Meditations from Zion

The path to Christ begins with the One God. The whole point of Christ’s presence in the world is based on the covenants, mandates, and promises of Yahweh. If there is no God, then Christ is a non-issue.

Galatians 2:20
I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

I know there are a lot of people who struggle with the idea of the Christ as the “only” way to God. And who am I to say that this is definitively true. However, it is clear to me that it is a way that God provided, a way that was established in the laws of the Jews (a people group who worshiped that One God through time immemorial).

If God is in the “house” then Christ is the door. If someone else wants to try to get in through the chimney or the plumbing, who am I to stop them?

Besides, it’s not just getting in, it’s relationship. The way of Christ opens the door as well as providing an automatic translator. The Christ spirit cleans up the signal.

But, like the teenagers in our home, no matter how many times I say that I can show them how to do something easier, they want to try it their way first. That’s fine. Sometimes, we need to go through the process, the cycle of learning. I did the same thing.

But now I know. I chose this way of Christ. I accepted the offer. I want to see it through. Amen.