What is Truth?

Jesus says he was born and came into the world to testify to the truth. Pilate’s reply sounds to me as if he had heard every lie in the book. And, he probably had.

“What is truth?” The same question is asked by many today. And like Pilate, many believe there is no
truth.

Our schools teach tolerance – everyone has the right to believe whatever they want. If I say, “My God is the only true God,” I’m labeled “intolerant.” Go ahead and label me.

My God IS the only true God. That is the truth. It doesn't matter what you believe. All that matters is what’s true.

Jesus said, “I am the Way, the Truth and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” Pilate did not understand he was staring Truth in the face. He’d become so skeptical, so jaded, he couldn't recognize truth.

Unfortunately, in a world were so many lies and so much deception have been plastered on headlines, it’s tough to trust anyone these days. Too often, those lies have come from the mouths of those claiming the name of Christ. But none of that changes the truth, only our receptiveness to it.

We, Jesus’ followers, must show the world the Truth. We must show them Jesus. “How can they believe in what they have not heard, and how can they hear unless someone tells them, and how can they go and tell them if they are not sent?” (Romans 10:14-15)

Before Jesus left this world, he said, “As the Father sent me, so I am sending you” (John 20:21). And he told his followers, “Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Teaching them to obey everything I have commanded them” (Matthew 28:19-20).

You have been sent.

Follow Him with me,
Darin

The Throne of Love

Romans 5:6-10

When we were utterly helpless, Christ came at just the right time and died for us sinners. Now, most people would not be willing to die for an upright person, though someone might perhaps be willing to die for a person who is especially good.  But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners. And since we have been made right in God’s sight by the blood of Christ, he will certainly save us from God’s condemnation. For since our friendship with God was restored by the death of his Son while we were still his enemies, we will certainly be saved through the life of his Son.

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 “We venerate [honor] the cross as a safeguard of faith, as the strengthening of hop and the throne of love. It is the sign of mercy, the proof of forgiveness, the vehicle of grace and the banner of peace. We venerate the cross, because it has broken down our pride, shattered our envy, redeemed our sin and atoned for our punishment.

"The cross of Christ is the door to heaven, the key to paradise, the downfall of the devil, the uplifting of mankind, the consolation of our imprisonment, the  prize for our freedom. The cross was the hope of the patriarchs, the promise of the prophets, the triumph of kings and the ministry of priests. Tyrants are convicted by the cross and the mighty ones defeated, it lifts up the miserable and honors the poor. The cross is the end of darkness, the spreading of light, the flight of death, the ship of life and the kingdom of salvation.

"Whatever we accomplish for God, whatever we succeed and hope for, is the fruit of our veneration of  the cross. By the cross Christ draws everything to him. It is the kingdom of the Father, the scepter of the Son and the seal of the Holy Spirit, a witness to the total Trinity."

By Rupert, Abbot of Deutz, early 12^th century