Who We Are?
Who is Jesus Christ?
I am glad that you are reading these blogs and God
is helping you to learn in- depth Truth of the Word. As yesterday we saw How
God introduced Gospel to Adam and clothed them with the garments of Salvation
and Righteousness, irrespective of their Sinful Nature that occurred due to: not
understanding the heart of God, not meditating on the Word of God, allowing
other voices to overrule (serpent), and in act- ate the fruit – showing
complete disobedience.
Three things to learn from here:
- 1. God
loves you to be His own– if not He would not have covered you with the garments
(Genesis 3:21)
- 2. God
does not want you to continue living in Sin and Guilt – if not, He would not
have introduced the Gospel (Genesis
3:15)
- 3. Man
fall to the prey or the deceptive words of Satan by not understanding the heart of God meditating on His
Words – Reading Bible is one of the most important part of a Believer’s
life.
Now we see before casting out Adam and Eve from the
Garden of Eden, God clothed them with the coats of skin – a permanent covering.
Have you ever wondered why even after Adam and Eve
sinned, casted out of the Garden, they and their Sons- Cain and Abel were still
connected with God? This happened
because God helped them know the Gospel and demonstrated the finished work of
Christ by sacrificing the Lamb (Genesis
3:21, Rev 5:6). They were walking in trusting the demonstrated Faith of
Christ.
Take any examples of the Old Testament – may be
Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Issac, Jacob (Israel), Moses – if you would analyse their
walk with God- you would see they OBEYED the WORDS of GOD…Encoh – was so
involed in God that he was given opportunity to have a RAPTURE (promise of a
New Testament Bride), Noah- with no questions build the Ark and was saved,
Abraham – Righteous and Faithful in OBEYING and Trusting God- that He was even
ready to sacrifice his own Son, Issac. Issac - man of Altars, and Moses – talked
to God face to face.
You see God calls himself God of Abraham, Issac and
Jacob – You Know Why? Because they were dependant on the finished work of GOD. They
were all Hero’s not because of what they did but because of what they believed.
Their Faith was not on themselves, on their abilities but on the finished work
of God.
Just think once, if these Hero’s lived an exemplary
life just because they understood Jesus as a Lamb sacrificed for their Sins how
much more should our conviction, when we know that Jesus Christ came as a FLESH
and gave His life as a sacrifice for our lives. Christian walk or a Believer’s
Walk is a walk of Faith.There are two types of Faith in Christian Walk:
- Faith of Jesus Christ
- Faith in Faith of Jesus Christ
When
a person says he has Faith in something it literally means that he has a strong
Belief System on something, which later constructs into “Faith”.
To begin with understanding Jesus Belief System, We
should first understand Who JESUS is:
John
1:1
In the beginning was the WORD, and the Word was with God, and the Word was GOD.
And in John 1:14 it says ‘And the
Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of
the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.’
Word
–becoming Flesh – depicts Jesus Christ
It is very important to understand that Jesus though
is within the Trinity- he is also created in the image of God.
Colossians
1:15
Who is the image of the invisible God, the
firstborn of every creature.
Revelation
3:14
And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things said the
Amen, the Faithful and true witness, the
beginning of the creation of God;
Hebrew
1:5
For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be
to me a Son?
Hebrew
1:6
And again when He bringeth in the
firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God
worship him
Hebrew
1:9 Thou
hast loved righteousness, and hateth iniquity; therefore God, even thy God,
hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
Jesus is created by God in HIS image. He was the
firstborn of all and everything that GOD has created. Hebrews
1:9 is beautiful when it states how and Why was Jesus qualified to be a
Son to the Father… Jesus loved Righteousness and hated Iniquity… He not only
depicted the image of the Father but carried God’s HEART. Isn’t it amazing, to know that Jesus was also created
like how we are, but he replicated God in His Obedience! He was Faithful and a
true witness..
Do you still wonder Why Bible is so much focused on Obedience
and Faithfulness? Its foundation begins with Creation of Jesus Christ who was
created in the image of God, who imitated God to such an extent that God
anointed Him above all – and made him salvation and righteousness to
mankind.
Isaiah 61:10 – I will greatly
rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of
salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a
bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with
her jewels.
Hebrew
1:3
Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and
upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged
our sins, sat down on the right hand of Majesty on high;
God be Praised !!!!
Blessings
Tanvi
Joseph
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