Wednesday, September 13, 2017, 6pm.
For a child is born to us, / A Son is given to us; / And the government / Is upon His shoulder; / And His name will be called / Wonderful Counselor, / Mighty God, / Eternal Father, / Prince of Peace. (Isaiah 9:6)
Jesus said to him, I am the way and the reality and the life; no one comes to the Father except through Me. If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; and henceforth you know Him and have seen Him. Philip said to Him, Lord, show us the Father and it is sufficient for us. Jesus said to him, Have I been so long a time with you, and you have not known Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; how is it that you say, Show us the Father? (John 14:6-9)
Can you use these verses to answer the question, “Who is Christ?”
And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Comforter, that He may be with you forever, Even the Spirit of reality, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not behold Him or know Him; but you know Him, because He abides with you and shall be in you. I will not leave you as orphans; I am coming to you. (John 14:16-18)
And the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.(2 Cor. 3:17)
What mystery is revealed in these verses?
And when He had said this, He breathed into them and said to them, Receive the Holy Spirit. (John 20:22)
Incarnation, Human Living, Crucifixion, Resurrection. These were the steps the Lord went through. When did the above verse take place? And with whom?
Further reading: The Tree of Life, chapter 3, published by Living Stream Ministry