this revelation of the truth? “What is truth?” As a pessimistic Gentile he looked at truth as a relative matter - as nothing absolute. So he threw up his hands and decided that nothing must be absolutely true. How was he to know?

“What is truth?” Is there such a thing as a Revelation of the Truth? It’s very difficult for our college students, when they take a course on world religions, to really be convicted of a truth. They are taught that religion develops through culture. A common theme even among religions is that all paths lead to the same place. The Universalist religion states that we all go to heaven through whatever belief we have. Whether I worship Allah, Jehovah, or God - it’s all the same God. With so many denominations, many tend to think that truth is relevant only to each individual person and there is no absolute truth. And that’s what the devil wants us to think. If he can’t get us to fall for an out an out lie, he will get us to fall for the idea that there really is not truth. For if there is no absolute truth, then my ground is not solid. Instead of saying, “I BELIEVE this,” we will only be able to say, “I think we can agree on this.”

But what does God’s Word say? What did Jesus say? “I came to this world to testify to the truth.” And what is the truth? Jesus said, “I am the way, the TRUTH, and the life. NO ONE comes to the Father except through ME.” Jesus made a claim on absolute truth, and he proclaimed an absolute truth. And we do the same - based on God’s Word. When God’s Word says that homosexuality and premarital sex is a sin, we preach it. When God’s Word says that faith comes by hearing the message, we encourage Bible class and worship attendance, because we believe this is absolutely true. When the Gospel states that salvation is by faith ALONE in Christ - that’s what we stick to. We don’t say that the Bible might be true or going to heaven through Christ is ONE way. It’s the only way. That is what we say is THE truth.