No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father’s side, he has made him known. John 1:18
As sinful humans, to look on God was to die. Sinful flesh just cannot look on a most holy God and live. In the Old Testament we see Moses seeing God in a burning bush. God is just too awesome for us. Then God took on human form in Jesus and we finally could look at God and not only live but live eternally. It is God the Son that humans can look upon God and interact physically with God.
The incarnation brought God to us and in doing so enabled those who chose to believe and follow Him to become children of God. This concept of Jesus as fully human fully God is hard for our finite minds to wrap itself around but it was only this way that God made it possible for us to put off our old sinful self and put on the righteousness of Christ.
God came down, He walked among us and He taught us. He willingly suffered a death on a cross, died and was resurrected. He defeated death for all that choose to follow Him. He did all this from a little backwater part of the mighty Roman Empire. A belief system that spread to the whole world and enables you and me to have eternal life.
Have a blessed day,
David
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About dwwork
The name of this blog is taken from 1 Peter 3:13 - “always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect, keeping a clear conscience. This verse became special to me over ten years ago when I was asked to teach an adult Sunday school class on Christian apologetics. This interest grew over the years to the point that I took some graduate level classes in apologetics.
I think the best way to be prepared to give and answer to everyone who asks is to know scripture. It is my hope that through these short devotionals the reader will become more familiar with each verse. I have tried when possible to make them personal hoping in some small way to show that God’s word written over two thousand years ago is still relevant today.
In the writing of these short devotionals I have been able to better understand how God’s word impacts my life. It is my hope that you too will come closer to our Lord Jesus and develop a closer relationship with Him.
Finally, if the reader finds anything in conflict with scripture please let me know. God’s word is the final authority always overrules anything I might write.
David
