He [God] alone is immortal and dwells in unapproachable light. No one has ever seen Him, nor can anyone see Him. To Him be honor and eternal dominion! Amen.

— 1 Timothy 6:16

No one has ever yet seen God. The only begotten God, the One being in the bosom of the Father, He has made Him known.

— John 1:18

Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

— John 14:6

11 And this is that testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.

12 Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.

— 1 John 5:11-12

13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ.

18 For through Him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.

19 Therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household

— Ephesians 2:13, 18-19

Thoughts on Today’s Reading

Grace, mercy and love from Christ to you.

In the Bible, the fundamental principle that bridges the gap between a seemingly transcendent God and humanity is the person of Jesus Christ. Through Him, God becomes intimately accessible, whereas outside of this connection, God is the ultimate, and distant. With the person and work of Jesus, God’s Son, we may live with stabilizing and essential truth of who He is. Our own sinfulness and the world’s brokenness exist without any hope beyond frail and failing human solutions. Jesus’s incarnation and sacrificial death, deliver us from the cycles of sin and despair.

Jesus Christ is not one choice among many possible solutions to the world’s biggest problem. In fact, only Jesus can solve humanity’s crisis of sin and society’s brokenness. God Himself has orchestrated His plan for the world and eternity through His Son – humanity’s Savior. God calls His people to enthrone Jesus in their hearts and lives. We await the day our Savior descends again to earth and rightfully assumes the kingship that has been His all along. Let’s give Jesus the King the preeminent place of our hearts. Let’s surrender to and worship Him today!