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Truth

In a sarcastic, arrogant tone, without much desire in really embracing the answer, Pilate asked, "What is truth?" Sadly, the tone and the lack of desire remains in many of us when we ask the same question. According to Romans chapter one, human beings suppress or push down the truth when it is revealed to them.

Truth is dangerous and difficult. There is a part of us that, as Jack Nicholson's character in A Few Good Men exclaimed "can't handle the Truth." We want Truth until it leads us where we don't want to go. We love Truth when it serves us. We say we want it, but secretly fear it. We claim to be pursuing it, but in reality, spend most of our time running from it. That part of us that is yet to be submitted to God (the flesh cf. Romans 8:5-8) doesn't really want the Truth.

Truth is revealed, not discovered. Truth finds you more than you find Truth. Truth brings about humility, not pride. People who know Truth are more in tune with what they don't know then what they do know. Knowing Truth brings about freedom. Living in Truth is freedom. Truth is not explained by us. Instead, Truth explains us. We don't examine Truth. Truth examines us.

Love rejoices with Truth. Truth is the context of love. Love is not the context of Truth. We do not speak or live in love apart from Truth. Truth defines what love is and how it is rightly expressed.

Truth has a name. Truth is not impersonal. Truth is not subjective. Truth shouts from the mountains and whispers in the wind.