Episode 71 - God The Son
Practical Theology
John 5-6, 14:1-6
Today, we proclaim and celebrate that We Love God the Son. The Articles of our Faith, known as The Baptist Faith and Message (2000) describe what we believe about God in this way:
Specifically, about God the Son, it says -
Christ is the eternal Son of God. In His incarnation as Jesus Christ He was conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. Jesus perfectly revealed and did the will of God, taking upon Himself human nature with its demands and necessities and identifying Himself completely with mankind yet without sin. He honored the divine law by His personal obedience, and in His substitutionary death on the cross He made provision for the redemption of men from sin. He was raised from the dead with a glorified body and appeared to His disciples as the person who was with them before His crucifixion. He ascended into heaven and is now exalted at the right hand of God where He is the One Mediator, fully God, fully man, in whose Person is effected the reconciliation between God and man. He will return in power and glory to judge the world and to consummate His redemptive mission. He now dwells in all believers as the living and ever present Lord.
We love Jesus because:
1. He is God sent to us – Immanuel – God with us. God became a Man – The Word became Flesh…but sent to us – this speaks of intentional purpose – The Sent-ness of Jesus is emphasized especially in John 5-6, 5:17-18 – making Himself equal with God
– In chapter 5 & 6 He does that repeatedly – 23 times He describes God as Father and most of the time He is the Father, who sent Me – 11 times in these teachings He emphasizes His sentness – 5:21-24; 6:38-40
So, let us emphasize this sent-ness as well:
Jesus was -
2. And, as 2 Corinthians 5 makes clear, We are sent by Him
i. And, with His Presence
3. Live Sent! – THIS IS THE PRACTICAL PART OF OUR PRACTICAL THEOLOGY
4. 2 Corinthians 3:3 – ‘written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the Living God - leads us to our next discussion – loving the Holy Spirit and his work in our lives – and, we’ll do that in our next episode. But for today, let’s close and consider – Jesus was sent - here, by God, for you. He came willingly, intentionally, and incarnationally – with skin on – to offer up his life as a substitutionary sacrifice for your sin. That is how much God the Father & God the Son love you.
What will you do with that love? He came to rescue you; redeem you; reconcile you to Himself; that He might sent you for Him, as His Ambassador to a lost and hurting world. What is your response, today?
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