THE WAY!
We know God only by Jesus Christ. Without this mediator, all communion with God is taken away;
through Jesus Christ we know God...in proof of Jesus Christ we have prophecies, which are solid and
palpable proofs. And these prophesies, being accomplished and proved true by the event, mark the
certainty of these truths and, therefore, the divinity of Christ. In Him, then, and through Him, we know
God. Apart from Him, and without the Scripture, without original sin, without a necessary mediator
promised and come, we cannot absolutely prove God, nor teach right doctrine and right morality. But
through Jesus Christ, and in Jesus Christ, we prove God, and teach morality and doctrine. Jesus Christ is,
then, the true God of men. But we know at the same time our wretchedness; for this God is none other
than the Savior of our wretchedness. So we can only know God well by knowing our iniquities.
Therefore those who have known God, without knowing their wretchedness, have not glorified Him, but
have glorified themselves. Not only do we know God by Jesus Christ alone, but we know ourselves only
by Jesus Christ. We know life and death only through Jesus Christ. Apart from Jesus Christ, we do not
know what is our life, nor our death, nor God, nor ourselves. - Blaise Pascal (1623-1662)
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