of love, they ministered together in the spiritual giftedness
of Christ’s functional service to one another, as was the
intent of the Church’s functionality.
Jesus promised that the Church, thus functioning by the
presence and activity of His life, would overcome all odds.
“Upon this rock I will build My church; and the gates of
Hades shall not overpower it” (Matt. 16:18). B.F. Westcott
observed that “the history of the Christian Church is the
history of the victories of the Risen Christ gained through
the Spirit sent in His name.” 34 “We see a Divine Life
manifested...from age to age through a Divine society.” 35
The conclusion of James Denny was that, “without Christ
there would be no Church and no ministry at all; everything
we call Christian is absolutely dependent on Him.” 36
Have we not sufficiently documented that Jesus Christ
is the singular essence and expression of the gospel, of the
revelation of God, of Christianity, of the Church?
Everything “Christian” is derived from the Being and
activity of Jesus. All of Christianity is contingent and
dependent on Him, and expressive of Him. Christianity is
Christ!
When Jesus announced to His disciples, “I am the way,
the truth, and the life” (John 14:6), He was declaring that
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