Why God's Word is the Final Truth Beyond Human Thought

Why God’s Word Is the Final Truth Beyond Human Thought
by Pastor Alexander L Redd  
August 27, 2025

The Question That Won’t Go Away. What is it?
I remember lying awake one night, staring at the ceiling, my thoughts tangled and restless. Life felt shaky, like everything I trusted was sliding out from under me. I read through the New York Times newspaper and The Economist magazine, and they all screamed chaos. My friends gave conflicting advice, and even my own heart wavered. In silence, I found myself whispering the same words King Pilate once flung at Jesus: “What is truth?” (John 18:38).

That question has echoed through the centuries. We all want something solid, something unshakable when the storm comes. We chase truth in politics, philosophy, culture, or in the shifting voices of our own desires. But the more we search, the more we discover one thing: human thought, no matter how brilliant, cannot carry the weight of our souls.

That is when I realized that truth isn’t something we climb our way up to. It is Someone who came down to us. Let's look at King Pilate’s courtroom and what my heart tells me. I picture the moment: Jesus, bruised and bound, stands before Pilate. The Roman governor, jaded by power and politics, shrugs and asks, “What is truth?”

For King Pilate, truth was whatever kept the Roman government strong, whatever secured his position, whatever silenced the mob. He thought he was interrogating Jesus. In reality, Truth Himself stood right in front of him.

And I realized that I’m often just like Pilate. When I demand, “What is truth?” I really mean, “What will justify me? What will make my life easier?” But truth doesn’t bend to my convenience. Truth has a face. And His name is Jesus. What if when human wisdom runs out?

I’ve always loved to learn. I’ve read philosophy, studied science, and admired thinkers who wrestle with the mysteries of life. They offer insights, but every system eventually cracks. Correspondence theory says the truth is when words match reality. But who defines reality?

Coherence theory says truth happens when ideas fit together. But even false systems can sound consistent. Pragmatist theory says truth is what “works.” But what works today may collapse tomorrow. I’ve leaned on human wisdom before, only to feel it buckle when suffering hit. That’s when I saw that human thought may be bright, but it cannot light my way through darkness. God’s Word can. God’s Word is the reality that holds. Scripture is not just another voice in the noise. It’s the voice that created reality itself.

“All Scripture is God-breathed and useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting, and training in righteousness” (2 Timothy 3:16).
When I open the Bible, I don’t just find words; I see life. Across centuries and cultures, it tells one coherent story: God’s redeeming love fulfilled in Jesus Christ.

And I’ve seen its power firsthand. In seasons of guilt, God’s Word lifted me with forgiveness. In times of confusion, it cut through with clarity. In the grip of fear, it steadied me with promises. Human thought can explain; God’s Word can transform. God’s truth is written in the sky. Sometimes, on a clear night, I’ll step outside and look up at the stars. The vastness is humbling. And yet, Scripture says:
“The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands” (Psalm 19:1).

Every law of physics, every orbit of the planets, every breathtaking galaxy is preaching without words: order, design, beauty.
Science can measure it, but only God can explain it. But creation alone isn’t enough. It can show me power, but not forgiveness. It can point me to design, but not redemption. For that, I need Scripture. And more than that, I need Christ Jesus, for He is the truth with a face.

At the center of Christianity is not a theory but a Person. Jesus didn’t say He came to explain the truth. He said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life” (John 14:6). All our restless searching finds its answer in Him. He is the correspondence of God’s promises and the Word made flesh (John 1:14).

He is the coherence of all creation. “In Him all things hold together” (Colossians 1:17). He is the fruitful truth, the One whose words set us free (John 8:32). Truth isn’t an argument. Truth is a Person. And He offers not just information, but life. He is the light for the darkness that clouds our conscience.

I’ve walked through seasons where lies felt louder than anything else. Doubt pressed in. My own heart turned against me. Even the best advice from people I trusted felt thin. But then I’d hear His Word:
“If we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus…purifies us from all sin” (1 John 1:7). That’s when I knew that truth isn’t just shining “out there.” It shines on me. It cleanses. It guides. It frees. My life story of truth breaks into understanding reality.

A few years ago, I hit a season of deep discouragement. I felt like I had failed in every direction. I felt like I had been crushed emotionally, physically, and even professionally. My mind replayed lies: “You’re not enough. You’re beyond fixing. You’ll never recover.”

One night, feeling desperate, I opened my Bible to John 8:32: “You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” I had read it before, but that night it felt personal. The Holy Spirit pressed it into my soul like medicine.

God’s Word taught me: the truth about me is not my failure, but it’s Christ’s forgiveness. The truth about my future is not despair, but it’s hope. The truth about my identity is not shame, but rather that I am a beloved child of God. In that moment, the lies loosened their grip. And freedom felt real. Answering the question of King Pilate is a reality we all face.

The world still asks Pilate’s question: “What is truth?” But I no longer ask it in despair. I answer with confidence:
Truth is not shifting; it’s steady.
Truth is not abstract; it’s alive.
Truth is not hidden; it has come near.
Truth is Jesus.
Truth is God’s Word.
Truth is life everlasting.

And when I stand on that truth, I find the solid ground every restless heart is searching for, not speculation, not opinion, but true freedom.