My Kingdom is Not of This World

Transcript of the segment on true truth:

Pilate’s question is very often our question and it may be your question tonight, ‘What is truth?’ Jesus answer is one we need to hear. First of all, truth is singular. It is not ‘truths’, but ‘truth’. Not this is your truth; this is my truth. One coherent reality that holds together history, science, values, life. Truth is singular. Truth is objective. Frances Schaeffer used to talk about ‘true truth’ that matters. ‘True truth’, something that is true for everyone, whoever they are, wherever they are for all times. It doesn’t change according to the individual. It doesn’t change according to the date. It’s not something that is true for me and is not true for you. Truth is objective; it can be tested, examined and trusted. Truth comes by revelation; here’s the third thing. Truth is a given thing. John’s Gospel has emphasized this. ‘Grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.’ Revelation. Truth is revelation. It doesn’t come by speculation or investigate. It is a given thing. A given thing. We could never have come to know God if God had not disclosed himself. Jesus said to his Father, just in chapter 17 of John’s Gospel, when he comes to the Father there at the beginning of his prayer and he says, ‘You’ve given me authority to give eternal life to all those whom you’ve given to me. And this is eternal life: that they may know you the only true God and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.’ Truth is something that comes by revelation. And supremely in John’s Gospel, and in the Bible generally, truth is personal. It’s not an equation; it’s a person.