Pontius Pilate was the Roman governor who presided over the trial of Jesus Christ and ultimately ordered his crucifixion. A part of that historical inquisition is as follows ...
Therefore Pilate said to Him, “So You are a king?” Jesus answered, “You say correctly that I am a king. For this purpose, I have been born, and for this, I have come into the world: to testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to My voice.” Pilate *said to Him, “What is truth?” (John 18:37-38)
That same question can be heard today from those who use human reasoning to discredit the Gospel message; i.e. self-righteous 'pragmatism' to argue against the testimony of a Christian witness.
It represents a 'to each his own' philosophy based on the idea that whatever works for you is 'truth'. Pragmatism satisfies man's need to be in control. In other words, truth has nothing to do with facts but whether it agrees with one's personal observations and ego-centric rationale.
It's merely a form of 'relativism', especially when applied to morality ... There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death. (Proverbs 14:12)
The unsaved world thinks of Christianity as just another 'made-up' religion that depends on its adherents to even exist ... The natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. (1 Corinthians 2:14)
Those who have knelt at the foot of the cross and received the gift of salvation know truth that comes from God ... The Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you. (John 14:17)
What man's finite human intellect thinks of as 'truth' is not at all compatible with Christianity. We aren't to bring it into our relationship with God ... The just shall live by faith. (Hebrews 10:38)
The Gospel of Jesus Christ is the only truth that really matters. It dictates where you spend eternity.
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