Quid est Veritas?
02-07-15
John 18:37-38
(NASB) 37 Therefore Pilate
said to Him, "So You are a king?" Jesus answered, "You
say correctly that I am a king. For this I have been born, and for this I
have come into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth
hears My voice."
38 Pilate
*said to Him, "What is truth?" And when he had said this, he
went out again to the Jews and *said to them, "I find no guilt in Him.
What is truth? That question is as compelling today as it was in Pilate's
time don't you think? It begs and pleads for an answer. Some time ago, years
actually,I was listening to the radio while delivering the mail. It was a talk
show host, a household name then and now. I was surprised, actually shocked to
find out that he considered himself an entertainer first and a
journalist second. As I let this sink in I decided then and there, that very
day, that I would never listen to him again. And I never have.
We live in an age today where entertainers pass themselves off as
journalists. Not just individuals, but entire media outlets are committed
to ratings as opposite the truth. Truth, or at the very least, common
objectivity has given way to sensationalism and ideology, all for the sake of
the advertising dollar. Choose your media outlet. Television, radio, internet
they are all poisoned. I don't know whether or not it is possible to find the
TRUTH about anything anymore. Then I was reminded. I had a scripture
thought come to mind today.A thought that I thought, most relevant.
Hebrews
12:26-27 (KJV) 26 Whose
voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I
shake not the earth only, but also heaven.
27
And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of
those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things
which cannot be shaken may remain.
Do you feel it? There is a shaking going on isn't there? Ideals and values we
thought once unassailable are under relentless assault. Precepts precious to our
hearts are undergoing revision. Things that we were taught in school might not
have actually happened the way we were taught. It's unfortunate and saddening
but nevertheless seemingly true. But now, it has taken on a new brashness. These
days there is no attempt to hide the deception and editing that occurs. It is
shameless and has tainted virtually everything we see and read. It's all
ENTERTAINMENT AND.....
NEWSFLASH!! It's all by design. Come on Ronnie, you really believe that?
Let me say emphatically, YES I DO. There is a shaking going on and everything
that can be shaken, will be. Folks, anything coming from the heart and mind
of man...from the highest philosophy to the most brazen journalism is basically
and essentially flawed. It is offered, no matter if from the purest motivations,
from a sin nature. It is not now, nor will it ever be TRUTH. Pilate's question
has but one answer. There is but one truth. One foundation. One rock. One anchor
for the soul.
John
14:6 (NASB) 6 Jesus
*said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life;
no one comes the Father but through Me.
My ailing mother called me over today and took hold of my hand. With
difficulty she mouthed very softly "I am ready to go." The first thing that
crossed my mind was that she was ready to retire and go to the bedroom. So, I
told her to wait a minute and I would get her medicine and wheel her into her
bed. She shook her head and whispered, "no, I am ready to go to Heaven." I just
smiled and said "O.K. whenever Jesus is ready, He will come and get you." We
held hands and soon the moment was over. I mention that here to say this. My 95
year old ailing mother has no illusions about who and what the truth is. She
doesn't need CNN, FOX or anyone else to tell her what is truth. She KNOWS
without a doubt the answer to the age old question. Amen and Amen.
Psalm
23:4 (NASB) 4 Even
though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I
fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your
staff, they comfort me.
God Bless
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