The DaVinci Myth vs. The Gospel Truth - Online Christian Library

WHO IS THIS JESUS?
that’s easy.”
And her face just broke out in a huge smile. She said,
“Do you mean you know?”
And I said, “Of course. That’s the simplest possible
question.”
She said, “You will never know how relieved I am. I
have been worrying about that for years.”
I said, “Well, you will never need to worry about the
answer to that question ever again, because from this day
forward, you will know.”
She said, “Oh, I’m so glad I came.” She said, “What
is it?”
I said, “Jesus said it very clearly, very understandably.
He said, ‘Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your
Father in heaven is perfect’” (Matthew 5:48).
The smile left her face. She looked like one of those
cartoon characters that had been hit by a skillet. Her face
just sort of fell onto the table, and she sat there silently
for a long time. Then she said, “I think I’m going to
worry about that more than ever.”
I replied, “Dear lady, I did not go into the ministry
to make people worry, but far from it—to deliver them
from their worries.” I was then happy to share with her
the Gospel of Jesus Christ, that while none of us is perfect,
and none of us has lived up to God’s standard, and
all of us have fallen short, Jesus Christ came to do what
we have been unable to do.
The Law of God shows us the helplessness and
hopelessness of our condition. The Law declares to us
that if you offend in one point, you are guilty already. In
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