John 18:37-38
Jesus Was Born to Testify to the Truth
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.”
38 “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.
2 Timothy 3:10-17
The Man of God and The Word of God
10 But you have carefully followed my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, long suffering, love, perseverance, 11 persecutions, afflictions, which happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra—what persecutions I endured. And out of them all the Lord delivered me. 12 Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution. 13 But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived. 14 But you must continue in the things which you have learned and been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them, 15 and that from childhood you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
16 All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.
John 8:31-32
About Knowing the Truth
31 To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. 32 Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
Matthew 11:19
Wisdom is Proved by Her Deeds
19 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’ But wisdom is proved right by her deeds.”
1 Thessalonians 5:20-22
Test the Scriptures
20 Do not treat prophecies with contempt 21 but test them all; hold on to what is good, 22 reject every kind of evil.
Acts 17:11-12
Study the Scriptures
11 Now the Berean Jews were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true. 12 As a result, many of them believed, as did also a number of prominent Greek women and many Greek men.
2 Peter 1:12-21
Prophecy of Scripture
12 So I will always remind you of these things, even though you know them and are firmly established in the truth you now have. 13 I think it is right to refresh your memory as long as I live in the tent of this body,14 because I know that I will soon put it aside, as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me. 15 And I will make every effort to see that after my departure you will always be able to remember these things.
16 For we did not follow cleverly devised stories when we told you about the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ in power, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. 17 He received honor and glory from God the Father when the voice came to him from the Majestic Glory, saying, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.”[b] 18 We ourselves heard this voice that came from heaven when we were with him on the sacred mountain.
19 We also have the prophetic message as something completely reliable, and you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a light shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.20 Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet’s own interpretation of things. 21 For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
Jesus stands out in the signs and the deeds He did while He was on earth...He said He came to earth to testify to the Truth...When looking for the Truth, we must look at Jesus...What if someone walked up to you and they told you that they came to earth to testify about the Truth?...What would you think of them?...
St. Paul was well versed in the Old Testament Scriptures...St. Paul, besides the gospel authors, gives us another account of Jesus and His works...St. Paul wants us to believe in the Christ, the One who was to come, out of Old Testament prophecy...Should we believe Paul?...And why do we believe in certain doctrines or for that fact, why do we believe in anything?...We believe in things, because we think they are true and are sound in our personal belief system...
St. Paul gives us maybe the most credible statement about the Bible itself...He tells us all Scripture is given by inspiration from God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work...And in this inspiration of God, the Bible was written...In St. Paul's letter to Timothy he talks about evil men...There are men who are non-believers and would like to take away from the Truth...And Paul was punished and suffered for bringing the true gospel of Jesus to the Gentiles...But Paul continued throughout his life to spread the word of Jesus around the mid and near east...He spread the Jesus gospel to even Rome...St. Paul tells us and Timothy, that all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer some persecution...Paul tells us that evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving more and more...So there will be more people being deceived about Jesus...But the followers of Jesus must continue in the things which we have learned and been assured of, knowing from whom we have learned them...By knowing the Truth in the Holy Scriptures, which bring salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus...Jesus to Paul was real and the Truth...This is what he believed...
Jesus' Disciple Peter knew that there would be deceit among some evil people, and he wanted to remind us of the things about Jesus...Peter knew the power of Jesus, because he was with Him for three years...And Peter kept reminding people of Jesus of what He did...Being an eyewitness and seeing and hearing Jesus daily these were not concocted myths about a Man...He and the other Disciples were eyewitnesses of Jesus and all He said and did, including His miracles..., And he was with Jesus when He transfigured on the sacred mountain when He received honor and glory from God the Father when a voice such as this was brought to Him by the Majestic Glory of Heaven, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I AM well pleased.”...And we ourselves heard this voice brought from heaven when we were with Him on the holy mountain, and we possess as more reliable the prophetic word, to which you do well if you pay attention to it as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts, recognizing this above all, that every prophecy of scripture does not come about from one’s own interpretation of the Bible, for no prophecy or Scripture was ever produced by the will of man, but men carried along by the Holy Spirit spoke from God...
Men who write against the Bible are writing against the Truths about God and His Son...Such perverse ideas and written statements are written against the Truth...Truth will prevail in the end, and wisdom outlives many, many things...Truth is very hard to suppress...And in the end wisdom will be proved by One's deeds...Some disbelieve the gospels and that Jesus is an historical figure...They neither believe the Bible or that Jesus is the Son of God...St. Paul throughout his epistles writes throughout about the gospel of Jesus, and ties it back to the Old Testament Scripture...He tells us to search the Scriptures and its prophecies to see what is written and what is true...The Bereans even examined the Bible everyday after Paul would speak to them, to check him and see if what he said was what was in Scripture...
And what the Bereans found was that Paul did speak the Truth...And in learning this Jesus' followers got to know the Truth, and they were set free...Paul believed that the evidence surrounding Jesus was the true doctrine of life...And so he wrote about it, lived it, and would die for this Truth...