JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD!

Part -3.

When we open the gospel of John we see the eternality of our Lord , then equality and deity and humanity. We are led by the first part of the river in Genesis to the fine gold which speaks of the deity of our Lord and we see it’s display in every page of the gospel John. Nothing is broken in the gospel of John, the bread is NOT broken, the veil is NOT rent, when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake NOT His legs, that the scripture should be fulfilled, a bone of Him shall NOT be broken. Again we read,  Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land full of great fishes, an hundred and fifty and three: and for all there were so many, yet was NOT the net broken. The fourth face of Ezekial’s vision  is the eagle and it takes us to the gospel of John and we are introduced to the lofty height of eagle. Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high? She dwelleth and abideth on the rock,….. her eyes behold afar off. Our Lord is the one who knows the end from the beginning and sees thro’, right from Eternity. Also we see the fourth person who walked along with faithful Hebrews of the fiery furnace is none other, but the Son of God. So John says, I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God.

His glory as eternal God with which gospel of John commences. We see Him in creation. All things are made by Him.The eternal word spoken in creation and we see the manifestation of the power of God. His power is unlimited and His wisdom is infinite. All things were made by Him; and without Him was not any thing made that was made. He was the origin of all things. The work of creation is attributed to Him by the apostle Paul and the writer to the Hebrews. Not only did He create all things; He also upholds all things by the word of His power. He is the original cause of creation, the reason of it’s existence, and the goal towards which it moves. All things have been created through Him and unto Him and for His pleasure they are and were. And without Him there can be no progress and no development. The eternal word spoken in creation, in incarnation and in redemption and the heart of God was revealed. The One who dwelt in the bosom of the Father, told Him out, exhibited Him, declared Him. In creation He spoke and it was done; He commanded and it stood fast. But in incarnation and redemption required that the Word should become flesh and tabernacle among men, moving from Bethlehem until Calvary where we see Him on the cross as the sin bearer. For He hath made Him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him.  Who His own self bare our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls. We’ll sing of the Shepherd that died, that died for the sake of the flock. His love to the utmost was tried, but firmly endured as a rock. When blood from a victim must flow. This Shepherd, by pity, was led to stand between us and the foes and willingly die in our stead. Our song then for ever should be, of the Shepherd who gave Himself thus; no subject’s so glorious as He, no theme’s so affecting to us. We’ll sing of such subjects alone. None other our tongues shall employ, till fully His love becomes known in yonder bright regions of joy. Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, make us perfect in every good work to do His will, working in us that which is well pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be  glory for ever and ever. Amen.

Have a blessed weekend with Christo-centric Lord’s day.