In our culture of post-modernity we are taught to question everything. “Question Authority” the bumper sticker reads. In Colleges and Universities across the world young minds are taught to be critical thinkers and to not always take things at face value. Being a critical thinker is helpful in many ways, but this idea that there is no such thing as truth has caused a revolution of circular reasoning and confusion in the minds of many.

This question, “What is truth?” is not a new question. In John 18, Jesus said “For this purpose I was born and for this purpose I have come into the world—to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice.” To which Pontius Pilate replied and said to him, “What is truth?”

People have been asking this question for ages. Many people seek to know the truth, but many are content to muddy the issue and sit pretty without answers. In the nineties a television show aired called “The X-Files” in which FBI agent Fox Mulder teamed up with partner Dana Scully to investigate these so-called “X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena”(wikipedia). The show had multiple tag-lines such as: “The Truth Is Out There”, “Trust No One” and “I Want to Believe.” These FBI agents were always on the hunt for the truth, but there were all sorts of dead ends and conspiracy theories to be found on their trek and many times their questions were left unanswered. Mulder was a believer in extraterrestrials and paranormal activity, whereas Scully was a skeptic, originally partnered with Mulder to make scientific analyses of his discoveries. Truth and the search for it was the cornerstone to the series.

In life there are often many questions we have that are unanswered. Many times in our search for truth we run into road blocks and dead ends of all kinds, shapes and sizes. In the blogosphere and all over the internet you can find all sorts of opinions and ideas and thoughts on truth, but even there we won’t find the answers. To know truth is to listen to Jesus’ voice as He said in John 18.

The Bible has been around for over a couple thousand years and it’s still the world’s bestseller, it’s still on top. No one has successfully refuted it, no one has debunked it or disproved it and no one ever will. God says in Isaiah 55:11, “so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.” And in 1 Peter, the Apostle Peter talks about loving one another because of the truth of the gospel. He quotes another word from the Book of Isaiah, “Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart, since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God; for “All flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls, but the word of the Lord remains forever. And this word is the good news that was preached to you” (1 Peter 1:22-25).

God’s Word is truth and you will find the truth in it. I do not know everything and I don’t claim to have a lot of answers to the many problems and questions we have in this world, but I do know one thing: Jesus is the answer.

Whatever we face, whatever comes our way, whatever we have to deal with in this life, Jesus and the truth of the gospel, the good news about Him is the answer. This doesn’t mean that life is all of a sudden easy with Jesus, but it is better. Politics, social reform, Science and whatever other man-made means you can think of will not solve the problems of this world, it is only through Jesus. I know there are many arrogant people that throw Jesus’ name around and do harm in His name and I’m not claiming that I know all the answers because I don’t, but I do know THE answer, and His name is Jesus.