This is our human condition— we are alienated from God, ignorant of the
truth, and condemned to spiritual and physical death. The wonderful
truth of Christ’s claim is that it’s the divine answer to our problems
on three levels. Instead of alienation there is a “way” to God. Instead
of ignorance and error there is “the truth”. Instead of death there is
“the life”. So this scripture is actually the gospel the good news of
God.
Tuesday, May 5, 2015
The Good News Of God
The exclusive claims of Jesus Christ to be “THE WAY AND THE TRUTH AND
THE LIFE” are sealed when he adds, “NO ONE COMES TO THE FATHER EXCEPT
THROUGH ME” (John 14:6) Since mankind is absolutely dependent on Christ
for their knowledge of redemptive truth and also for the spark that
causes that truth to live in their souls (and for their souls to become
alive to that truth) it follows that no one can come to the Father but
through him. When Christ is removed there can be no redemptive truth, so there is no eternal life, resulting in no way to the Father.
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