Jesus, Name Above All Names

Originator of All Truth, December 17

And the Word became 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.—John 1:14 JNN 369.1

In Christ, divinity and humanity were combined. Divinity was not degraded to humanity; divinity held its place, but humanity by being united to divinity withstood the fiercest test of temptation in the wilderness. The prince of this world came to Christ after His long fast, when He was an hungered, and suggested to Him to command the stones to become bread. But the plan of God, devised for the salvation of men and women, provided that Christ should know hunger, and poverty, and every phase of humanity’s experience. He withstood the temptation, through the power that humanity may command. He laid hold on the throne of God, and there is not a man or woman who may not have access to the same help through faith in God. Men and women may become partakers of the divine nature; not a soul lives who may not summon the aid of Heaven in temptation and trial. Christ came to reveal the source of His power, that human beings might never rely on their unaided human capabilities. JNN 369.2

Those who would overcome must put to the tax every power of their being. They must agonize on their knees before God for divine power. Christ came to be our example, and to make known to us that we may be partakers of the divine nature. How?—By having escaped the corruptions that are in the world through lust. Satan did not gain the victory over Christ. He did not put his foot upon the soul of the Redeemer. He did not touch the head though he bruised the heel. Christ, by His own example, made it evident that men and women may stand in integrity. Human beings may have a power to resist evil—a power that neither earth, nor death, nor hell can master; a power that will place them where they may overcome as Christ overcame.... JNN 369.3

It was the work of Christ to present the truth in the framework of the gospel, and to reveal the precepts and principles that He had given to fallen humanity. Every idea He presented was His own. He needed not to borrow thoughts from any, for He was the originator of all truth. He could present the ideas of prophets and philosophers, and preserve His originality; for all wisdom was His; He was the source, the fountain, of all truth. He was in advance of all, and by His teaching He became the spiritual leader for all ages.—Selected Messages 1:408, 409. JNN 369.4

Further Reflection: If Jesus is the Originator of all truth, who is the source of all lies? JNN 369.5