Fundamentally, our Lord’s message was Himself. 

He did not come merely to preach a Gospel; 

He himself is that Gospel. 

He did not come merely to give bread; 

He said, “I am the bread.” 

He did not come merely to shed light; 

He said, “I am the light.” 

He did not come merely to show the door; 

He said, “I am the door.” 

He did not come merely to name a shepherd; 

He said: “I am the shepherd.” 

He did not come merely to point the way; 

He said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life.”

J. Sidlow Baxter