The Gospel Beacon

Wednesday, August 21, 2013

"The Word Became Flesh"

And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. John 1:14 ESV

The word became flesh, what a profound thought. The spoken, written word of God became a living being. The word was no longer just something to be heard, but to be experienced. The word was to be experienced in the person of Jesus the Christ. Jesus made the word of God tangible. He brought the word to life!

The word of God lived among us. He wasn’t just a face in the crowd, but the one that moved the crowd. The Glory of God walking the streets and interacting with people of all walks of life. God’s Son showing the Father to the world. Touching, hearing, speaking and loving God’s people as one of them.

The word of God demonstrating God’s grace towards man and sharing God’s truth with them. Through His direct contact with humanity Jesus showed the world what God is really like and how He wants all of us to live. We no longer have to simply obey a list of commands, we must simply follow the example of God’s WORD Jesus.

So today, those of us who have come to know God’s word through Jesus are without excuse. We must live as He did. We must let the word show in our lives. Let’s make contact with others, so they can experience the word of God too.

Monday, August 19, 2013

"Children of God"

But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God. John 1:12,13 ESV

“The right to become children of God”. If we believe in Jesus as He has been presented to us in the Gospels and we obey Him we are given the “right” to become children of God. This right is given because it is God’s will, no one else’s. It’s His will that we would become His children.

We as humans have the ability to determine whether or not to have children. We can make a free will choice. If we chose to have children we claim them as ours. God has done the same thing. He has chosen us,to be His. He has given us the right to be His, if we believe in the work that He has done through His Son.

John is sharing the driving force behind the Good News. It was God’s will to send His Son to bring us back to Himself. We as believers are blessed in Jesus because it is God’s will for us to be.

So today, let’s count our greatest blessing first in our lengthy list of blessing and know that as believers we are His children. We have been elevated to the status of “children of God”. As the song says; “this world is not my home, I’m just a passin' through”. We’re on our way home. Let’s see how many we can take with us. Share the GOOD NEWS!