1 Timothy 6:13–14 (ESV) — 13 I charge you in the presence of God, who gives life
to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who in his testimony before Pontius Pilate
made the good confession, 14 to keep the commandment unstained and free from
reproach until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ,
NOTE: What was the
good confession Jesus made in his testimony before Pontius Pilate? There are
two possibilities. One, that Jesus was a King and two, that Jesus bears witness
to the truth. In fact, Jesus says that is why he was born into this world as a
king (of another heavenly kingdom), to bear witness to truth. Everything Jesus
says is truth. Pilate's question, "what is truth?" is an expression
of Roman and Greek philosophy. How can one know absolute truth? Everyone has a
different opinion on what is true. How can one truth be better than another
truth? Jesus' life, as the God-man, is the absolute expression of truth. Jesus
says to his disciples near the end of his life, "I am the way, the truth,
and the life. No one comes to the Father but through me." Jesus is the
elusive truth that Pilate sought . And that ultimate truth stood before Pilate
physically and visually. But Pilate did not realize what was happening.
PRAYER: Father, we
are often oblivious to what you are doing in the world. We don't even do a good
job listening to your word, which is also absolute truth. Open our ears and
eyes to the absolute truth you have revealed and you have given us. May we be doers
and not just hearers.
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