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The great gift of God in Jesus Christ

Dear friends, today I would like to share with you a little on the great gift of God in Jesus Christ for the whole world. In times past, before God revealed Himself to Abraham and his descendants (the people of Israel) humanity lived in darkness: there have been moments when they were so filled with misconceptions about God to the extent that they thought God would even be pleased with human sacrifices. They would even misconstrue the Image of God with hideous forms of devils, beasts and humans. God would be one without any basis of justice, love or peace, one who would do anything he liked. So we have the origins of myths and legends which form the basis of various forms of worship. Still others denied the existence of the Deity altogether and preached a way of life leading to contentment without reference for God. There were also the ancient philosophers who struggled to answer the questions of their minds and tried to search for answers. But with the revelation of God to Moses and the subsequent prophets of Israel, God revealed Himself as One who is just, merciful and compassionate, and someone who keeps a covenant with His chosen people. He is a just God who punishes sin and rewards the just. Yet even then God is revealed as One who is still always merciful to the repentant sinner. God still is One who promises to teach all the peoples of the earth through the Messiah, the One who would come in His Name.

When the fulness of time had come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, to be the Teacher of the Nations of the world. He taught about God as no one else ever taught before Him or could ever teach after Him. He revealed God as "Father", the True Name of God and Himself as "Jesus Christ, Son of the Father", the One whom He has sent. "And this is Eternal Life, to know You, the Only True God, and to know Jesus Christ, whom He has sent." (John 17.3) Jesus Christ is therefore the One True Teacher of all the nations, the One whom all the peoples of the world look forward to, the one who is the longing of every human heart. Indeed, when we too find Jesus, we have peace! He is indeed the only one who can answer all our questions and who gives us answers for every situation. The best news of all is that Jesus Christ is IN US, in every human being who walks on earth. He exists as Love within the the human heart (1 Jn 4.8), Light and Wisdom within the human mind (John 1.9; 1 Co 1.24) and Truth within the human intellect (John 14.6), Power within the human Will (1 Co 1.24), Word within the human thought (Jn 1.1-3)

Therefore, with all our power, we to whom have been granted the knowledge of Jesus Christ through the baptised life, let us seek Him still more! Let us also say, "Come, Lord Jesus! Come into my heart, into my mind, into my will, into my thought. May the fragrance of Your knowledge fill my own life and the lives of the peoples of the nations." Amen.

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