("the Bible tells me so") or gives me a procedure. I know it
(Him) because the eternal life and eternal expression of
Jesus Christ is functioning in my life. This is not mere
experiential existentialism. Somewhere between the
extremes of objective biblicism and subjective
existentialism is the reality of the functional Life of Jesus
Christ in man.
As Christians we want to know Jesus as the Word of
God, the expression of God in man, rather than just words
from a book. We want to experience the Person of Jesus,
not just examine the photograph, the picture, that represents
the reality. We want to be sheep who hear His voice, the
voice of the Shepherd, not just sheep who "feed" on the
fodder of theological canned goods, or Scriptural scrapings.
The Life of Jesus Christ who is the Living expression of
God, the Living Word, is to be expressed in gospel
proclamation that shares the "word of truth," the "word of
life," the "word of salvation." II Timothy 3:16 indicates that
"all scripture/writings are profitable for teaching, for
reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness, that
the man of God may be adequately equipped for every
good work" (which God prepared beforehand that we
should walk in them - Ephesians 2:10). It is true that the
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