During the Christmas season, it's easy to think the story of Christ begins at His birth. The truth is that Jesus is eternal, and His role in humanity and creation is worth meditating on. Michael W. Smith's song "God With God" provides a perfect roadmap to interact with God's Word this week.
Let's consider what Scripture teaches us about Christ's role leading up to that holy night.
In this episode, I discuss the following:
Taking a B.I.T.E. out of Scripture – this week's Bible Interaction Tool Exercises include:
Exploring a theme
Meditate on Scripture
Consider an outside resource
Jesus is "God With God" as in our lyrics - John 1:1-2
Jesus existed before the foundation of the world - Ephesians 1:304
Jesus is a member of the Trinity
Defining the Trinity - Wayne Grudem's Systematic Theology - Amazon Paid Link
Jesus is pure and perfect - Hebrews 5:9
Jesus is satisfied and with no need - Acts 17:24-25
Jesus is not dependent upon anything for existence but has eternally existed without any external or prior cause (Aseity) - "Pocket Dictionary of Theological Terms" - Amazon Paid Link
Jesus is an uncreated deity - Colossians 1:15-17
God with God now God with us - Matthew 1:18-23
The night of Jesus' birth was planned - Galatians 4:4-5
Jesus is a gift of grace and love - John 1:14, Titus 2:11
The reason I am so moved by this song is that it encourages us to take a step back from the Christmas account and realize Jesus’ story doesn’t start in the manger.
