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4. What Have You Understood From Christ's Teachings?
All the good prophets and messengers were inspired by the eternal word of God. But Christ is the Word of God in its essence, on which all the creative and loving powers of God centre. Not only did He talk, but He also lived out what He said. The mightiness of God appeared clearly in his words and in his deeds, confirming one other.
In many instances, we read expressions about him like the following: "When Jesus had finished saying these things, the crowds were amazed at his teaching, because he taught as one who had authority, and not as their (traditionalist) teachers of the law" (Matthew 7:28-29). And when His opponents tried to seize Him through their servants, these servants were moved by His words and their consciences were touched. They did not dare to come near him. They returned to their leaders mumbling: "No one ever spoke the way this man does" (John 7:46).
Listen to some of the sayings of Christ which He uttered in all humility:
If you meditate on these sayings, you will understand that Christ is the light of the world, giving peace and true life to those who obey his words.
All the other prophets came with only a part of the divine light shining into the dark world, as the gentle moonlight does. They faded away like the crescent. But Christ is like the blazing sun, shining with all the power of its light. How can we follow the moon when the sun is rising? Christ is the true light! He fulfilled the prophecies and proclaimed the new law, which is love. He himself is love become flesh, so he was entitled to say: "I am the way and the truth and the life. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away" (John 14:6 and Matthew 24:35).