-December 9, 2024-
Good morning beloved, happy Monday,
“And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifested in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen by angels, preached among the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up in glory.”
(1 Timothy 3:16).
How do you describe the indescribable? Eyewitness testimony is the strongest evidence one can find in our judicial system. Those in the media interview eyewitness all the time.
In the NT, Peter, John, James, Jude, Matthew, Mark, and Paul were all eyewitnesses of Jesus. Paul saw Jesus in the road to Damascus when He got saved and God used him to write the majority of the NT.
Paul’s description of Jesus in today’s text is so amazing, powerful and encouraging. He employs one long sentence that captures the essence of Christ with six words: manifested, justified, seen, preached, believed, and received. Each of these is a message in and of themselves.
God was manifested in the flesh, meaning Jesus was born into this world as God in the flesh. He was fully God and fully man. The word manifest means, “display or show (a quality or feeling) by one’s acts or appearance; demonstrate; readily perceived by the senses, especially by the sense of sight.”
Peter wrote in 1 Peter 1:20, “He indeed was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last days for you.” John wrote, “That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have handled, concerning the Word of life—the life was manifested, and we have seen, and bear witness, and declare to you that eternal life and which was manifested to us” (1 John 1:1-2).
Our mission today is to proclaim who He is what He has done for us. We have not seen Him with our physical eyes, but with the eyes of the heart. As our brother Rick preached yesterday, we all have a story to tell how Jesus saved us and changed our lives forever.
Have a blessed day reflecting on who Jesus is and how He was born to save us. Stay safe and healthy.
Once you’ve seen Jesus, you will never be the same, let us then praise His name.
Dean
Dean Allen's Daily Devotional 