Here’s
a reflection on John 18:38, where Pilate asks Jesus, “What is truth?” It was written by lutheranjulia, and posted
on RevGalBlogPals.
Reflection: What is Truth?
(inspired by John
18:38)
“What
is truth?”
Pilate
stared at the tired Galilean Jew in front of him.
Jesus
was silent.
Pilate’s
eyes widened.
“What is truth?”
he repeated, more firmly.
Jesus
didn’t blink.
Or
speak.
There
were no words to reply.
Jesus
was answering the question.
Simply
by being.
The
sheer fact of his existence,
his embodiment of all that is Holy,
answered
the question.
The
truth is never in words.
It
was always, is always the Word.
The
truth is a person,
a
person named Jesus,
the person we understand to be the Christ.
He
is the way, the life, and the truth.
There
is no other Truth.
This
Truth,
this
person,
promised
we would encounter him in others.
In
the hungry.
In
the sick.
In
the lonely.
In
the imprisoned.
In
the thirsty.
In
the outcasts.
The
Truth is in them.
~
written by lutheranjulia, and posted on RevGalBlogPals.
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