May Your Understanding Be Enlightened - Part 504

C.H. Spurgeon once said, "Alas my brethren, too many eat the unripe fruit of the vineyards of satan, and the fruits of the Lord's vines they utterly despise." Part of the reason, at least from my perspective, is that the gospel that Jesus preached -- His Word passed down to us through the apostles -- is not the same gospel message being disseminated within the world today. This blog began so that believers could find inspiration and edification in their own personal journey with Jesus. Encouragement to search the scriptures and discover for ourselves what God had intended for our lives. That original mission has not changed. 

Therefore, when we read Mark 1:1 that states, "The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God" or John 6:69 "And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God" or John 9:35 "Jesus heard that they had cast him out and when He had found him, He said unto Him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God?" we know that there are other scriptural links regarding the mystery of the Godhead. 

For example, reading from the King James Version (KJV), Hebrews 1:1-8 provides insight into who the Son is so that we might understand. These scriptures state: 

1 God, who at sundry times and in diverse manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,

² Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom He hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
³ Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when he had by Himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high:
⁴ Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.
⁵ For unto which of the angels said He at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son.
⁶ And again, when He bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, He saith, And let all the angels of God worship him.
⁷ And of the angels He saith, Who maketh His angels spirits, and His ministers a flame of fire.
⁸ But unto the Son He saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.

In other words, God the Father is addressing the Son as God. Unto the Son God is saying, "Thy throne, O God is for ever and ever."  (Hebrews 1:8) This is the same begotten Son that was prophesied in Isaiah 9:6 -- the mighty God -- the everlasting Father. Jesus is not a created being. Jesus is God in the flesh. The Word. 

This is why -- with our hearts -- we give our all to Jesus. Let us worship Jesus -- the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. The only mediator between God and man. Stand in the offering plate.