What is Truth?

What is Truth? (John 18:38)

One of the problems we have in our society is a constant flow of deception regarding lifestyle. We are all undoubtedly aware of the lies concerning sex, Jesus, and the goals of life in general. Among all the misinformation, there is also a stream of advertising for foods, supplements and drugs which completely distorts the truth about a healthy lifestyle. Drugs have become the answer to every problem and if that doesn't work then cut or burn it out. Whatever power drugs have is negative. They can, at best, only destroy. There is no life or life source in them and healing ultimately depends on the healing power that God has designed into our incredible bodies. Our lifestyles either build up or dissipate the God given strength of our bodies.

Christians sometimes wonder why they get sick. Certainly God does use our physical infirmities to build us up spiritually and to form the character of Christ in us. But, we can also hurt ourselves by violating physical laws such as gravity. If I step off my roof, I will not escape the effect of the law of gravity. Our bodies operate according to physical laws similar to gravity. If we break a physical law like gravity, we will inevitably see the effect. We live in a world of cause and effect. Every single effect has a cause.

The good news is that God gives us grace and power to get out of the negative cause and effect cycle and to begin to plant seeds that will just as inevitably produce a harvest of right, peace, good and health. As in the spiritual realm, this change in results in the physical realm, first of all, depends on knowing, believing and conforming to the Truth. Jesus said that it was better to lose an eye or a limb than to continue in sin and end up in hell. So, Godliness is definitely more important than physical health. But, there is much value in knowing that gravity or other physical laws not only bring blessing but also present the possibility of negative effects and life threatening danger.

I'm babbling away about things of which you are well aware. Yet, I personally find it easy to forget truths in the distractions of life. In addition, some truths have been buried under mountains of misinformation. Unfortunately, many doctors have been buried under mountains of questionable information about the poison it, burn it and cut it culture of our current medical culture. At the same time, they have often had less training in nutrition than veterinarians. As a result, it is necessary for individuals to go beyond putting faith in their doctors and to become diligent seekers of truth about their physical bodies. This bears some resemblance to God's desire for us to each individually be diligent seekers of Him rather than basing our beliefs solely on the word of a priest or a special preacher. "But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that comes to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him."

Pilate was a ruler and a judge. Yet, he admitted that he did not know Truth. Searching is better than being like Pilate and blindly getting the consequences of ignorance. Some came to Jesus seeking answers. Others already thought they knew the answers. And, some saw their need for answers but did not seek. Blindly standing before the embodiment of Truth what does Pilate say? He does not say "Help me." Instead, he lazily embraces his ignorance, "What is Truth?" - Pilate

If you were blind, you should have no sin: but now you say, We see; therefore your sin remains. (John 9:41)