WARNING PREACHY…
Matthew 16:15
15 “But what about you?” he [Jesus] asked. “Who do you say I
am?”
This
is the question of questions and it would appear that even creation knows the
answer.
Man? Not so much.
We
humans not only doubt the existence of God himself, but we question if the
world we know was even created. (Just
ask Stephen Hawkings[1]) However, say authors Leonard Sweet and Frank
Viola, the creation is completely occupied with Christ[2]
and they point out how in some detail. The
following is not an exact quote but it is largely their work that I write here[3].
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When
God spoke existence into being, He wove Jesus Christ into the very fabric of
it.
Colossians
1:15-16
16 For
in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and
invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have
been created through him and for him. 17 He is before all things, and in him all things
hold together.
God created light and He said “Let there
be light.”
John 8:12
12 When
Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light
of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the
light of life.”
God created water and He said “Let the water be
gathered to one place.”
John 4:10
10 Jesus
answered her, “If you knew the gift of God and who it
is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given
you living water.”
God
created life and He said “Let the land produce living creatures”
John 14:6
6 Jesus
answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life.
No one comes to the Father except through me.
Jesus
refers to himself in many ways with created things…
He
is the “true vine” – John 15:1
He
is the “bread of life” – John 6:35
He
is the “sun” – Malachi 4:2
He
is the “morning star” – 2 Peter 1:19
He
is the “true lamb” – John 1:29
He
is the “model man” – Romans 5:14
And
He is the “real Sabbath” – Colossians 2:16-17
When
I first came to faith I remember that it seemed I saw the world with new eyes. I realized that everything physical that I
looked at had significant spiritual implications. The clouds that floated past had purpose and were
not just mere cosmic accident and the hustling-bustling people in our world
were no longer just cosmic accidental pieces of advanced star-matter[4], everything
had reason and no longer could I shrug off the atrocities to the countless
suffering humans around me.
“The
Lord Jesus is [truly] written in the bloodstream of the universe.”[5]
Take
a few moments today and consider how you might answer our Lord’s question yourself.
Matthew 16:15
“What about you?” he [Jesus] asked. “Who
do you say I am?”
[2] Sweet,
Leaonard & Viola, Frank, Jesus Manifesto: Restoring the Supremacy and
Sonvereignty of Jesus Christ (Nashville: Thomas Neslson, 2010) 5
[3] http://amzn.to/2ipCCeB - I highly suggest
getting and reading the book, if you this URL I’ll get a couple pennies.
[4] http://bit.ly/1n81Qi2 - Carl Sagan’s explanation
of how everything came to be.
[5] Sweet,
Leaonard & Viola, Frank, Jesus Manifesto: Restoring the Supremacy and
Sonvereignty of Jesus Christ (Nashville: Thomas Neslson, 2010) 6
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