What is the baseline that Jesus uses to identify truth?

The Roman Governor Pontius Pilate was interrogating Jesus before passing judgment on Him in John 18:37-38:

“Pilate said, “So you are a king? Jesus responded, “You say I am a king. Actually, I was born and came into the world to testify to the truth. All who love the truth recognize that what I say is true.”

Then Pilate said, “What is truth?” I think that’s a question we all have to wrestle with!

Even though Pilate went on to say that he found no guilt in Jesus, and no crime or cause for accusation, he handed Him over to the Jewish leaders to be crucified.

In John 14:6 Jesus responds to a question Thomas had about where He was going, and He said this, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.”

The law of non-contradiction (If something is true, then the opposite of it is false) … is a very valuable tool to help us land on objective reality. For example; if I propose that a circle and a square are both a circle, I’d clearly be wrong.

In a day and age in which it’s popular and acceptable to define our own truth (surrounding just about everything) … we would be wise to follow Jesus’ lead, and accurately identify HIM as our baseline for objective truth!

May we all continue to search the Scriptures, and let them be our guide. It won’t mean our lives will become easier or more comfortable, but it does mean we’ll have what’s necessary to discern how we should go about living our daily lives based on what Jesus said of His followers …

“All who love the truth recognize that what I say is true.”