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 heart and mind in John 10:33,
"'We are not stoning you for any good work,' they replied, 'but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, claim to be God.'"
On occasion I have heard that Jesus never claimed to be God. It is somewhat perplexing to hear this as the Scriptures are very clear on this matter. Here Jesus' opponents picked up stones to stone Jesus for blasphemy for the very cause that he was claiming to be God. Another episode of this kind of thing is seen in John 5:18, "For this reason they tried all the more to kill him; not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God."
John's gospel begins with the great statement affirming the deity of Jesus Christ, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." John 1:1. John made clear we would understand that the "Word" was Jesus Christ and is God, "The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth." John 1:14.
Paul in his letter to the church in Rome could not have been clearer, "Theirs [the Jew's] are the patriarchs, and from them is traced the human ancestry of the Messiah [Jesus Christ], who is God over all, forever praised! Amen."
In Hebrews 1:8-9, where the writer of Hebrews quotes Psalm 45:6-7, we read, "But about the Son he says, 'Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever; a scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom. You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions by anointing you with the oil of joy.'" Here we see God the Father enthroning God the Son.
Where Luke's gospel presents us with Jesus Christ as "the Son of Man", John's gospel presents us with Jesus Christ as "the Son of God". Both, however affirm the duel nature of Jesus Christ as being at once a person who is fully God and fully man. Theologians love ridiculous terminology (have sympathy though, look at what they attempt to articulate!), and, they call this duel nature of Jesus Christ as "the theo-anthropic person (God-man) in hypostatic (the substance or essential nature of an individual) union."
Paul tell us how we enter into eternal life, "If you declare with your mouth, 'Jesus is Lord,' and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved." When we declare "Jesus is Lord", we affirm our understanding that Jesus Christ is "God over all" and therefore the Lord of our lives.
"'We are not stoning you for any good work,' they replied, 'but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, claim to be God.'"
On occasion I have heard that Jesus never claimed to be God. It is somewhat perplexing to hear this as the Scriptures are very clear on this matter. Here Jesus' opponents picked up stones to stone Jesus for blasphemy for the very cause that he was claiming to be God. Another episode of this kind of thing is seen in John 5:18, "For this reason they tried all the more to kill him; not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God."
John's gospel begins with the great statement affirming the deity of Jesus Christ, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." John 1:1. John made clear we would understand that the "Word" was Jesus Christ and is God, "The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth." John 1:14.
Paul in his letter to the church in Rome could not have been clearer, "Theirs [the Jew's] are the patriarchs, and from them is traced the human ancestry of the Messiah [Jesus Christ], who is God over all, forever praised! Amen."
In Hebrews 1:8-9, where the writer of Hebrews quotes Psalm 45:6-7, we read, "But about the Son he says, 'Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever; a scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom. You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions by anointing you with the oil of joy.'" Here we see God the Father enthroning God the Son.
Where Luke's gospel presents us with Jesus Christ as "the Son of Man", John's gospel presents us with Jesus Christ as "the Son of God". Both, however affirm the duel nature of Jesus Christ as being at once a person who is fully God and fully man. Theologians love ridiculous terminology (have sympathy though, look at what they attempt to articulate!), and, they call this duel nature of Jesus Christ as "the theo-anthropic person (God-man) in hypostatic (the substance or essential nature of an individual) union."
Paul tell us how we enter into eternal life, "If you declare with your mouth, 'Jesus is Lord,' and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved." When we declare "Jesus is Lord", we affirm our understanding that Jesus Christ is "God over all" and therefore the Lord of our lives.
As I say, for those of us who read our Bibles, it is somewhat perplexing for anyone to suggest Jesus Christ never claimed to be God or that the Scriptures are not clear on this point. Nothing could be further from the truth!
Jesus Christ is God over all!
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Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
If you have someone you would like to receive these ruminations, send me their email address. I'm happy to add them to the list. If you are receiving this and would like to be removed from the list, just respond and let me know.
Trevor Fisk
trevor.fisk@gmail.com
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