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| "What is truth?" said scoffing Pilate. |
Truth must be unified and powerful, so it is no wonder that philosophers today are almost 100% atheists. We must allow for a few exceptions, or the previous claim is not true.
Truth survives, even though there is almost universal antagonism toward it. Many attacks have been organized against the truth, but not one has been successful.
The source of the truth must be solitary, because a host of competing claims would blunt the message. That can be seen in the ways so many meal-tickets modern versions of the Bible are printed, but not one agrees with the other. One version - the NIV - has claimed to be the top seller, though it remains in the minority with the rest of the fakes.
No one has the ability to grasp the foundational claim that God became man, dwelling among us, full of grace and truth. That had to be revealed by the Holy Spirit in writing, using such simple words and grammar that a child could learn and believe the nature of God.
Jesus Christ is the Son of God, the Word made flesh. As God's only-begotten Son, Jesus explains the Father-Son relationship, the transmission of this truth revealed by the Spirit through the beloved Apostle John.
Truth is eternal, not seasonal, so the truth remains, even when attacked on every side. God is delighted to let the great and powerful cower and crumble before Him, the proud scatter like autumn leaves. But He watches over the humble, the poor, the weak, and the children.
One residual item mocks and condemns mankind's modern hatred of the truth. If someone is in desperate straits, complete in the assumed knowledge of all the errors and contradictions of the Scriptures, he will still pray. How can such a weak and fallible God hear this silent - or spoken - prayer? How can God, with so many infirmities - carefully described by brilliant philosophers, Biblical critics, and bishops - do anything about that prayer?
One little word explains this - faith. A person's faith is established by the truth, spoken or read. A great philosopher at Yale, mostly unknown today, explained how he became a Christian. "My mother taught me."
