CAN WE KNOW THE TRUTH?
STUCK: The Belief Struggle – Part 4
Paul Westbrook
April 24 & 25, 2021
“In those days Israel had no king; everyone did as they saw fit.”
Judges 21:25 (NIV)
“There is a way that appears to be right, but in the end it leads to death.”
Proverbs 14:12 (NIV)
1. Who
?
“So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.”
Genesis 1:27 (NIV)
Matthew 6:26
• Embrace
.
2. Why
?
“…all things have been created through him and for him.”
Colossians 1:16b (NIV)
Matthew 22:37-40; 1 Corinthians 8:6
• Embrace
.
3. What is our ultimate
? Is there
?
John 3:15-16; 3:36; 4:14; 5:24; 10:28; 17:3;
Romans 6:23; Titus 3:7
Mark 1:14-15; Luke 4:43; 17:20-21; 18:16-17; 18:24-25;
John 3:3; 18:36-37
“I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.”
1 John 5:13 (NIV)
• Embrace
.
Romans 1:18-21
“Jesus answered, ‘I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.’”
John 14:6 (NIV)
Jesus – “Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
John 8:32 (NIV)
Jesus – “So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.”
John 8:36 (NIV)
“Pilate then went back inside the palace, summoned Jesus and asked him, ‘Are you the king of the Jews?’ 34 ‘Is that your own idea,’ Jesus asked, ‘or did others talk to you about me?’ 35 ‘Am I a Jew?’ Pilate replied. ‘Your own people and chief priests handed you over to me. What is it you have done?’”
John 18:33-35 (NIV)
“Jesus said, ‘My kingdom is not of this world. If it were, my servants would fight to prevent my arrest by the Jewish leaders. But now my kingdom is from another place.’ 37 ’You are a king, then!’ said Pilate. Jesus answered, ‘You say that I am a king. In fact, the reason I was born and came into the world is to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens to me.’”
John 18:36-37 (NIV)
“‘What is truth?’ retorted Pilate. With this he went out again to the Jews gathered there and said, ‘I find no basis for a charge against him.’”
John 18:38 (NIV)