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God has been known as a God of revelation. No man will ever know God, unless God reveals Himself to him. Jesus said in the Scripture already referred to in Matthew 11:27, "Neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him." Remember that when the disciples asked Jesus the question, "Why speakest thou unto them in parables?" He said, "Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven" (Matthew 13:11). Now turn back to the text in Colossians 2:2-3, "That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ; In whom are hid all of the treasures of wisdom and knowledge."
God is such a mystery. Jesus Christ was the mystery of God revealed to reconcile the world unto Himself. We read in John 1:1, where the writer begins like this: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." Somebody said, "Well, that's the Word; the Word was the Son." All right, let us read it that way: "In the beginning was the Son, and the Son was with God, and the Son was God." But that doesn't change the meaning of God's Word at all. The Word was God. "The same was in the beginning with God." Then we read in the 14th verse, "And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth."
In Galatians 4:4 we read, "But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law." II Corinthians 5:19, reads: "To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself." That is our Lord Jesus Christ; He was both human and divine.....
As a man, He was born in humility; but as God, He was worshipped by men and angels.
As a man, He was tempted in all points as we are; but as God, He defeated every power of the devil.
As a man, He sat down on a mountain and spake unto the people; but as God, He brought peace and comfort to every troubled life.
As a man, He taught the people; but as God, He forgave their sins.
As a man He grew weary; but as God, He claimed to have all power in heaven and in earth. (That must be the Almighty, the only Omnipotent.)
As a man, He walked the paths of men; but as God, He walked upon the waves of the sea.
As a man, He slept on a pillow in the hinder part of a ship; but as God, He rebuked the wind and the sea, and they obeyed Him.
As a man, He hungered; but as God, bread grew and multiplied in His hands.
As a man, He wept at the tomb of Lazarus; but as God, He called him from the dead.
As a man, He talked with the blind and lame; but as God, He opened their eyes and made their feet to walk.
As a man, men scorned Him; but as God, the devils obeyed Him.
As a man, He suffered and died; but as God, He arose from the dead.
As a man, they laid Him in a tomb; but as God, He came forth conquering.
As a man, He was mocked as He hung on the cross; but as God, the whole universe trembled when He cried, "It is finished."
As a man, men rejected Him; but as God, He opened the way to the Holiest of holies, when the veil of the Temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom.
As a man, He sat at meat with His disciples; but as God, He vanished out of their sight. He appeared to be a man to men; but He proved to be the God of the Scriptures, fulfilling His word.
As the Son of man, He was visible; but He was the image of the invisible God.
As a Son, He was known to the world; but through the Spirit, He was revealed to His chosen as Lord of all.
As the Son of man, He came into the world; but as God He ascended to heaven, to come to earth again, as King of kings and Lord of lords.
FOREVER HE IS GOD!
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~To Him That is able to keep you from falling and to present you before His glorious presence without fault and with great joy...to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen.~ Jude 24
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