The True Hermeneutic

For in Christ and through Christ and because of Christ Christians have been given a revealed insight into God's nature and character. This understanding of God was vindicated for us in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus, whom we acclaim as the Christ, God incarnate. Jesus the Christ thus becomes--in himself and in his teaching--the true hermeneutic, the key to the understanding of the Bible, and beyond the Bible to the understanding of the action of God throughout history. In other words, the Word of God incarnate in Jesus the Christ interprets for us the word of God in the Bible.

--Naim Ateek