1 Corinthians 1:3-6
Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our
Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
I thank my God always on your behalf, for the
grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ;
That in every thing ye are enriched by him, in
all utterance, and in all knowledge;
Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed
in you:
What is truth?
Truth is not a something, but a someone.
Jesus Christ is the Word of God made flesh. “In the
beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the
Word was God. He was in the beginning
with God. All things came to be
through him, and without him nothing came to be.” Jesus Christ is the Light of the world – “The true light, which enlightens everyone”.[1] All
who seek knowledge, all who seek wisdom, all who seek truth, seek Christ. For, he is “the Way, the Truth, and the Life.”[2]
He is that divine Logos
the Greeks glimpsed through inspiration of the Holy Spirit. Christ is fully God – and fully human, being
God Incarnate. By assuming human nature,
Christ Jesus, Word of God made flesh, sanctified human kind. Every human being, therefore, who receives
grace from God is given it by Christ; likewise every human being who is
enriched in truth is enriched by Christ.
Every human mind, every human heart, seeking and longing for truth, for beauty,
for wisdom, is in quest for God’s Word.
Whether we know it or not, whether we profess Christ as Lord and Savior
or not, Christ is Lord in that he is God Incarnate, the Alpha and the Omega,
the one through whom all things are made.
There is no ageless wisdom, no true discovery, no real knowledge,
without the Word of God. And all who
speak truth speak in his name, whether they profess belief in his name or not –
for by seeking and finding and praising truth, they cannot help but seek and
find and praise Christ. We who know him
as Savior and Lord know this because, through the gift of faith and Salvation
in Christ, our finite eyes have been opened toward the infinite and we
recognize him in all that is good.
Praise be to God.
Christina Chase
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