What is Truth?

It is an old question. It was asked by Pontius Pilate two millennia ago. It is a question we need to ask today.

We have an abundance of information. Our problem is determining what is true, what is partly true, and what is false.

I have learned not to trust my own memory of events. Perhaps 15 years ago, I was recalling an event from my high school days in the early seventies. Fortunately, my mother had kept records of my school years. I pulled out the records and researched the event. I discovered that my memory of the event had exaggerated my actual performance. In my own mind, I had grown in stature over time. As I read, my memory was corrected. It was a bit humbling to realize that I was not as good as I remembered myself being. It was a good and necessary correction.

For some of you, the opposite is true. You are better than you think. Your errors and failures have clouded your thinking. You see yourself as less than you are.

Scripture encourages us to test ourselves and examine ourselves. We also need to test what we see, hear and read. It is impossible to filter every piece of information. We need an automatic filter that alerts us when a piece of information may by false.

My practice is to continually build and improve my filter by reading and meditating on Scripture daily. I also seek to maintain a close walk with Christ. Jesus promised that the Holy Spirit would lead us into all truth. As I maintain these daily habits, I get inner warnings when I am confronted by false information. We need that.