The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him and what came to my mind and heart in Luke 6:5,
"Then Jesus said to them, 'The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.'"
Some folks are somewhat confused as to the nature of who Jesus Christ is. Early on in the church there were heresies introduced that misstated and misunderstood the person of Jesus Christ. Some false teachings and mis-perceptions persist even today. Jesus can't be any clearer about who he is when he says he is "Lord of the Sabbath." In John's gospel Jesus called himself the Son of God and the Jews attempted to kill him, "For this reason the Jews tried all the harder to kill him; not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God." There was no confusion among the Jews as to who Jesus Christ was claiming to be.
Paul calls Jesus Christ God. He says, "Theirs [the people of Israel] are the patriarchs, and from them is traced the human ancestry of Christ, who is God over all, forever praised Amen." Romans 9:5. John tells us, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." John 1:1. A few verses later he tells us about the "Word", that the "Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth." John 1: 14.
Isaiah called the coming Messiah, Jesus Christ, Mighty God, "For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace."
We read in Hebrews 1:3, "The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word." Here, of course, we find reference to Jesus Christ as a member of the triune God. In Colossians 2:9 Paul says, "For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form..." In his letter to Titus Paul says, "...while we wait for the blessed hope—the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ..." Titus 2:13.
These references to Jesus Christ as God is hardly exhaustive but I have to think there is plenty here for anyone to recognize just who Jesus Christ is. Failure to see it is failure to read the Scriptures. Jesus Christ, the second member of the Trinity, the Son of God! Our wonderful God and Savior!
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share your thoughts of worship with us from your Bible reading today. We'd love to hear from you!
Trevor Fisk
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