In
a climate of religious pluralism and syncretism it is incumbent on
the church to emphasize the uniqueness and finality of Jesus Christ.
He is not one truth among many, but the
truth—about God, the world and ourselves. Yet this truth is not our
property to be handed over to those who seek it, but it is the speech
of the living God that can be heard and received only through the
power of God’s Spirit. The apostolic mission of the church is to
proclaim the gospel to the whole creation, but we must always bear in
mind that our words are only approximations of his Word, that we can
point to the truth but cannot dispense the truth. For people really
to hear the gospel, God himself must speak, and he does this with our
words and through our words, sometimes over and against our words.
-Donald
Bloesch, The Church
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