{"id":1682,"date":"2011-10-11T03:50:15","date_gmt":"2011-10-11T10:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/?p=1682"},"modified":"2024-03-26T12:36:08","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T19:36:08","slug":"christ-the-true-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/2011\/10\/11\/christ-the-true-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Christ, the True One"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Christ is…<\/h2>\n

1. …the true Light, to illuminate.<\/h3>\n

John 1:9 – “The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world.”<\/p>\n

2. …the true Bread, to satisfy.<\/h3>\n

John 6:32 – “Jesus then said to them, \u201cTruly, truly, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven.”<\/p>\n

3. …the true Vine, to make fruitful.<\/h3>\n

John 15:1 – “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser.”<\/p>\n

4. …the true God, to assure.<\/h3>\n

1 John 5:20 – “And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.”<\/p>\n

5. …the true Witness, to speak.<\/h3>\n

Revelation 3:14 – “And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: \u2018The words of the Amen, the faithful and witness, the beginning of God\u2019s creation”<\/p>\n

6. …the true Judge, to determine.<\/h3>\n

Revelation 19:11 – “Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse! The one sitting on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war.”<\/p>\n

[This list has been adapted from F.E. Marsh’s works, coming soon to Blue Letter Bible<\/span><\/a>.]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Christ is… 1. …the true Light, to illuminate. John 1:9 – “The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world.” 2. …the true Bread, to satisfy. John 6:32 – “Jesus then said to them, \u201cTruly, truly, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but my […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":1683,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-misc","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1682"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1682\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9380,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1682\/revisions\/9380"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}