Jesus is God spelling Himself out in a language that man can understand.
God and man used to talk together freely. But one day man went away from God. And then he went farther away. He left home. He left his native land, Eden, where he lived with God. He emigrated from God. And through going away he lost his mother tongue.
A language always changes away from its native land. Through going away from his native land man lost his native speech. Through not hearing God speak he forgot the sound of words. His ears grew dull and deaf. Through lack of use he lost the power of "speaking" the old words. His tongue grew thick. It lost its cunning. And so gradually almost all the old meanings were lost.
God has always been eager to get to talking with man again. The silence is hard on Him. He is hungry to be in intimate terms again with His old friend. Of course He had to use a language that man could understand. Jesus is God spelling Himself out so man can understand. He is the A and the Z, and all between, of the Old Eden language of love.
From: Quiet Talks with Jesus by S.D. Gordon, 1906
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