What is truth?
We are in the middle of ‘Holy Week’. It is the seven days from when Jesus entered Jerusalem on a donkey (Palm Sunday) to his resurrection on Easter Sunday.
Around the world, countless Christians, take time to pray, reflect and meditate on these events. For many, this time of prayer and reflection began at the start of Lent on 18 February.
Holy Week is so important that all four of the gospels in the Bible describe what took place, with the book of John devoting 9 of its 21 chapters to it!
The week is full of dramatic moments: triumphant entry, clearing the Temple, last supper, trial, torture, death and resurrection!
The Jewish leaders, who wanted Jesus dead, handed him to Pontius Pilate, the Roman Governor in Jerusalem. When questioned by Pilate about being a king, Jesus replied…
“‘You say that I am a king. In fact, the reason I was born and came into the world is to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens to me.’
‘What is truth?’ retorted Pilate.”
Jesus never answered Pilate’s question. Just a few chapters earlier, Jesus had proclaimed that he was ‘the way, the truth and the life’ (John 14:6).
That question of Pilate is still being asked today! Truth has become flexible and personal, and not absolute, something that everyone accepts.
The Easter story continues with the death of Jesus, with the whole world looking and wondering if he was who he said he was.
But it doesn’t end there, because just a few days later, Jesus was raised back to life, death was defeated, and he began a new resurrected life. This truth does not die.
I believe Jesus is alive today and still is the truth. I believe what is said about Jesus in the Bible, he has changed my life, and the lives of many people I know.
Don’t just take my word for it! Let me encourage you to check out a local church this Easter weekend, and look into the claims of Jesus.
If you live in the Basingstoke area, and you want to know more about Jesus or the Christian faith, then why not join us at Alpha, starting straight after Easter. Find out more and sign up here
God bless you:)
Gary Bastin
Hope Community Church leader