What is your image of God? How do you ‘see’ God? How do you see His Character? How do you view His emotional makeup? What will He do? What will He ‘not’ do? How do you think God acts? Does God intervene in life? Is He distant, merely observing? Or is He close? Does God care? How deeply?
The way we see God governs all of our hopes and fears about existence. It is crucial that our picture of God corresponds with reality. We need to know who He really is rather than just making up, out of our own imagination, who we think He is.
The clearest picture of the invisible God, His heart, His mind, His emotions and His will, is found by closely examining the visible life of Jesus. Jesus came to earth to do many things. Clearly the destruction of the sin of the human race was a primary objective. However, equally, Jesus came to reveal exactly what the Father was like:
“If you have seen Me, you have seen the Father [God]” John 14:9
You may say, “Why was this such a primary objective for the Son of God while He existed in a human body?” Simply this… How can you even consider trusting God unless you know what He is like? How could you trust God with your life and it’s choices, your family, and ultimately your soul as you pass though death unless you absolutely KNOW that God is trustworthy?
Jesus makes INVISIBLE God VISIBLE! When you study the life of Jesus you find out how tender He was with the children, how fiercely He resisted evil religious leaders, what dignity He gave to women and how compassionate he was towards the sick and diseased! As you study His actions you begin to get a clearer picture of His Character. Knowing Jesus’ Character perfectly defines God’s Character you get a clearer picture of God character. There is a one to one correspondence.
Therefore this web site is dedicated to exploring the Character and Emotions of Jesus because they will show us clearly what is God’s Character and Emotions. Consider these following verses:
“When he [anyone] looks at Me, he sees the one who sent Me.” John 12:45
“The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His being….” Hebrews 13:5
“He [Jesus] is the image of the invisible God….” Colossians 1:15
“… the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.” 2 Corinthians 2:4
“For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form….” Colossians 2:9
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Jesus revealed all of this because He was more than a human, more than a teacher of moral laws, more than a prophet… Jesus was the Jewish God who created nature, the earth and ultimately the Universe. And this God became a man… the long awaited Messiah that the Jewish people had been looking for during 2,000 years of history has appeared!
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Before I get started I wanted to say “Hi” to everyone! Thanks to all of you who hit reply and send me an email from time letting me know you are getting something out of the emails! I read every note you send and appreciate the input and/or encouragement! Please also feel free to forward […]
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