February 14, Christ as means and end.

I have been crucified with Christ.

It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me.

And the life I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave himself for me. Galatians

220. Why did God create the universe? And why is he governing it the way he is.

What is God achieving? Is Jesus Christ a means to the achievement

or the end of the achievement?

Jesus Christ is the supreme revelation of God.

He is God in human form. As such, he is the supreme revelation of God. He is God in human form. As such, he is the end, not the means.

The manifestation of the glory of God is the meaning of the universe. This is what God is achieving.

The heavens and the history of the world are telling the glory of God.

But Jesus Christ was sent to accomplish something that needed doing.

He came to remedy the fall.

He came to rescue sinners from inevitable destruction because of their sin.

These rescued ones will see and savor and display the glory of God with everlasting joy.

Others will continue to heap scorn on the glory of God.

So, Jesus Christ is the means to what God meant to achieve in the

manifestation of his glory for the enjoyment of his people. No one would see and savor and celebrate the glory

of God apart from the saving work of Christ.

The aim of the universe would abort.

So Christ is a means.

But in that accomplishment on the cross,

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