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.”  [38] Pilate said to him, “What is truth?”  John 18:37-38 (ESV) 

Did you ever notice that Jesus did not answer Pilate?  Why not?  Because his entire 3 1/2 year ministry (indeed, his whole life) had exemplified the truth which his own natural and written word had declared to mankind for centuries.   Because Jesus himself IS the truth.  He did not need to speak because HE WAS the truth.  And, he has revealed himself, his truth, to man from the beginning.  As his Word says, “The sum of your word is truth, and every one of your righteous rules endures forever.”  Psalm 119:160 (ESV) 

Concerning truth Paul says, “First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people,  [2] for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way.  [3] This is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior,  [4] who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.  [5] For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,  [6] who gave himself as a ransom for all, which is the testimony given at the proper time.  [7] For this I was appointed a preacher and an apostle ( I am telling the truth, I am not lying), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.” 1 Tim. 2:1-7 (ESV)

This very interesting passage tells us God’s desire concerning mankind: He wants all people to be saved and he wants all people to come to the knowledge of the truth.  Do you think that God’s desires will be fulfilled?  Or, will the vast majority of the human race be left unsaved and consigned to eternal hell?  Will the masses stay in bondage to sin and lies, or will they come to the knowledge of the truth?  What does God want to happen?  Do you think he is wise enough and powerful enough to get what he wants?  Or, is he simply the God of our imaginations who fails as often as we do?  In other words, is he no God at all?

And who is Jesus?  In this passage we learn that Jesus is the mediator between God and man and that he gave himself as a ransom for ALL men, not just some.  God is the God of ALL.  Jesus is the Savior of ALL.   Jesus and his Father desire ALL men to be saved, that is, to share eternal life with them.  And, in order to be qualified to share life with them,  they desire that ALL men come into the knowledge of the truth.  God is a God of truth, not lies.  Therefore, those who dwell with GOD shall know the truth and walk in it.  Now let us begin to understand it and its ramifications.