Welcome once again to the posting of the Weekend Sermon. I hope that you are all having a very good week. I thank the Lord for giving me another opportunity to post a message for Him.
For the last couple of weeks, we have been in a series of messages about the titles and names of Jesus found in the Bible. Last week, we saw that Jesus is the Good Shepherd and the Chief Shepherd.
Today, I want to focus on the fact that Jesus is called the Word of God and in Hebrews, He is identified as God's final and ultimate Word to this world. Let's examine what this means.
The Gospel John is where Jesus is clearly presented as the Word of God. John 1:1 states, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." John 1:14 tells us, "The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us."
I believe that John first of all is stating that Jesus is divine. Jesus is God. He existed with the Father before all time. This divine one, this always existing one, took up human flesh and came to this earth to be with us. At His birth, Jesus was called Immanuel meaning God with us.
The Second Person of the Holy Trinity became a man in the person of Jesus Christ. Jesus is therefore fully human and fully divine. He is the Word of God come in the flesh. What this means, is that Jesus is the embodied communication of God. Jesus came to communicate the message of God to us in a clear, full and understandable way. Jesus is the Word. What He says is the will of God in all things. His teachings and the way in which He lived are the way that God wants us to live and act in this world. Jesus came to fully proclaim the love and the mercy of God.
Now, Jesus is not only the Word of God, He is God's final Word in these last days. Hebrews 1:1-2 tells us, "In the past, God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways, but in these last days, He has spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed as heir of all things, and through Him He also made the universe."
Jesus is God's final and ultimate Word. He is the one that we are to listen to, and He is the one that we are to follow. Everything else in the Bible should be interpreted through the framework of the life and teachings of Jesus. He came to give the ultimate message of what God is like and what He expects out of us.
There is one final place where Jesus is referred to as the Word of God. Revelation 19:13 says, "He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and His name is the Word of God." This is a reference to the end of time. Jesus is coming again, and when He comes again He is coming in power and great glory. He will defeat the forces of evil, and He will establish His kingdom here on earth. Sin will be no more. God's Word will be in charge of the entire universe, and God's Word in the person of Jesus will reign forevermore.
Jesus is the Word made flesh. He has told us clearly that He loves us and wants us to come to Him in order that we might experience His forgiveness and the life and light that He can bring into our lives. I hope that you will come to know the Word made flesh today. And if you have come to Jesus in repentance and faith, I hope that you will listen to His teachings for they are the very words of God. Amen,
Prayer Requests
I know that you may get tired of hearing about it, but I am having a lot of health problems. I am having a lot of pain in my legs, and I am having other health difficulties. Please pray that I will get better. May God's will be done.
There is a lot of turmoil and war in the world right now. Ukraine, Sudan, Syria, Yemen, Israel, Libya, Chad, Central African Republic, Haiti, Congo, and Myanmar are just of few of the places that are having problems. Please pray for peace in these places and other places where you may know of war and conflict.
Pray for the safety of migrants and refugees.
Continue to pray for those who need aid as a result of natural disasters.
Try to find a couple of people this week that you know don't know Jesus as Savior and Lord and pray that they might come to know Jesus.
For our prayer focus countries this week, let us pray for those in the nations of Sierra Leone and Bahrain. Pray that many will come to know the Lord.
Next week, we will continue with our current series. I will post the verses on Monday, and I might have a review midweek. May God bless you all. Amen.
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