Author and Teacher of Truth
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.
John 18:37.
Christ is the
author of all truth. Every brilliant conception, every thought of wisdom, every
capacity and talent of men, is the gift of Christ. He borrowed no new ideas
from humanity, for He originated all. But when He came to earth He found the
bright gems of truth which He had entrusted to man all buried up in
superstition and tradition. Truths of most vital importance were placed in the
framework of error, to serve the purpose of the arch deceiver. . . . But Christ
swept away erroneous theories of every grade. No one save the world's Redeemer
had power to present the truth in its primitive purity, divested of the error
that Satan had accumulated to hide its heavenly beauty. . . . The work of
Christ was to take the truth of which the people were in want, and separate it
from error and present it free from the superstitions of the world, that the
people might accept it on its own intrinsic and eternal merit. He dispersed the
mists of doubt, that the truth might be revealed and shed distinct rays of
light into the darkness of men's hearts.
The truth came
from His lips clothed in new and interesting representations that gave it the
freshness of a new revelation. His voice was never pitched to an unnatural key,
and His words came with an earnestness and assurance appropriate to their
importance and the momentous consequences involved in their reception or
rejection.
He invited men
to learn of Him, for He was a living representation of the law of God. He was
the only one in human garb that could stand among a nation of witnesses, and
looking round upon them, say, "Which of you convinceth me of sin?"
(John 8:46). He knew that no man could point out any defect in His character or
conduct. What power His spotless purity gave to His instructions, what force to
His reproofs, what authority to His commands! . . . He proved Himself to be the
way, the truth, and the life.
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