I AM the truth
I AM the truth
In a world where many believe that truth isn't absolute, we need to remember that there is such a thing as "the truth," and Jesus is it.
On the show, at the beginning of the trial, the baliff swears the witnesses in: “Do you promise to tell the truth in this matter.” No more hand on the Bible. No more, “So help me, God.” As Judge Judy questions the witness, he says to her, “Well, Judge, to tell you the truth . . .” Judge Judy interrupts, “What have you been telling me all this time?”
What is truth?
It’s a good question. A better question might be, “Why do you have to take an oath to tell the truth in the first place?” Maybe it is because truth is rare. Truth is not natural anymore.
Way back in the Garden of Eden, Satan, the father of lies, started it all. “Did God really say . . .?” he asked Eve (Genesis 3:1). Centuries later a very modern sounding Pontius Pilate would chime in, “What is truth?” (John 18:38).
Like Pilate, a lot of people today don’t believe there is such a thing as the absolute truth. To them, truth is a moving target. Truth is how you see it. The question is not “What is truth?” but “What is truth to me?” So you actually have people saying, “That may be your truth but that isn’t my truth.” What does that mean? Should the baliff ask, “Do you promise to tell your truth, the truth as you see it and nothing but the truth even if that might be different from my truth?” Stop it! We need some place to start fresh.
Jesus is the truth
Jesus said, “I am the truth.” He is going beyond saying, “I tell you the truth.” He actually is the truth. There is such a thing as “the truth,” and Jesus is it. So if you want to know the truth you have to go to him. He knows the truth about everything. He knows how many stars arein the sky. He knows how DNA works. He knows what happens to the other sock in the dryer. He knows the truth about everything, though he may not choose to tell us.
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