Pilate could be a modern hero. Truth has become so relative -- we often hear people praised for seeking their truth or speaking their truth. There isn't one central truth anymore in society -- everyone gets their own truth, which presents some challenges when we need to agree on what is right and wrong, because that's generally based on mutually agreed upon truths.
Jesus offers a different path -- he tells us that he is the way, the truth, and the life. Truth isn't relative, it's found in a person. Which means it also isn't abstract -- it's real and grounded in someone who lived, just like us. We often struggle, because we're not sure exactly how the words and life of Jesus translate into modernity, which means we have to figure out how to confront countless issues without direct knowledge of how Jesus would respond. How do we know what truth is in a modern era when there seem to be more questions than answers? What is truth when trying to get our arms around a constantly changing and evolving society?
The first and best answer to that is to look at the sum total of Jesus' life. It was lived sacrificially, which tells us something about truth. Truth is reaching out to hurting people in grace and with patience. Truth tells us that sin has real consequences, but it also gives us all a path forward because we see the selfless love God offers to take those consequences upon Jesus Christ. We're not paralyzed in uncertainty, but rather motivated to action, visiting the sick and hurting and pouring ourselves out the same way Christ pours himself out for us.
It isn't easy to live by the truth of Christ in a relativistic society. But God shows us that the work is worth it in describing to us the eternal life and peace that awaits us on the other side of the ridge.
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