John 17:14-19
I have given them your word, and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one. They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth. As you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world. And for their sake I consecrate myself, that they also may be sanctified in truth.
Tag: Truth (God’s Word) Sanctifies
Living in a society that often wanders from the truth, the above verses might strain our belief. Jesus is speaking to His Father in His prayer in the Garden. He is asking God the Father to “sanctify” (cleanse, make holy) His disciples. Jesus’ own words tell us that the Truth will make us clean. That is a powerful statement. But, Jesus clarifies for us, what He means by “Truth.” Jesus states that “truth” is “God’s Word.”
Later Pilate would confront Jesus as follows:
John 18:37-38
Then Pilate said to him, “So you are a king?” Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. For this purpose I was born and for this purpose I have come into the world—to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice.” Pilate said to him, “What is truth?”
After he had said this, he went back outside to the Jews and told them, “I find no guilt in him.
John 18:37-38
Then Pilate said to him, “So you are a king?” Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. For this purpose I was born and for this purpose I have come into the world—to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice.” Pilate said to him, “What is truth?”
The world does not know truth. Only God knows truth and ONLY God can reveal truth to us. He reveals truth through God’s Word. God provided truth (His Word) to cleanse us. When we reject truth (God’s Word) we can’t reach sanctification (holiness) in our lives. If we want to be holy (God commands it) we have to be in God’s Word. God’s Word sanctifies us.
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