The Truth
Comments on Galatians with an ear to Luther’s commentary
Scripture Text: Galatians 3:1 and John 18:33-38
Series: Comments on Galatians
“What is the truth?” Pilate asked that very question of Jesus but did not wait around for the answer. A few chapters earlier, Jesus explained the truth to Thomas. He said, “I am the truth” (John 14:6). A few chapters earlier still, Jesus said that truth sets people free (John 8:32). Of course, Jesus is not talking politics or ideology or religion. He is talking about a person who came to set people free through a basic understanding of himself. Let us change one word in Pilate’s question: Who is truth? Truth is God become human in order to set enslaved people free — free from politics and ideology and religion — free from rules, the devil, sin, and self. To know the Truth is to be free.
To then, suddenly alter this freedom with a list of rules that must also be followed, makes it immediately and obviously a kind of bondage. To believe anything but Christ is the sole liberator is to believe a lie. You cannot believe the Truth if you believe lies.
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Rev. Dr. Mark E. Ryman has served as Pastor for St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Salisbury, NC, since 2021. Previously, Pastor Ryman served congregations in North Carolina and Ohio, as well as a call to specialized ministry with Sola Publishing.
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