GOD'S OWN GLORY
The Son reflects Gods own glory, and everything about Him represents God exactly. He sustains the universe by the mighty power of His command. After He died to cleanse us from the stain of sin, He sat down in the place of honor at the right hand of the majestic God of heaven. (Hebrews 1:3)
You don’t have to go very far to hear people talking about God these days. It does not take long to discover that many think that there are a lot of different ways to God and many people who want believe that we all are worshipping the same god but by a different name. All they really need to do is read the book of Hebrews and the subject will be settled.
There is after all, one true God. He is the father of the Lord Jesus Christ. What makes me so sure? God said so. He also said that His son was the perfect representation of His Father. He also makes it quite clear that He is the one who sustains the universe. I think sustains is an appropriate word. If He were not on the job, we would have completely destroyed it all long ago.
Now lets look at the fact that Jesus reflects God’s own glory. Since that is the case, tell me how many people did Jesus kill to spread the good news. We all know that answer. He did not kill anyone. He died for all, that all might receive the forgiveness of there sins.
So then could people who are blowing others up in the name of God truly be representing the true God? Of course they can’t be. We have a right to defend ourselves but we do not have a right to kill people and say God called for it. He calls for the destruction of unrighteousness.
God sent Jesus to be an example for us. He was and is the mold that exactly represents God. There is nothing confusing about the word of God. It is people that confuse it and misuse it. It is people that deny it and want to come up with their own way. It is people who convince people that there is no God and that we are just the result of an explosion. It is people who want to believe there is no life after death, or that there a zillion ways to experience heaven.
But in the end, everyone is still going to have to answer one question. What did you do with Jesus? What are we going to do with the Son of God? What are we going to do about the sins of our lives? What are we going to say when we stand before God? We are all going to stand there.
I know what I am going to say. I am going be shouting Glory to God. Jesus is Lord. Until I get there, I will be saying the same to anyone who will listen. Truly He is Lord. After all, it is fool who says there is no God. It is also a fool who says there is any God other than the Father of the Lord Jesus Christ.