How is your reading of the book of John going?
If you remember, Wednesday night we described Jesus. After the video we read the passages in 2 Thess. where it says Jesus will destroy Satan with just His breath! Then, we looked at Jesus in Revelation 19 and how He was described there and Frank's descriptive word was "fierce!" For us, as Believers, Jesus is The Living Water, The Bread of Life, our Savior, our Shepherd, our King of kings and Lord of lords. He is also our Creator!!!
Hope this PW Devo helps spur you on today!!!
Have you given much thought to Jesus as Creator? Take a look at Genesis 1:1, which says, "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." Here is what one Bible commentary says on the original word for "God" in this passage: The original word אלהים Elohim, God, is certainly the plural form of אל El, or אלה Eloah, and has long been supposed, by the most eminently learned and pious men, to imply a plurality of Persons in the Divine nature. As this plurality appears in so many parts of the sacred writings to be confined to three Persons, hence the doctrine of the Trinity, which has formed a part of the creed of all those who have been deemed sound in the faith, from the earliest ages of Christianity.
Paul, in writing to the Colossians, also talks about Jesus as Creator. Check it out!
Colossians 1:13-17
For He rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son, (14) in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. (15) He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. (16) For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities--all things have been created through Him and for Him. (17) He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.Read on to see what PW Devos has to say today! And, why not write out your thoughts & reactions to Jesus as Creator? While you're at it, praise HIm for being Creator and for "rescuing us from the domain of darkness...in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins"!!! Indeed, praise the Lord!
| The Word: Life Light Posted: 03 Aug 2010 01:00 AM PDT "Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it." (John 1:3-5) John 1 reads like poetry in that you almost have to read every simple line two or three times to really get what it's saying. John continues to make these giant claims about Jesus in very straightforward statements. From this passage, here's what we know about Him.
1) He is the Creator of all created things in the universe. (That includes us.)
2) Life is in Him. He took part in igniting the spark of Life -- and He is the only path to eternal Life.
3) His life is our light. Without Him, we are in blind spiritual darkness.
4) His light is not hidden. It shines out for all to see.
5) The darkness cannot extinguish His Light; it will never go out.
Think: Do you usually think of Jesus as the Creator? If not, how does that change your perception of Him?
Pray: Thank God for sending the Light into your darkness to give you real and eternal life with Him.
Do: Make a list of 20 things that Jesus was involved in creating -- things "made" by Him at the beginning of time.
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Mary E.Hickcox
www.CalvaryBaptistSM.orghttp://mary-neotes.blogspot.com/
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