Pilate therefore said to him, “Are you a king then?”
Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. For this reason I have been born, and for this reason I have come into the world, that I should testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice.”
Pilate said to him, “What is truth?”
John 18:37-38a (World English Bible)
Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. For this reason I have been born, and for this reason I have come into the world, that I should testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice.”
Pilate said to him, “What is truth?”
John 18:37-38a (World English Bible)
Introduction
Consider the computer monitor above. Think of it as a metaphor for all sources of information, the internet, the media, etc. Reflect on the squid tentacles as symbolic of the many ways various “truths” thrust themselves upon us. Let the three colors represent different thoughts about what “truth” is, with each color representing a different opinion on truth.
Questions to Ponder
How do you decide what is true with so many options being thrust upon you?
Is it possible we at times embrace something as true out of convenience, accepting what is laid before us because it is easier than laboring to uncover actual truth?
Is it possible you have embraced something as true that is in fact false? How would you find out?
How would you seek real truth?
What is truth?
Call to Action
How can you seek truth more fervently? What practical steps can you take to live in truth? What can you do to insure your outward actions are consistent with what you inwardly hold to be true?
Final Thoughts
You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.
John 8:32 (World English Bible)
“There are a terrible lot of lies going about the world, and the worst of it is that half of them are true.”
Winston S. Churchill
“Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.”
Pablo Picasso
“There are no facts, only interpretations.”
Friedrich Nietzsche
“There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.”
Søren Kierkegaard
“Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it.”
Leo Tolstoy
Consider the computer monitor above. Think of it as a metaphor for all sources of information, the internet, the media, etc. Reflect on the squid tentacles as symbolic of the many ways various “truths” thrust themselves upon us. Let the three colors represent different thoughts about what “truth” is, with each color representing a different opinion on truth.
Questions to Ponder
How do you decide what is true with so many options being thrust upon you?
Is it possible we at times embrace something as true out of convenience, accepting what is laid before us because it is easier than laboring to uncover actual truth?
Is it possible you have embraced something as true that is in fact false? How would you find out?
How would you seek real truth?
What is truth?
Call to Action
How can you seek truth more fervently? What practical steps can you take to live in truth? What can you do to insure your outward actions are consistent with what you inwardly hold to be true?
Final Thoughts
You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.
John 8:32 (World English Bible)
“There are a terrible lot of lies going about the world, and the worst of it is that half of them are true.”
Winston S. Churchill
“Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.”
Pablo Picasso
“There are no facts, only interpretations.”
Friedrich Nietzsche
“There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.”
Søren Kierkegaard
“Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it.”
Leo Tolstoy
