JESUS IS PROCLAIMED THE SON OF GOD BY A HEAVENLY VOICE.
Three specific things are pointed out in these two short verses:
- THE HEAVENS WERE OPENED.
- THE SPIRIT DESCENDED IN BODILY FORM, LIKE A DOVE.
- AND GOD SPOKE.
A beautifully simple statement of the Trinity. Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Jesus Christ is the Incarnate Son of God.
Psalm 2:1-7
Fix these two moments in your hearts and minds:
- At the beginning of Jesus’ ministry, he is praying, the heavens open, the Spirit descends on him, and God announces that he is the beloved Son.
- At the end of Jesus’ earthly ministry, Jesus prays, the temple veil splits, he commits his spirit to his Father, and a centurion acknowledges that he is righteous.
Luke 23:34
Luke 23:45-46
Luke 23:47
ON THE CROSS, GOD TREATED JESUS AS IF HE LIVED YOUR LIFE. GOD THEN TURNS AROUND AND TREATS YOU AS IF YOU LIVED HIS.
Charles Spurgeon: “Sweet Lord Jesus! you whose goings forth were of old, even from everlasting…Oh! that you would go forth this day, to cheer the faint, to help the weary, to bind up our wounds, to comfort our distresses! Go forth, we beseech you, to conquer sinners, to subdue hard hearts, to break the iron gates of sinners’ lusts, and cut the iron bars of their sins in pieces! Oh, Jesus, go forth.”
We now join our voices for the second exhortation: “Trust him, trust him, trust him; and he will go forth to abide in your heart forever.”