Wednesday, July 2, 2025

John 18: Is Jesus king?

Jesus is delivered to Pilates. The accusation for the Romans was that Jesus entitled himself "king". In doing so, he was leading a rebellion against Rome. We read:

37 Therefore Pilate said to Him, “So You are a king?” Jesus answered, “You say correctly that I am a king. For this purpose I have been born, and for this I have come into the world: to testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to My voice.” 38 Pilate *said to Him, “What is truth?”

Jesus divides people. Some claim "Jesus is king" , others claim "Jesus was a good man" or something like that but never the King. Jesus said that he was the king of everyone who belongs to the truth. In other passage, Jesus said that he himself is the Truth. The world (the kingdoms of this world) doesn't belong to the truth. Whoever is in power makes use of lies to stay in power. The one who lies gets near and near to a mental confusion and to self destruction. The one who is of the Truth gets near and near to peace of mind and life.

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