In The Factastic Book of 1001 Lists, the first page of the section of world beliefs includes four lists: “The Five Pillar of Islam”, “Jewish Rules and Rituals”, “The Five K’s of Sikhism”, and “Noble Truths of Buddhism.”
My eyes quickly jumped over these headings, searching for the one that would seek to distill Christianity into a list four or five points long.
I never found that list.
The Factastic Book of 1001 Lists didn’t have it–and as I considered why, I realized that the reason was simple.
Christianity cannot be distilled into a list.
Not a list of principles or a list of rituals or a list of rules.
No, the author of this book would be quite wrong to distill Christianity into a list. After all, I learned in grammar that lists should contain more than one item.
And Christianity is distilled, not into a list of items, but into One Word:
Jesus
The Word through Whom the world was made.
The Word for Whom the world was made.
The Word Who gives light to every man.
The Word Whose death offers life to every man.
The Word at Whose name every knee bows and every tongue confesses.
Jesus
In one Word, the meaning of all of life.
We have no five pillars, but we have one foundation: Jesus
We have no rules or rituals, but we have one ruler and priest: Jesus
We have no five K’s, but we have one King: Jesus
We have no four noble truths. We have only One: Jesus
“I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.”
~John 14:6