-The Constitution of All Reality – Module 1

-The Father Revealer

Author:  A.W. Tozer

Wednesday, July 08, 2009

In John’s Gospel, we have the record of Jesus telling the people of His day that He could do nothing of Himself. He said, “The Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does” (John 5:19). It was on the strength of such testimony that the Jewish leaders wanted to stone Him for blasphemy.

How strange it is that some of the modern cults try to tell us that Jesus Christ never claimed to be God. Yet those who heard Him 2,000 years ago wanted to kill Him on the spot because He claimed to be one with the Father.

God’s revelation of Himself is complete in Jesus Christ, the Son. No longer need we ask, “What is God like?” Jesus is God. He has translated God into terms we can understand.

We know how He feels toward a fallen woman: “`Neither do I condemn you,’ Jesus declared. ‘Go now and leave your life of sin’” (John 8:11).

We know how He feels toward fishermen and workmen and common people: “‘Come, follow me,’ Jesus said, ‘and I will make you fishers of men’” (Mark 1:17).

We know what God thinks of babies and little children: “Jesus said, ‘Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these’” (Matthew 19:14).

Verse

Jesus gave them this answer: ‘I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does.’ John 5:19

Thought

So exact is the union of the Son and the Father, with unbroken communion between them, that the Son does the same things the Father would do. They are one in nature. Jesus Christ is God.

Prayer

Thank You, Lord, You reveal to me the heart of the Father. I can know what He is like because of You.

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-’Who says attending church is boring?’

‘The songs that you sing depend on whom you sing them to.’

-The Distinctive Uniqueness of God the Father – Part 5

Bible Insights Episode 66 – Bible Video by Sis Carms Mendoza

-Christ: the Radiance of God’s Glory

Author:   A.W. Tozer

Wednesday, July 01, 2009

We know what we believe. Let no one with soft words and charming persuasion argue us into admission that Jesus Christ is any less than very God of very God.

The writer of Hebrews was informing the persecuted, discouraged Jewish Christians concerning God’s final and complete revelation in Jesus Christ. He spoke of the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Then he declared that Another had come. Although made flesh, He was none other than this same God. Not the Father, for God the Father was never incarnated and never will be. Rather, He is God the eternal Son, the radiance of the Father’s glory and the exact representation of His being.

Something has happened to the word glory, especially as it relates to the description of deity. Glory is one of those beautiful, awesome words that have been dragged down until they have lost much of their meaning. The old artists may have had something to do with it, depicting the glory of Jesus Christ as a luminous halo—a shining neon hoop around His head. But the glory of Jesus Christ was never a luminous ring around the head. It was never a misty yellow light.

Verse

Then Moses said, “Now show me your glory.” Exodus 33:18

Thought

“Show me Your glory,” Moses asked of the LORD. Glory revelation is given to us in finite measure. God’s glory includes His attributes, the essense of His being and much more. Christ reveals God’s glory attuned to our level of perception. Do you long to see His glory?

Prayer

O Lord, reveal to me more and more of Your glory as the radiance of the Father and the exact representation of His being.

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-The Exegesis of God

Author:  A. W. Tozer

Monday, June 29, 2009

I wish I could comprehend everything that the inspired Word is trying to reveal in the statement that Jesus, the eternal Son, is the “radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being” (Hebrews 1:3). This much I do know and understand: Jesus Christ is Himself God. As a believer and a disciple, I rejoice that the risen, ascended Christ is now my High Priest and intercessor at the heavenly throne.

The writer to the Hebrews commands our attention with this descriptive, striking language:

In these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, . . . [who is] the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word (Hebrews 1:2–3).

We trust the Scriptures because we believe they are inspired—God-breathed. Because we believe them, we believe and confess that Jesus was very God of very God.

Nothing anywhere in this vast, complex world is as beautiful and as compelling as the record of the Incarnation, the act by which God was made flesh to dwell among us in our own human history. This Jesus, the Christ of God, who made the universe and who sustains all things by his powerful word, was a tiny babe among us. He was comforted to sleep when He whimpered in His mother’s arms. Great, indeed, is the mystery of godliness.

Yet, in this context, some things strange and tragic have been happening in recent years within Christianity. For one, some ministers have advised their congregations not to be greatly concerned if theologians dispute the virgin birth of Jesus. The issue, they say, is not important. For another thing, some professing Christians are saying they do not want to be pinned down as to what they really believe about the uniqueness and reality of the deity of Jesus, the Christ.

Verse

No one has ever seen God, but God the One and Only, who is at the Father’s side, has made him known. John 1:18

Thought

Jesus Christ is Himself God. He is the One and Only at the Father’s side; the radiance of His glory; the exact representation of God being. He has made God known. Christ is the exegesis of God.

Prayer

Miracle of miracles! You, O Christ, that baby in Mary’s arms are both God and human being. You make God accessible to me.

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-The Distinctive Uniqueness of God the Father Part 4

Bible Insights Episode 65 – Bible Study by Sis Carms Mendoza

-The Great Unifier

By A.W. Tozer Monday, June 22, 2009

God is planning to do some wonderful and spectacular things with His vast creation. Paul, in his letter to the Ephesians, gave us a little glimpse into the future of the redeemed:

He has made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, to be put into effect when the times will have reached their fulfillment—to bring all things in heaven and on earth together under one head, even Christ (Ephesians 1:9-10).

-Man’s being in God’s Image

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Man’s being in God’s Image

That Man’s being in God’s (ELOHIM’S) image (Gen.1:26) does not only mean that the humankind is in conformity with the character of God the Son (Gen.1:27; Col.1:15; Rom.1:29; Heb.1:8-9) but it also means that the humankind has the right, capability and responsibility to manage all of the createdkinds only from, on, in, through, with, to and for God the Son, the Lord (ADON/DESPOTEN) Jesus (YAHWEH SHUA) Christ (MESSIAH), HIMSELF; thus the cultural mandate, viz. Gen.1:27-31; 2:18-24, for the humankind was never abolished but instead it is enhanced in the new creation (II Cor.5:9-21); for by the power (dunamis) of the Holy Spirit the new man IN Christ Jesus is being transformed from glory (excellence) to glory (excellence) and every human person in Christ Jesus is called upon to overcome (I Jn.5:4-5), conquer (Rom.8:35-39) and use (I Cor.7:29-31) the world by the Biblical faith of (from, on, in, through, with, to and for) the Lord (ADON/DESPOTEN) Jesus (YAHWEH SHUA) Christ (MESSIAH);

-The Issues Jesus Christ Publicly Contended Against His Enemies

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The Issues Jesus Christ Publicly Contended Against His Enemies

That Some of the most vital-important-significant issues which the Lord Jesus Christ uncompromisingly, systematically, boldly, openly, intersubjectively or interpersonally and/or publicly debated-argued-contended for against His enemies are the following: