From the heart of the
pastor:
“He is the
radiance of His glory and the exact representation
of His nature, and upholds all things by the word of
His power. When He had made purification of sins,
He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on
high” (Heb. 1:3).
Jesus interprets God to
man. In Jesus you encounter God’s splendor and
essence – you witness God’s character – you behold
God’s power – you encounter God’s holiness – you
discover God’s exaltation.
Jesus actually
broadcasted God’s brightness. God’s shekinah glory,
His Divine Presence, shot forth from Christ. Jesus
told Philip, “He who has seen Me has seen the
Father” (Jn. 14:9). You can only receive “the light
of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of
Christ” (II Cor. 4:6).
How can even the God-man
(the Theanthropos) exactly represent God?
Though They are two persons, They are the same
essence. Jesus says, “He who beholds Me beholds the
One who sent me” (Jn. 12:45).
How significant is the
word of His power? Jesus superintends and bears
history’s past as well as its future by His word
because His word serves as the host for His power.
Jesus’ words were given to Him by the Father and the
words Jesus spoke is what will judge His rejecters
at the last day (Jn. 12:49, 48).
How can a man, albeit
Jesus, cleanse another man of his sins? Jesus is the
perfect high priest who, serving as your forerunner,
entered within the veil. In Him alone can your
sins, though scarlet and red as crimson, be made
white as snow.
Lady Macbeth (c. 1606),
who goaded her husband to kill the king so that he
might gain the crown, cried out saying, “What! Will
these hands ne’er be clean?” Jesus responds that He
cleans the hands and purifies the hearts of God’s
elect so that you may ascend onto the hill of the
Lord and stand in His holy place.
Can any man be granted
the right to sit in the presence of “the King
eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God?” (I Ti.
1:17). David says, “The Lord says to my Lord: ‘Sit
at My right hand, until I make Thine enemies a
footstool for Thy feet’” (Ps. 110:1). Jesus is
gifted with the post of honor, holiness,
intercession and power – He is King Jesus!
Jesus is your
interpreter because He is truth. Absolute truth
rarely flatters its beholder, for it is unashamed of
both testing and light. Jesus is your terminus
ad quem, your final goal.
“No man has seen God at
any time; the only begotten God, who is in the bosom
of the Father, He has explained Him” (Jn. 1:18).
