Good morning Lord Jesus, I begin my day seeking for you to guide me in the way and truth my life should go today.
I was at the Waffle House and customers sitting around the low bar were talking about the messed up coming elections, and war ins is Palestine and Ukraine. one customers replied hopefully Jesus will come back again soon. A high school aged girl asked, “Who exactly is Jesus?” A couple old timer bowed up with shock! And answers came back like, “He is the Son of God”, and “He is our savior who died for our sins.” I sat silently just listening to the responses. If a person asked you “Who exactly is Jesus?”, how would you answer? With that conversation on my mind I sit now with the book of Hebrews open on my lap in reflection.
“After God spoke long ago in various portions and in various ways to our ancestors through the prophets, in these last days he has spoken to us in a son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom he created the world. The Son is the radiance of his glory and the representation of his essence, and he sustains all things by his powerful word, and so when he had accomplished cleansing for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high. Thus he became so far better than the angels as he has inherited a name superior to theirs.” (Hebrew’s 1:1-4)
I love Hebrews and soaking in the deep waters it contains on the deity, lordship, priesthood of Jesus. We dive into these deep waters in the very first sentence which contains the phrase, “He (God) has spoken to us in a son.” This phrase is at the core or The Book of Hebrews. The declarations that Jesus is the Son of God, our true High Priest through whom God reveals and speaks to us. This book begins with a contrast of the old revelations of God to this new revelation of how God now speaks to us, and it introduces a series of seven descriptions of the Son. These descriptions show why Jesus is the ultimate revelation of God:
1.God appointed Jesus the heir of all things. All authority has been given to Him.
2.Through Him all things were created. “apart from him not one thing was created” (John 1:3)
3.Jesus is the radiance of God’s glory and the representation of his essence, “The person who has seen me has seen the Father!” (John 14:18)
4.He sustains all things by his powerful word, He is the Word made flesh.
5.He had accomplished cleansing of the sins of the world through his saving acts on the cross.
6.Jesus now sits in the throne room of God at His right hand and is our judge.
7. He is superior to all angels and any other created being and at the name of Jesus all knees will bow.
These verses by themselves contain theological descriptions, revelations and aspects of Christ one could reflect on and preach on for months and we only in the first four verses of this Book! Deep Waters. How much of this revelation and understanding of who Jesus is do we grasp when we in the church dare to pray in His name? Or when we at times flippantly say His name or put His name on the side of a coffee mug like “Jesus is the reason for the season.” When we fail to share the name of Jesus with others out of fear, feeling uncomfortable, or other reasons, do we really understand what we have done by not speaking His name?
My family, I pray today as we move into the weekend, you will set aside time in the Spirit to reflect on who really is Jesus to you? Some of you cannot remember a day or week since you were born you have not heard the name Jesus. The name Jesus is so common to you that the sharing of it/not sharing of it is the same as any other name. I pray you will reflect and refocus on who is Jesus and why He is the ultimate revelation of God in your life, in Jesus’ name. Please pray the same for me. God bless you my friends!
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