Week 40, day 4
October 6, 2022 Scripture: 2 John “It has given me great joy to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as the Father commanded us. And now, dear lady, I am not writing you a new command but one we have had from the beginning. I ask that we love one another. And this is love: that we walk in obedience to his commands. As you have heard from the beginning, his command is that you walk in love. Many deceivers, who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh, have gone out into the world. Any such person is the deceiver and the antichrist.” (2 John 4–7) “Who do you say I am?” “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” Who do you say Jesus is? I believe him to be fully man and fully God. He is God’s beloved Son, who lived, died, was raised to life and is now seated at the right hand of God. He was with God in the beginning, and he was the firstborn over all creation. These statements may be true for you as well. But there are increasingly people who question the divinity and humanity of Jesus. He was both. While my brain doesn’t fully comprehend it, I believe this is what the Bible teaches us about Jesus, so I trust that it is true. To think that Jesus did not come in the flesh is to be deceived and to teach that to others is to be a deceiver, and the equivalent of the antichrist. That’s a pretty serious accusation, one we ought not to take lightly. It is really important that we get Jesus right. It is also incredibly important for us to walk with God in obedience to his commands. To love is to walk in obedience to the God’s commands. It is worthwhile to consider how God’s commands are loving. Caring for the poor, loving your neighbors, not lying, cheating, stealing… all the commands are love. Either a love for neighbor or a way to express love for God. Putting it all together, may we walk in obedience to God. Trusting in him and his ways. Jesus walked with the Lord, he was God in the flesh, divine. May we walk with the Lord and trust in Him.
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AuthorJordan Ickes, Minister of Etna Green Church of Christ. Archives
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