An Illustration of Truth

Here's a perfect illustration of the way in which truth is conveyed mythically, in the context of a very short story, without the need for 'explanation' [from I John 3]:

This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us.

Think on that for a minute. A guy has pen in hand, and he's trying to explain what love is (this is John, remember). And he says to himself, "I can go on and on about love--how to love, how not to love, how to receive love, how to measure love--or, I can cut right to the greatest story of love in the history of the universe. Hmmm. I think I'll go for the story."

And in one line, he conveys all we will ever need to know in order to both feel loved and learn to love. It's like he said, "If you forget everything else I tell you, remember this: Jesus laid down His life for us."

That's how Truth makes its way into our being. That's how Jesus makes His way into our being.

Truth is not explained logically, nor is it merely derived from or illustrated by stories. It is integral to the story itself.

In this same way, every natural thing in our universe speaks of Jesus. Think for a minute of all the ways God put Himself into His creation, and then how Jesus used those ways to teach. [In January and February, I listed all the word pictures of Jesus from three of the gospels.]

This is how we know what communion is: I am the vine, you are the branches.

This is how we know what the initiation is: Every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful.

This is how we know what the Spirit is: The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going.

There are millions and millions of examples we could list here. Kinda makes my head spin.