This essay continues a sequence. Read the previous one here.
Theory is invented; Truth is the eternally unchanging origin of the temporal reality that theory seeks to describe. Only One who comes from Eternity can provide Truth.
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Christ’s Word is Truth
In the previous essay we established that Christ carried Truth, within Him. It was a Part of Him.
Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then?
— KJV, John 18:37-38
Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king.
To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world,
that I should bear witness unto the Truth.
Every one that is of the Truth heareth my voice.
Pilate saith unto him,
What is Truth?
Absolute Truth resides in God Almighty, Who is Eternal and Unchanging.
The work of an inventor reflects the nature of the inventor. Therefore the way the world (Creation) works reflects something about the Nature of the Creator.
The workings of Creation therefore reflect Truth. Creation works according to Truth.
Only the inventor, or one trained by him, can properly explain the operating procedures of the machine to the user.
We can call the operating procedures of the machine of Creation the “Laws of Creation”. The Laws of Creation are “the way the world actually works” or “the way things truly are“.
Therefore, as far as we human beings are concerned, knowledge of Truth is knowledge of the Laws of Creation, which reflect the Nature of God. Application of The Word leads man to this knowledge.
Christ manifested and explained the Truth (the Laws of Creation) in The Word to mankind through his actions, parables, and instructions.
The Laws of Creation are the Way we should follow, and, as a direct manifestation of the Creator, they are alive, just as Christ is alive.
Christ, as a manifestation of the Creator and a Bringer of Truth, could therefore say:
I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life
— John 14:5
To identify the Laws of Creation we have to seek in The Word, and then act accordingly.
Progressive Revelation of Truth
Partial revelations of Truth have reached all human beings over thousands of years. Each revelation was suited to the culture, language, and level of spiritual maturity of the recipients.
Christ, being a Part of the “Inventor” of Creation, was in a position to comprehensively and simply explain the Laws of Creation in a way that no prophet could have done, because He bore Truth within Him.
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Moses gave you not that bread from heaven;
— John 6:32
but my Father giveth you the True Bread from heaven.
For the Bread of God is He which cometh down from heaven,
and giveth life unto the world.
Truth is Love
In all parts of the world, we failed to truly understand the revelations of Truth that we received over many millennia.
One common mistake was the separation of Truth and Love.
Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
— Matt 5:17
Christ explained to the Jews that they had failed to understand the aspects of Truth given through Moses (the Ten Commandments) not because of any fault in the law, but because they had failed to appreciate the Love that is at the heart of all Truth.
Thou shalt love the Lord thy God
— Matt 22:37
with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
This is the first and great commandment.
And the second is like unto it,
Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
The Word, Truth, the Laws of Creation, and Divine Love cannot be separated. They are one.
He who seeks to understand them in isolation will only understand words and not “The Word”.
Today’s Resolution
- We shall seek to reunify the concepts of Truth, Lawfulness, and Love in our hearts and minds, and interpret Christ’s Word accordingly.
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