“You worship guessing in the dark; we Jews worship in the clear light of day. God’s way of salvation is made available through the Jews.” (John 4:22, The Message)
Christ to the woman at the well. He was never afraid to speak clearly and truthfully. We like to often take a general view of Christ's life and appreciate him, but neglect to consider his specific words. You worship guessing in the dark. Not much wiggle room for the woman there. Her worship was wrong, misguided, off the target, and Christ told her so.
God's way of salvation is made available through the Jews. To anyone but a Jew, this truth is humbling. No matter how hard we try, salvation comes through the Jews. They have, as Paul will say elsewhere, the oracles of God, and Messiah is a Jew.
Christ always forces us to either accept him as he is or to reject him completely. There is no half-way belief in Christ. He was either the Son of God and spoke truthfully, or a liar and spoke deceitfully, or crazy. Those are the choices. I believe he was, and is, and will be, Messiah.
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