Good Morning!

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US AT THE BRIDGE COMMUNITY CHURCH BERNE CAMPUS THIS MORNING!

Worship

Interlude:

Jehovah

Worship Together:

Egypt

Communion: Only the Blood

Goodness of God

Closing Song:

Pure Exhaltation

Message Notes

CHRISTIANITY ON TRIALWHAT IS TRUTH?

Speaker: Trace Howard

Is there a fixed point of reference that we can call “the truth”?

“Pilate therefore said to Him (Jesus), ‘So you are a king?’ Jesus answered, ‘You say correctly that I am a king. For this I have been born and for this I have come into the world, to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears my voice.’ And Pilate said to him, ‘What is truth?’” John 18:37-38 (NASB)

For the Christian . . .

God is the fixed point – he is the standard for “truth.”
- God is holy “Every good thing bestowed and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow.” James 1:17 (NASB); see also 1 Peter 1:16
- God is true “Whoever receives his testimony (i.e., the witness of Jesus) has set his seal to this, that God is true.” John 3:33 (ESV)
- God has created us in his image “And God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.” Genesis 1:27 (NASB)
God has told us what is true in the Bible
2 Timothy 3:16 – all Scripture is “God-breathed”

John 10:35 – the Scripture cannot be broken
God has shown us what is true in his Son Jesus
John 1:14 – the eternal Word became flesh

John 1:18; 14:9 – the eternal Word in the flesh (Jesus) reveals the Father

John 14:6 – Jesus is the truth

John 8:32 – the truth is what sets a person free
The basic truth is the good news
- God loves the world and wants a relationship with people
  John 3:16 – God’s love was a giving love
- We have failed to measure up to God’s perfect standard
  Romans 3:10-12 – no one does good
  
  Romans 3:23 – we all fall short of God’s righteous standard
- God sent his Son so we could have a relationship with him
  Romans 3:21-26 – Jesus’ atoning sacrifice is the basis for justification
  
  Romans 6:23 – the free gift of God is eternal life in his Son Jesus
- God offers you new life if you believe in what Jesus has done for you
  John 3:16; 3:36 – those who believe in Jesus experience eternal life
  
  Ephesians 2:8-9 – God saves us by grace through faith in Jesus
  “He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to his mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit.” Titus 3:5 (NASB)