Cassels: the supreme message

Sunday, August 4, 2013
    Feast of John Vianney, Curè d’Ars, 1859
Meditation:
    What advantage, then, is there in being a Jew, or what value is there in circumcision? Much in every way! First of all, they have been entrusted with the very words of God.
    —Romans 3:1-2 (NIV)
Quotation:
    The phrase “Word of God” as used in the Bible itself, notably in the opening sentences of the Fourth Gospel, is an English translation of a Greek word, Logos, which was in wide use among philosophers at the time the New Testament was written. It connotes the creative, outgoing, self-revealing activity of God. The Logos was not a particular divine utterance, but God’s overall message to mankind. It was not necessarily communicated verbally in speech or writing. Indeed, the whole point of Christianity is that the supreme communication of the Word took place when it was expressed through a human life and personality in Jesus Christ.
    ... Louis Cassels (1922-1974), Your Bible, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1967, p. 3 (see the book)
    See also John 1:1-2; Rom. 3:1-2; 1 John 1:1-2; Rev. 19:11-13
Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, Your people follow Your Word. CQOD    Blog    email    RSS
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