Christ is All!

I more and more understanding that Christ is all. In addition to reading a book which is titled "Christ is All" by David Bryant, I came across this paragraph in reading "The Shape of Things To Come" by Michael Frost & Alan Hirsch.

Chistianity is not a doctrine but a person to whom I entrust myself without reserve. If Christianity were merely a codtrine, its leader would be just as superfluous as the teachers of any other sort of religious or philosophical sytem. The focus would be on the truth claims, which are learned and then appropriated independently of the instructor. Since, however, Christianity is not simpley a set of beliefs but is inseperably connected to the person of the Messiah, it stands or falls with him. Christianity's principles, moreover, can never be understood independently of the person of Christ. Consequently, to understand Christ's words "by themselves" - that is, as doctrine - is to discount the element from which they receive their basic meaning, the divinity of their speaker. For the true believer, it is blasphemy to say that Christ's words are merely wise or profound, for that puts them on par with human philosophies and takes away the transcendence of him who proclaimed them. Our histories was well as our destinies are caught up inextricably with the person of Jesus the Messiah. We are embroiled in messianic destiny.

I increasingly find statements like this liberating. This is true freedom. I pursue Christ not a list of doctrine. I desire doctrine as a result of Jesus Christ the Messiah. Only by and through him is doctrine defined. Christ is truly all!