Sunday, October 16, 2005

Jesus is God

John 1.1-3 & 14 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 4 In him was life, and that life was the light of men. … 14 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. We serve a triune God – God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. There is one God - Three persons. Expressed mathematically this would not be 1+1+1 (which equals three), but 1x1x1 (which equals 1). There is one in three and three in one. Jesus is fully God. He is equally God with the Father and the Holy Spirit. Jesus possesses all the attributes of God. Colossians 2.9a says For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form…. Jesus is not the Vice President. He is not the Junior Partner. Jesus is equal with God the Father. He is Christ, who is God over all, forever praised! (Romans 9.5). Phil 2:6 says (Christ)… who being in very nature God did not consider equality with God …”The fact that Jesus is God is demonstrated by his creative power. John 1.3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. “All things” is a reference to the infinite detail in creation - all things individually, all things separately! From the vast expanse of the universe to the tiny atom and even the sub-atomic particles within the atom - all things were created by him. Nothing that has been created can be credited to any other than Jesus. Paul said, “He is the image of the invisible God, the first born over all creation: For by him all things were created; things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible … all things were created by him and for him.” (Col 1:15,16) God became flesh in the person of Jesus. God became a human being. He lived among us. He served his Father by the power of his Spirit. Jesus died for our sins and was raised for our justification. We can't full understand the Trinity. Trying to understand the Trinity is like an ant trying to understand the body, soul, and spirit of a human. I don't fully undertand it but I believe it because scripture is so clear - Jesus is God.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

"We can't full understand the Trinity. Trying to understand the Trinity is like an ant trying to understand the body, soul, and spirit of a human. I don't fully undertand it but I believe it because scripture is so clear - Jesus is God."

Indeed, the Scripture is quite clear that Jesus is God. But that's not the same as it being clear on the "Trinity" - a 4th century theological concept.