September 18, 2010

2 Corinthians 11:1-15
The glory of Jesus is on the one hand very complex, but on the other hand it is very simple. I would expect nothing else. He is, after all, God. God is infinite. The only way an infinite being could be completely understood is to be infinite. We are not infinite. Therefore, we cannot completely understand God. But we can understand a finite part of God, which He chooses to reveal to us. The glory of the Lord Jesus Christ is very simple and pure. God the Son, the infinite being, added finitude to His person by becoming flesh. He did so to be come one of us. He became one of us so that he might die in our place. He died in our place in order to pay the just penalty of our sin and to break the power of our sin. He died in our place so that He might defeat our death by rising again. Having secured the provision of these things, he now offers us life by which we may now enter into a relationship with the Living and Holy God. He does all of this for His own pleasure. It is His pleasure to love. That is why He has done all of this. It is His pleasure to be holy. That is why He has done all of this. Indeed we serve a glorious King! Speak His glory to someone today!
--Pastor John