What is Truth?
This is the sermon I preached this morning at St. Timothy Lutheran Church . The text was John 8:31-26 . Today's gospel reading is all about freedom. The whole Reformation is all about freedom as well. From Paul's declaration that we have been justified by grace to Luther's hammering his 95 Theses on the Wittenburg Church door, we are reminded of the supremacy of God's grace. What the Reformation tells us is that there is nothing we can do, say or accomplish to earn God's love. God's love is a gift. We have problems when we forget that we already have love as a gift from God and try to earn it on our own. As a monk, Martin Luther tried hard to get rid of the sin he thought was in him. He took harsh measures to subdue his body and its desires. His eyes were opened to the way of freedom from sin and the power of the devil through Jesus after reading God's word in Romans. The word “free” appears throughout today's reading. Jesus is the word, the truth th...