The Ohio Independent Baptist, July 1962

? • By Dr. Howard G. Young ··Pilate thercf re . a id tint Him rt thot1 41 King then? J u nn w red. h u .l) e t that I nm a King. To tht end \v a I b rn. and for thi cJu, e ame I int the w rld, that I ~hould b ar \\ itn unto the truth. , er\ one that i of the truth heareth - m, , oice. Pila te aid unto him. ., \\"H T I TRUTH? John 18:37- f. c. p aking of truth in the preface f the book entitled, ''The Memorie of \ illiam Jenning Bryan.' ' Mr. Br) an aid. ·· rt i of little importance to truth v. hether any indivjdual e p u e it, but to the individual it i of vi tal importance that he hall know the truth and, knowing it, adhere . ' to 1t. \ hen we read thi pa age along \\ ith the conte t \.\-·e too often make up our mind that Chri t i the only one on trial. A careful examination of the text reveal that Chri t i not on trial o much as i Pilate and the \\l·orld. All the ucceeding centuri nO\\: heaped up to twenty have made it exceedingly clear that J esu wa the real judge and that the world of H i day wa on trial at Hi bar. The Lord et forth Hi claim to be the Truth. therefore to be the Ma ter of all true men. Pontiu Pilate peak– ing for him elf and the Roman world, asked cynically WHAT I TRUTH?. orne would have u be– lieve that Pilate wa jesting. Lord Bacon put forth thi idea. And ome \\i·ould have u believe that be wa inquiring as to what truth wa . To ffi)l mind neither was the case. He \\ a imply repeating what his con– temporaries were continually aying. The Roman world of that day was di illu ioned. ophi t warmed every– where claiming to po es the truth. When the Lord Je us made Hi claim to be the Lord of Truth Pilate hrugged hi houlders a if to say ..A. "OTHER OF THE !" The truth , \\'ho know Vt-hat i truth? 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Yozt11t?, Tlz.D., D.D., is cl1air111an of tl1e Coi,ncil of Ten of tlze Ol1io A ssociatiorz of Regi1lc1r Baptist Cl1i1rcl1e . He }1as bee,1 pastor of First Baptist Chi1rcl1, Galli– polis, for tl1ree years. He serve cl i,z Welli11gto11 for 10 yea, 'S before 111ovi11g to Gcz llipolis. For rzearly 22 )'ears lz e 1vas pc1stor of First Bctptist Cl1t1rclz, Lock Have,1, Pa. que tion i not to delve into the my terie of the Infinite or to lo e our elve in a fog of peculation. Our que tion hould be 'What is avail– able truth?' You and I need a tand– ard for our humanity a a whole; a rule for our live by which they are governed if it i to be true; truth which i far more than correct opin– ion, truth which will i ue in rectitude of life. That beloved i the truth for man. \\'c ,1sk. a11<l rightfully so. " \VI is lh ~t l 11uth a nl l \\ ll ef'c i it?' \ ca l i,,i ng in a ttnivcrse g<)Vcrncll 1,y la at1lf ()lll har>JJinc S CCl ll is ts i11 , rl)lunt:,1 \ harn1011) 1 \Vilh th a t la v J1 a t w <> t ti ( f ha pp c 11 t o J, un, a n i l y ca ch 1 t1 an 11 ccamc n Ia\.\-' i 11 l c) }1 i n1 c f<1'-lh1 onrng his c>wn r11oral c l ie. '«11 (JI nct1c1ng his own idea wi tholtl 1 fc1cn cc to th e rc~l of me,, ? Yott ha a p·ictu, c of what the outcome wou be 1n the person of alan. We wou lJe plunged into chaos. We ~trc t1nd bl1gc1 t1on lo eek. to find and practice the complete truth for o race. the truth and law that govc the whole, a nd not imply that [ra tion of truth which ot1r prejudice pa ion may find agreeable. Wh then i thi truth? Where hall \\ find it? I it within, or without ou elve ? Gift of God Inadequate and mi leading mode, rationali m ay that within our elvt and nowhere el e lie thi truth. i true that there mu t be ome trul in u naturally. or we could not aJ preciate truth when we encounter el ewhere. Divine truth could evol no r pon e within u unle our ht man nature were capable in it ve1 con titution of perceiving truth. Bt thi i not aying that the ource c truth i within our elves and th, reason alone i capable of di coverin it. We mu t con ider that human re, on, or the power to rea on. is a dt ri ved thing. It i a gift of God. Th capacity i born with u . We ca1 not create it we can only develo it. Human rea on i limited in i i operation. At its highest it is onl finite. and as uch it cannot kno, the infinite. It i continually chang ing. What to a child is truth i t a grown man a mere fancy. Hear a parable that work in ju~ here that will help u get hold of wh, I am aiming at. Two ant were on day di cu ing the mall garden i which their little hillock wa pile<. ' 'What a va t place i thi our world. ei ther of them dreamed of anythin be 1 ·ond it.s mall garden which t, them wa everything. Their rea on, l u eful to them in arf'anging their hon e)'Combed home could take in nothin beyond their own poor need . A chilc of three year tood near the an and looked aero at a erie o garden and over ome field . Anc the child aid. ' 'What a big place thi i ; it i ever 1 thing. ' But a boy o ten, winging in a h ammock at tht other end of the garden, was tudyin! a map of England. He aw a country Hi elde t brother, fre h from tht univer ity came in and began to tall about the world. At nightfall ar The OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIS1