SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 1/29/2020
11:19 AM
My Worship Time Focus: PT-2 “Confirmation
by the Father”
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: Matthew 3:17
Message of the
verse: “17
and behold, a voice out of the heavens said, "This is My beloved Son, in
whom I am well-pleased.’”
We have been talking about how Jesus
brought joy to the heart of His Father, and also that believers also bring joy
to the heart of the Father. Now we want
to look at Hebrews 1:1-8 to show us that Jesus Christ is the heart of the
gospel, but before we do that I want to talk about something that I suppose
that I have talked in other SD’s. Jesus
Christ is the reason that this universe and especially why this world was
created as we can see from the 2nd Psalm. It is all about Jesus and because God loves
us so much we get to be a part of His plan that was made up before the world
began. Again it is all about Jesus. Now we will look at Hebrews 1:1-8, a very
powerful section of Scripture:
“1 God, who at various times and in various ways
spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, 2 has in these last days
spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the
worlds; 3 who being the brightness of His glory and the express
image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He
had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on
high, 4 having become so much better than the angels, as He has by inheritance
obtained a more excellent name than they. 5 For to which of the angels did He
ever say: "You are My Son, Today I have begotten You"? And again:
"I will be to Him a Father, And He shall be to Me a Son"? 6 But when
He again brings the firstborn into the world, He says: "Let all the angels
of God worship Him." 7 And of the angels He says: "Who makes His
angels spirits And His ministers a flame of fire." 8 But to the Son He
says: "Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; A scepter of
righteousness is the scepter of Your Kingdom” (NKJV).
John
MacArthur writes “Jesus Christ is the fullest expression of God, superior to
and exalted above everything and everyone else.
He is the beginning of all things, Creator; the middle of all things,
Sustainer and Purifier; and the end of all things, Heir (see Rom. 11:36; Col.
1:16).
“The
Son is the manifestation of God, the radiance of God’s personal glory, the
image of God (2 Cor. 4:4). In Him all
deity dwells (Col. 1:15-19; 2:9).
Because of His deity, He is superior to the angels who worship Him…
“Even
God’s title as Father is a reference to His essential relationship to Jesus
Christ. God is presented in the New
Testament more as the Father of the Lord Jesus Christ (Matt. 11:27; John
5:17-18; 10:29-33; 14:6-11; 17:1-5; Rom. 15:6; 2 Cor. 1:3; Eph. 1:3, 17; Phil
2:9-11; 1 Pet. 1:3; 2 John 3) than as the Father of believers (Matt. 6:9).
“When
Jesus called God ‘Father,’ He was not emphasizing primarily submission or
generation but sameness of essence—that is, deity. John 5:23 sums it up by demanding ‘that all
may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father.’ No one can worship God unless he worships Him
as the God who is one with King Jesus—‘the God and Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ.”
These
are some powerful thoughts, something that I would never get from just reading
Matthew 3:17.
Spiritual meaning for my life today: We say sometimes at Christmas times that “Jesus
is the reason for the season,” but Jesus is the reason for every season as He
is the One who truly deserves my worship at all times.
My Steps of Faith for Today: I am thankful to the Lord that He has given
me joy in the study of His Word this morning.
1/29/2020 11:45 AM
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