“I am the…truth…” (John 14:6).
That Baby born in Bethlehem’s manger was Truth Incarnate. He did not just come with the revelation of God’s truth in His teaching, but that teaching was true because He was the personification of God’s truth in His being.
The religions of the world claim to present truth concerning whatever deity they proclaim. They claim to have heard from eternity and now declare the message on earth. Someone came to them—an angel, whatever—but, in Jesus we have one who came from eternity and declared Himself to be God on earth!
We are born brain damaged. Sin has degraded our thinking. Our eyes are blind to the truth. The truth is diluted and distorted by the world. Scripture warns of those ever learning, but never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
You cannot reach God on the ladder of logic or get to heaven on the rocket of reason. It is logical and reasonable to believe the truth concerning God that is revealed in creation, conscience, and communication in Scripture. Yet, that is not enough. It takes the revelation of the Holy Spirit through the power of the Gospel. It isn’t that logic and reason don’t apply, but that God has ultimate truth that transcends all else. You must move beyond knowing about Jesus, to knowing Him personally!
Jesus did more than speak about God—He showed us God! His whole life was a revelation of the Father.
“‘If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; and from now on you know Him and have seen Him.’ Philip said to Him, ‘Lord, show us the Father, and it is sufficient for us.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you say, “Show us the Father”?’” (John 14:7-9).
If you ever want to know God, then come and meet Jesus!
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