jwealing
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Q1. (Psalm 8). What does this psalm teach about God? What does it teach about human beings? What does it teach us about Christ? What does it teach about our responsibilities?
God is not only the creator of everything, but he is the sustainer. He provides for His creation daily as we have needs. His majesty and splendor are magnified in this relationship of dependence and provision.
As God's creation, how can we do anything but put our trust in Him. Everything else would be foolish.
Christ is the bridge between God and man. It is always amazing the God is mindful of His sinful creation. God, who cannot look upon sin, cares so much for His creation that He provided a way for relationship through the sacrifice of His Son.
Our responsibility to the Creation, and thus, to God is to care for His creation. How would we treat the resource that He has provided each day if we took the time to look upon them as belonging to God. Would we be more thankful as we use and consume resources? Would we find ways to share the resources with those who don't enjoy what we enjoy? Would we frivolously travel extra miles in a gas guzzler? Would we eat too much food and become obese? Would we give of our plenty until it changes our lives? Would we go out of our way to help others? I think I should really stop now.
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Not only is Jesus the exact representation of God, but He is God Himself -- the very God who spoke in Old testament times He is eternal; He worked with the Father in creating the world ( John 1: 3; Colossians 1 : 16 ) He is the full revelation of God . You can have no clearer view of God than by looking at Christ. Jesus Christ is the complete expression of God in a Human Body
The Son is the radiance of God's Glory, sustaining all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in Heaven. ( 1: 3 ) ( The key verse )
( Col0ssians 1: 15) This is one of the strongest statements about the devine nature of Christ found anywhere in the bible. Jesus is not only equal to God ( Philippians 2:6 ) He is God ( John 10:30, 38;12:45 14:1-11 ) ; as the image of the invisible God, He is the exact representation of God. He not only reflects God, but He reveals God to us ( John 1: 18; 14:9 ); as the firstborn prince in a King's household. He came from , not from the dust of the earth ( 1 Corinthians 15:47 ) and He is Lord of all ,He is completely Holy And He has authority to judge the world. Therefore, Christ is supreme over all creation, including the spirit world. We, the believers, must believe in the deity of Jesus Christ, That Jesus is God. We must oppose those who say that Jesus was merely a prophet or a good teacher
Tabatha,
Great post!
I think it is enough to say that He is divine. Because He is divine by His very nature and character, He cannot pass Himself off as something else. He cannot hide His divinity any more than I can pass myself off as a giraffe, or a skunk, or even God Himself. I may be enough to say that He is because He Is and cannot be anything else.
The second part of the question also hit right on in your post. The Son has been established as divine, one with the Father. Therefore, He must do the Father's will. They are One. There will is One. There can be no conflict between them.
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The son-ship of Jesus is not a physical relationship nor is it a metaphor. It is a relationship that is unique through its divinity.
"The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of His being" is far beyond the physical relationship of a human father and son. Representing God's glory points to the purpose of the son in creating the world and all that is in it, redeeming us for His own, and sustaining a world that is fallen but will someday be glorified in Him. It would seem that the Son is the relational part of God. Without the Son, we could not look on God's glory, we could not have relationship with Him, and we could not be redeemed from our sin.
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God's very nature indicates that He could not possibly accept or overlook sin. Since His very nature is pure, He must hate sin and respond with righteous anger. This is the anger that is pure. It does not hold malice, spite, or revenge. It is to give us, His followers, knowledge that we have sinned, then gives us the opportunity to repent, and covers that sin with the very blood of Jesus Christ.
I think it is very different than most of the anger that we, as people experience. Our anger is usually unjust and contains some degree of malice. This is evidenced when we get angry with another driver on the road, our children for being annoying, or our spouse for just ??????
Q2. Psalm 19
in 1. Psalms: Marveling at God's Creation
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While the first part and the second part seem to be very different, they incorporate the ways that God speaks to us today. As we look at His creation, we should actually see God, His character, as well as His love for us who are also part of His wonderful creation. Not only should we be reminded of how glorious is His creation, but also that it is fallen; that sin has made it something that requires the redeeming power of Jesus Christ. This is the same message that we read and meditate on in His Word.
God has taken me through a two year journey where He intervened in my life and taught me to walk with Him as well as shown me how I fit into His creation. He taught me that He is sovereign and that I can depend on Him.
David had the same experience. God was speaking to him and showing that He is a part of this creation. David is created by God, but affected by sin, and requires a Redeemer to take him back into communion with God.
David is asking God to personally do what is needed to conquer sin. He is asking God to "be God" in his life. He is recognizing the power and promise of walking with God each moment.