Hello again my most wonderful World Wide Family. I love you. Today we celebrate CHRISTmas Eve here in America. The Scripture mentioned in the title is of course referring to Jesus Christ our LORD. He is the One we celebrate at CHRISTmas. Let’s ponder other descriptions of Jesus found in God’s WORD the Bible. Before we begin, did you notice that Jesus Who is the Child and Son Who is born is also referred to as Mighty God and Everlasting Father.
God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit. One Triune God. The opening of the Shema=”the Saying”, a central teaching and prayer in Judaism, says that the LORD is One.
DEUTERONOMY 6:4 “HEAR O ISRAEL: THE LORD OUR GOD, THE LORD IS ONE.”
In Genesis 1:1 God is referred to as Elohim. Elohim is plural. This does not indicate that there is more than one God. There is not, there is only One God. It refers to the Trinity- God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.
GENESIS 1:1,2 IN THE BEGINNING GOD CREATED THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH. 2. NOW THE EARTH WAS FORMLESS AND EMPTY, DARKNESS WAS OVER THE SURFACE OF THE DEEP, AND THE SPIRIT OF GOD WAS HOVERING OVER THE WATERS.
JOHN 1:1-4 IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD, (JESUS), AND THE WORD WAS WITH GOD, AND THE WORD WAS GOD. 2. THE SAME WAS IN THE BEGINNING WITH GOD. 3. ALL THINGS WERE MADE BY HIM, AND WITHOUT HIM WAS NOT ANYTHING MADE THAT WAS MADE. IN HIM WAS LIFE, AND THE LIFE WAS THE LIGHT OF MEN.
JOHN 1:14 AND THE WORD WAS MADE FLESH, AND DWELT AMONG US, (AND WE BEHELD HIS GLORY, THE GLORY AS OF THE ONLY BEGOTTEN OF THE FATHER), FULL OF GRACE AND TRUTH. This is Jesus!
Do you notice that in the beginning God created the Heavens and the earth and the Spirit of God was hovering and in the beginning was the WORD who is Jesus and the WORD is the Bible, and the WORD was with God and was, (is), God and all things were made by Him=Jesus. It is so clear to see the One and Only Triune God. The Trinity. God also says later in the Book of Genesis, “Let Us make man in Our Image.” The “Us” is the Trinity. God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit.
GENESIS 1:26 THEN GOD SAID, “LET US MAKE MAN IN OUR IMAGE, ACCORDING TO OUR LIKENESS”…
Do you see how these are also describing Jesus? It is very important that we do not only celebrate Jesus as the Baby born of the Virgin Mary in the Manger on Christmas. He is God. He is all inclusive. Jesus was God Incarnate while He lived for 33 1/2 years on this earth in a Fleshly Body. God came down from Heaven to live as we do so He could experience what we experience, so He could die the heinous death we deserved to die and redeem us from our sins for all of us who repent and accept Jesus as LORD and Savior. After Jesus was crucified for our sins even though He was/is Perfect, He was Resurrected.
He walked on this earth after He Arose from death and was seen by His Disciples/Apostles and many other witnesses. He then returned to Heaven with God the Father and sent His Holy Spirit to live on this earth with all of us who believe, who are Christ followers. He teaches us, leads us and guides us into all TRUTH. We are also commissioned to lead others to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ by sharing His Gospel-Glad Tidings of Good News.
We will talk further about other Names of Jesus Christ the next time that we get to talk. These Names are Who He Is. I will leave you with a few examples and later we will go into more depth. You can also look these up for yourself in the Bible. I will paraphrase the verses below:
JOHN 14:6 JESUS IS THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE.
JOB 19:25 JESUS IS THE REDEEMER
HEBREWS 12:2 JESUS IS THE AUTHOR AND FINISHER OF OUR LIVES
JOHN 8:12 JESUS IS THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD
COLOSSIANS 1:15 JESUS IS THE IMAGE OF THE INVISIBLE GOD
JOHN 11:25 JESUS IS THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE
ACTS 10:42 JESUS IS JUDGE
Do you know that one day when you die and leave this world, you will stand naked and all alone before JESUS as JUDGE . None of your family, friends, homies, or colleagues will be with you. You will give account of your life to Him. God will ask you what you did with His Son Jesus Christ. This is a very humbling and fear evoking TRUTH if you have not repented and given your life to Jesus as LORD and Savior and lived your life in a personal, intimate relationship with Him.
You may be saying that you do not believe this. That is your choice and I hope you will change your mind. Please remember that the thing about God’s TRUTH is that it doesn’t matter whether or not you believe it, it is still God’s TRUTH.
God says that Every knee shall bow and Every tongue shall confess that Jesus Christ is LORD. You can do this voluntarily of your own volition while you are living or you can do this mandatorily at the end of your life when it is too late. Please make the correct choice for your eternal destiny as well as for your every day life now.
Until we get to speak again, please remember that I love you and most importantly Jesus loves you. MERRY, BLESSED CHRISTMAS TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.