The Veracity of Christ’s Word ...the Wayfarer 12/1/16

The Veracity of Christ’s Word
12/1/16

John 14:6

King James Version (KJV)

⁶ Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

The veracity of these words cannot be held in doubt by any who would be followers of Christ Jesus.

That veracity is confirmed in the very words spoken by Him, wherein lies the sole truth, the whole truth and the only truth as seen by God.

To me this means that all that has been taught by him, throughout the gospels, each word, cannot be denied as truth, nor declared impertinent, by any who would find the WAY of which he spoke.

All or nothing.

John 3:1-21

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3 There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:

² The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.

³ Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

⁴ Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?

⁵ Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

⁶ That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

⁷ Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.

⁸ The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.

⁹ Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?

¹⁰ Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?

¹¹ Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.

¹² If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?

¹³ And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.

¹⁴ And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:

¹⁵ That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

¹⁶ For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

¹⁷ For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

¹⁸ He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

¹⁹ And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

²⁰ For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.

²¹ But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.

The truth of Christ Jesus’ words, or actions, cannot be denied without denying Christ himself.

All that He taught, not only was relevant and pertinent to His time on earth, but remains pertinent to this time and all time to come.

It is that eternity of the truth revealed through Him that must be accepted, or rejected in whole.

John 1:1-14

King James Version (KJV)

1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

² The same was in the beginning with God.

³ All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

⁴ In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

⁵ And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.

⁶ There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

⁷ The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.

⁸ He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.

⁹ That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.

¹⁰ He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.

¹¹ He came unto his own, and his own received him not.

¹² But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:

¹³ Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

¹⁴ And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

Grace and truth were not taken from us when Christ was crucified by those who heard only the part of the truth they wished to accept, but was amplified and magnified through the resurrection that gave evidence of the truth that was then and far too often remains rejected.

Each miracle performed gave evidence of the veracity of both His words, and veracity of the truth of Who he IS and shall remain.

Each parable taught was a reminder of the continuous timeline of God Himself, each lesson was for past present and future, not merely for any one of the three.

All lessons taught, either plainly, openly, or by means of using parables, were and are guideposts to finding the WAY, and are the only guideposts that point to that WAY.

The simple message preached, the common theme in all lessons taught, the single commandment left us all lead to that Way, that TRUTH and to the LIFE promised those who seek out and follow those guideposts and accept HIS TRUTH.

Deviation from those guideposts abound as detours are taken, detours that lead away from the Way that has been given, and lead to a destination unacceptable to the few willing to adhere to the TRUTH.

Matthew 7:13-14

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¹³ Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:

¹⁴ Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

Closure demands that I return to the opening, that opening that demands attention, and reminds us of the veracity of what it contains.

John 14:6

King James Version (KJV)

⁶ Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

Each must find the veracity of Christ’s words, now, or as they find that veracity too late, and find the veracity of what has been forfeited.

1 John 5:7

King James Version (KJV)

⁷ For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.

As for myself:

2 Timothy 1:12

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¹² For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.

Amen and Amen

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