The Lord is awe-inspiring, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him in 1 John 4:2b,
“Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God…”
Here is an amazing reality: as we read in verse 9, that God, “sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him” he came as one of his own creations, God as man – with a human body! Fully God and fully man! Paul tells us in Colossians 2:9 that, “in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form…”, that is, in human bodily form. Jesus Christ, the Son of God is “God over all, forever praised! Amen.” Romans 9:5b. He is our Creator God as John tells us in John 1:1-3, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.”
From my understanding of this it differentiates the Son from the other members of the Trinity. In taking a body Jesus Christ set aside what is called “omnipresence” and became local in a bodily existence. Peter notes this when he points out that Jesus Christ is currently in heaven (as opposed to everywhere, specifically here on earth), to stay there, until the appointed time of his return to earth, “He [Jesus Christ] must remain in heaven until the time comes for God to restore everything, as he promised long ago through his holy prophets.” Acts 3:21.
Look at what our Creator God has done! In his desire to create an identity we can relate to, as well as having a body to sacrifice for us, he has taken on human form! In his love and passion for us as his creation, he has taken on humanity! In Romans 8:29 we read, “For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.” Here is a well known verse that speaks to the change God brings about within us that we might be “brothers”, in a sense, to Jesus. What is assumed in Paul’s statement is that the Son of God has done something on his part to bring this about as well… while being God he took on humanity that “he might be the firstborn among many brothers.” Jesus Christ is God and always will be, we are humanity, his creation and always will be… but look at what he has done!
What an astonishing truth! It kind of takes your breath away to consider it!
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share your theme of worship with us from your Bible reading today. We’d love to hear from you!
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