Glorious Mystery - Chapter 6

Divine truth is either a) God himself - for this look at Christ b) the counsel of his will - for this look at Christ.

the glory fo truth consists in two things: 1. Its light - any truth seperate from Christ cannot communicate any true light or understanding. 2. Its effiacy/ power - to make us like God, this is found in Christ and effects: "The mortification of sin, the renovation of our natures, the sanctification of our minds, hearts, and affections, the consolation of our souls, with their edification in all the parts of the life of God, and the like." (p. 81) So, "truths professed, if doctrinally seperated from him [Jesus] ...have no living power or efficacy in the souls of men." (p. 81)

All divine spiritual truth is either declarative of God or of what he requires of us. We can do neither without...Christ.

All evidence for spiritual truth depends on Jesus (example - proposition: "the dead are raised" response: "prove it!" rebutal: "Christ was raised!")

Anyone who denies the divinity of Christ rejects or distorts all other truths of divine revelation. Anyone who denies the divinity of Christ has a useless profession of the truth: "It [their faith] leads them not to Christ, it brings not Christ unto them." (p. 84)