A Human Being - John 16:19-21

John 16:19-21 ESV 

Jesus knew that they wanted to ask him, so he said to them, “Is this what you are asking yourselves, what I meant by saying, ‘A little while and you will not see me, and again a little while and you will see me’? Truly, truly, I say to you, you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will turn into joy. When a woman is giving birth, she has sorrow because her hour has come, but when she has delivered the baby, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has been born into the world.

Jesus was the first human being made in the image of God. He was born from above and delivered into the world. The divine spark of life would enter the darkness of man and would allow mankind to choose that life. This is the true human being. The word “being” captures the essence of a person who has entered the fullness of life. Fullness of life is a choice. Nothing need be done for something less. 

God chose our darkness that we might choose His light. 

Our life has begun in the womb of mankind, but when the childbirth of the reborn is complete, the children of God will be revealed. The anguish and tribulations will be behind us, lying in the dust of the world that has been shaken from our feet. 

The Seed - Luke 8:11

Luke 8:11 ESV 

Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

Jesus received the spirit of man when He entered the flesh of man. This might be thought of as the seed of the word being sown in the earth of man. The seed is sown by the Holy Spirit and the man Jesus is born. Jesus is the word of God. 

The Holy Spirit again descends, but this time on the man known as Jesus. He then was filled with both like any child of God and son of man, except He is the only begotten Son of God and the Son of Man. As such, He is the cornerstone of the final and true temple of God which is the Bride of Christ. 

He was then driven into the wilderness by the Spirit to show us the way to the Father. We follow in His steps for our own wilderness journey and we become the dwelling place of God on earth. 

He overcame the wilderness challenges and has returned in the Holy Spirit to accompany and guide each of us to that distant shore of the promised land. Our inheritance and portion will God, rather than the promised land on the earth that is part of the covenant with Israel. 

Only He can take you there.

The Difference - Matthew 7:22-23

Matthew 7:22-23 ESV 

On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’

Jesus did not tell us to make Christians, but to make disciples. 

Anyone can say they are Christians, but being a disciple means believing what He says and doing it. 

That could be the difference between staying for the dance at the wedding feast to come, or being thrown out because Jesus doesn’t know you. 

Be the difference. 

Filling Our Emptiness

Jesus emptied Himself to become a Son of Man. 

He fills us that we might become a son of God. 

Became Flesh - John 1:12-14

John 1:12-14 ESV 

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.

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.

Jesus became flesh, born of God through the Holy Spirit. We who are born in the flesh can follow the way of Jesus to become children of God. The life we receive does not reside in the flesh and blood of man, but is of the life of God which is Spirit. 

The Spirit can overshadow us as He did Mary and begin a life within each person to produce a son of God who will one day rise from the grave and ascend to the Father. 

The word is made manifest in the flesh of each one who receives the word. He dwells among us for He is in us. We have seen His grace and truth, and for that reason we place our faith in Him. 

Get Real

The word of God represents a reality more real than the reality of man. That is the reality in which we live. Getting real may not be what you think it is. Really. 

As I Have Loved - John 15:12

John 15:12 

“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.

The love of God is best expressed in our love for each other. Christ tells us to love Him by loving each other as we love ourselves. This perfectly reflects the perfect love that exists between the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, for He is one. 

His love is true love.