“For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.” – 2 Corinthians 13:8
Greetings TTP family! We are excited to have you back with us for another insightful blog post. Today, we turn our attention to one of the most striking encounters in Scripture, a moment when Truth itself stood on trial before human power. This story is not merely ancient history; it is a living mirror that reflects the tension of our own times.
A World at War with Truth
Imagine standing in front of a courtroom, accused of something that could change the course of history. The judge, instead of weighing the evidence, shrugs, scoffs, and walks away, uninterested in whether the truth is actually knowable. Now, imagine that the accused in this trial is not just a person, but Truth itself, standing embodied before the judge.
This scene is not a hypothetical thought experiment, it actually happened. Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor of Judea, stood face to face with Jesus Christ, the Truth incarnate. In John 18:37-38, Jesus boldly declares,
“For this reason I was born, and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens to me.”
Pilate’s response? A dismissive, cynical, almost sarcastic retort:
“What is truth?”
And then he walks away.
Pilate’s reaction is a mirror of the world we live in today, a world that often questions truth rather than seeks it, treats it as subjective rather than absolute, and when confronted with it, simply walks away.
Truth is Unshakable
Paul’s words in 2 Corinthians 13:8 cut through the haze of relativism like a sword:
“For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.”
This verse is a wake-up call: no matter how much we resist, deny, or suppress it, truth remains unmoved. Like a mountain unmoved by the wind, truth is not subject to human whims or perspectives – it simply ‘is’.
We live in a world that loves fiction over reality, perceptions over principles, and convenience over conviction. But Paul’s statement reminds us that we are powerless against truth. We can reject it, distort it, or even persecute those who speak it—but we can never destroy it.
Two Ways to Respond to Truth
When confronted with truth, we have two choices:
1. Align with it and be transformed
2. Deny it and suffer the consequences
Pilate walked away from Truth because embracing it would have cost him something—his power, his position, his political convenience. But ignoring the truth doesn’t make it disappear. Within a few years, Pilate himself faded into history, his power lost, while the Truth he dismissed continued to change the world.
The same holds true for us. Every day, we are faced with moments where we must decide: Will we walk toward truth or away from it?
• Will we stand for what is right, even when it’s unpopular?
• Will we seek truth, even when it challenges our assumptions?
• Will we submit to the truth, even when it costs us comfort?
The Truth That Stands Forever
James Russell Lowell once wrote:
“Truth forever on the scaffold, Wrong forever on the throne—
Yet that scaffold sways the future, and, behind the dim unknown,
Standeth God within the shadow, keeping watch above His own.” –
This is an excerpt from his poem ”The present crisis”. It captures the struggle between truth and falsehood, showing how truth is often oppressed while falsehood seems to rule. However, the poem affirms that God stands behind truth, ensuring its ultimate victory.
Throughout history, empires have risen and fallen, ideologies have come and gone, but truth remains. God’s truth is not a shifting shadow but an eternal foundation. Isaiah 40:8 reminds us:
“The grass withers and the flowers fade, but the word of our God stands forever.”
Jesus didn’t just speak the truth—He is the Truth (John 14:6). To walk away from Him, like Pilate did, is to walk into darkness. But to embrace Him is to walk in the light (John 8:12).
So, the question isn’t, “What is truth?” but rather, “What will you do when you stand before it?”
Will you be like Pilate – questioning, dismissing, walking away?
Or will you surrender to the unshakable, absolute truth that can set you free? (John 8:32)
Pilate walked away from Truth, but we don’t have to. Every headline that crashes like a wave, every classroom debate that churns like the tide, every personal struggle that rises like a storm presents us with the same decision: will we dismiss the Truth or bow before it?
The absoluteness of truth is not a chain meant to weigh us down, it is the anchor that keeps us steady. Without it, we drift with every cultural current, tossed wherever the wind of opinion blows. But when we drop anchor in Christ, when we hold fast to Him who is the Way, the Truth, and the Life, the storms of relativism may rage, but they cannot uproot us. Instead, we remain grounded, unshaken, and free because the truth does not imprison; it secures, it steadies, it saves.
The challenge is simple but life-altering: don’t walk away from Truth like Pilate did. Every storm of opinion, every wave of cultural debate, every tide of personal doubt will tempt you to do just that; to shrug off the question of Truth as though it doesn’t matter. Yet it does. Eternity hinges on how we answer it.
The safer choice in the moment might look like avoiding the weight of that decision, but walking away only leaves you adrift, unanchored, and vulnerable to the chaos of relativism.
Instead, walk toward Him. Live by Him. Let His unshakable Word define your reality. Because at the end of the day, Truth doesn’t tremble at the questions of man – Truth reigns.
And His name is Jesus
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