Thursday, January 13, 2005
John 1:18 “No man has seen God at any time; the only begotten God, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has explained Him.”
Jesus is the explanation of the Father.
Jesus reveals the Father in a context we understand.
What is that context?
Is it first century Judaism?
Is it being an occupied people under the heel of a despotic power?
Is it being a man who is fully aware of every aspect of the spiritual realm?
To clearly understand and comprehend the angelic and demonic realm takes .... more grace than I have, anyway.
In Jesus, God reveals Himself to us within the context of humanity -- being human in relationship to other people. It is in that context we are most easily able to see Jesus completely revealing the Father: What is God's heart towards people?
Through the Messiah we can see God in contrast to our hearts. We can see what He has in common with us as we see God in harmony with our hearts. We can see how we maintain and pursue our relationships contrasted with how and why Jesus acted.
What is God like? To what type of life are we called?
Holy Spirit, reveal the Son.
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Jesus is the explanation of the Father.
Jesus reveals the Father in a context we understand.
What is that context?
Is it first century Judaism?
Is it being an occupied people under the heel of a despotic power?
No, that’s not the context we are able to easily understand. It takes work and study to understand that history and culture.
Is it being a man who is fully aware of every aspect of the spiritual realm?
To clearly understand and comprehend the angelic and demonic realm takes .... more grace than I have, anyway.
In Jesus, God reveals Himself to us within the context of humanity -- being human in relationship to other people. It is in that context we are most easily able to see Jesus completely revealing the Father: What is God's heart towards people?
Through the Messiah we can see God in contrast to our hearts. We can see what He has in common with us as we see God in harmony with our hearts. We can see how we maintain and pursue our relationships contrasted with how and why Jesus acted.
What is God like? To what type of life are we called?
Holy Spirit, reveal the Son.
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