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There are many more scriptures which teach this central dogma of our faith, and not all
of them are in the Gospel of John, but these have been selected because the Evangelist
John preeminently among all the Apostles reveals the Son to the church.

Most heresies have denigrated the Son. This makes perfect sense if salvation is only
through the Son, Who reveals the Father. Of the Á-°Great ThreeÁ-? religions, only true
Christianity has the way of salvation, because it knows the Son. The Jews reject the Son,
believing that the Messiah is not yet come, and the Moslems believe Jesus to be only a
prophet, and subordinate in importance to Mohammed.

The JehovahÁ-?s Witnesses believe the Son to be a creation of the Father, the Mormons
likewise believe foolish things about the Son which are Arian in nature. Arianism is an
ancient heresy, which was firmly addressed in the 1
st
Ecumenical council and is refuted
for all time in the Symbol of Faith. It denies that the Son is God, believing Him to be a
creation. A creature cannot perfectly know God. Only God knows Himself. If the Son is
a creature, even if He is first created, and Á-°god-likeÁ-? in His qualities, He is incapable of
knowing that which is higher than Himself, and His words: Á-°no man knowethÁ-¬ who the
Father is, except the SonÁ-?
(Luke 10:22, above)
are a lie.
The question which we must answer if we are to be saved, is how do we place ourselves
amongst those of whom the Lord says: Á-°and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the
Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal himÁ-?
(Luke
10:22, above)

The Son knows the Father because He is like Him. So then, for us to know the Father,
we must become like the Son. Like understands like. The Son understands the Father,
and if we are like the Son, we will share in the SonÁ-?s understanding, which He will share
with us. Of course, we cannot become the Son, since we are creatures, but as we have
the Á-°adoption of sonshipÁ-?
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, we can become like the Son in morality, thought and
purpose.

There is no other way to be saved, but to strive for moral improvement. Our works do
not of themselves save us, but without working to become better morally, we can never
understand God.

It is understandable, therefore, that another major way to attack the way of salvation
(other than directly slandering Jesus Christ, as described above) is to deny that works are
necessary to be saved. This is a Á-°standardÁ-? Protestant heresy held by many. They
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Gal 4:4-7 But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, (5)
To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. (6) And because ye are sons, God
hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. (7) Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a
son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.