Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: every spirit that
confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: And every spirit
that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and
this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come;
and even now already is it in the world. Ye are of God, little children, and
have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in
the world.
What do you believe about Jesus? I mean, what does your
theology of Jesus look like? If I were to ask you to describe Jesus to me, what
would be your description? Here in 1 John 4:2, John says that your Christology
(the study of Jesus) is extremely vital to your eternal position. Theology is
not just for the old guys in seminaries. Theology is for anyone who truly would
be a follower of Jesus. Let me just bullet point a couple things about Jesus
that John would have known:
Jesus is Divine: Jesus was not just sent from God as a
prophet, He was God in the flesh. He was Deity. Jesus was not just a created
being as purported by the Mormons and Jehovah’s Witnesses, He literally came
from heaven. John tells in his gospel that Jesus “became flesh and dwelt among
us.” John writes in 1 John 1 that Jesus was here and John’s “eyes have looked
on him,” and his “hands have handled him.” Jesus is of Divine blood. He came
from heaven and wrapped himself in a robe of human flesh, and sought to set
things right between God and men.
Jesus is Christ: For centuries, the Jewish fathers watched
and waited for the Messiah that would come and fix what Adam had broken through
faithless disobedience in the garden. Sadly, they were so jaded in their
perspective that when He showed up from heaven, they couldn’t believe it. The
darkness of the human heart was spotlighted in the moment that they ruthlessly murdered
Him. The purposes of an omnipotent God will never be undone. Quite the
opposite, all attempts at undoing the works of God will only always jettison
those purposes further down their paths of accomplishment. In killing Jesus,
the disbelieving Jews became the executers of the gospel for mankind. The blood
that dripped from their fingertips flowed to save them. Jesus, the Divine, had
come to take the guilt and shame away from mankind and restore the broken
hearts. The sin sick could now find health in Jesus. He was truly the Christ.
Christology matters. He didn’t just show up and tell a few
stories. He showed up to change hearts and usher in a new era that would echo
with hope and joy. Now with John worship the Divine Christ Jesus.
Food For Thought: Christology matters. What do you believe
about Jesus, what texts of Scripture would use to prove that?
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