Sunday 23 March 2014

A Verse On Sunday

And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt amongst us, (and we beheld the glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.'

 God has taken on human form and lives amongst us, the Creator and his creation reconciled. John the Evangelist says that 'we' beheld his glory. The 'we' are the sons of God, given the eyesight to behold the glory of the Word made flesh. The Word, our Lord Jesus Christ, is the only begotten of the Father. Jesus Christ is of the essence of the Father - under his authority but equal, - like a human child is equal to its parents, yet subject to its parents' authority. He is begotten, not created - a very important thing to remember, the only begotten Son of God. He is divine through and through.
And for a brief few years Jesus 'dwelt among us.' He lived, suffered, loved as one of us. He never succumbed to sin, yet he knew temptation. He could not sin, for God cannot sin. It is God's nature to be full of Truth.
And grace too - God's irrevocable love for us, freely given, undeserved, unconditional and eternal.

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