Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Father and Son

DEVOTION HEBREWS FATHER AND SON Heb 1:4-5 4 So he became as much superior to the angels as the name he has inherited is superior to theirs. 5 For to which of the angels did God ever say, "You are my Son; today I have become your Father"? Or again, "I will be his Father, and he will be my Son"? NIV Not a single angel has ever been considered the Son of God, but maybe in those days there were people who worshipped angels, and that is why this is stated here about Jesus. Of course we do not worship angels today; maybe we only get a little sidetracked by honoring rules and regulations instead of Jesus. When it comes down to the final of finals, it is Jesus and Jesus alone who saved us from our sins. No angel could ever do that, no rules and regulations could ever do that, no church, no denomination, no pastor, no one or thing could ever save us. No actions of our won, no good deed, no living as free as possible of sin could save us. There is just not a single way for us to be freed from the destruction which awaits us, except through Jesus. God has established a plan for the salvation of his people, his creation, us, and it is through his Son that plan has been carried out. Why do we allow other things to get in the way? Why do we disagree over so many minor issues, doctrines, divisions in how we interpret certain sections of scripture? Why do we allow such a minor issue to hamper our living in harmony with each other? It is all about Jesus, and about him alone. Does any Christian refuse to acknowledge Jesus is the Son of God? Does any believer think anything or anyone is more highly regarded as Jesus? Some might even try to prove by this statement that Jesus is just the Son of God and not God. God established this Father Son relationship so we could relate to him. Jesus said that if we have seen him we have seen the Father. God determined that we needed to see how a Son is obedient to his Father, so we could know how we, as sons of God, should be obedient. It is so simple, but so many make it so complicated. Worship Jesus as the Son of God, Worship God as the Father of us all, Worship God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. The three in one. But here is simply see the Father and the Son.

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