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To Behold the Face of God
To see Jesus is to behold God - we can surely see God! Study the life, the teachings, and deeds of Jesus Christ, and you will remove the veil of mystery surrounding the nature of God
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Each time we read of what Jesus did, we are actually beholding the nature of God. Every time we listen to what Jesus taught, we are hearing the voice of the living God. Jesus is the image of the invisible Father. Jesus is God's form. He mirrored on earth those things He saw His Father doing in Heaven; He echoed the words the Father whispered to Him from eternity.
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Christ's words are windows through which the pure in heart behold the Almighty. Ponder Christ, and you contemplate the nature of God. Eat His words and you assimilate into your spirit the substance of the Almighty.
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Prophets will point the way; Christ is the way. Teachers will expound the truth; Jesus is the truth. Apostles will proclaim the life; Jesus is the life. Yes, all speak the word, but the Son of God is the Word.
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Jesus Christ is the living
revelation of God Himself, the sole expression of His invisible glory. When
Christ speaks, we are listening to God unfiltered, unbiased, unveiled - to
steadfastly gaze upon Jesus is to behold "the glory of God in the face of
Christ."
By
Francis Frangipane
"He who has seen Me has seen the Father" (John 14:9).
Have you not deeply desired to see God, to
know Him intimately and truly?
Beloved, to see Jesus is to behold God.
Let us not consider it heresy: we can
surely see God!
But first we must renounce every perception
of the Almighty other than what we have found proven true in Christ.
Therefore study the life, the teachings,
and deeds of Jesus Christ, and you will remove the veil of mystery surrounding
the nature of God.
Jesus said, "He who has seen Me has seen the
Father" (John
14:9).
What truth could be more profound?
Each time we read of what Jesus did, we are
actually beholding the nature of God.
Every time we listen to what Jesus taught,
we are hearing the voice of the living God.
Jesus is the image of the invisible Father (Hebrews 1:2-3).
"In Him all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily
form"
(Colossians
2:9).
Jesus is God's form. He mirrored on earth
those things He saw His Father doing in Heaven; He echoed the words the Father
whispered to Him from eternity.
Do you truly desire to see God? Christ's
words are windows through which the pure in heart behold the Almighty.
Certainly others can edify our souls
greatly, but no prophet, apostle, or teacher excels the revelation of God in
Christ.
Ponder Christ, and you contemplate the
nature of God. Eat His words and you assimilate into your spirit the substance
of the Almighty.
"God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in
the prophets in many portions and in many ways, in these last days has spoken
to us in His Son" (Hebrews
1:1-2).
God spoke to the
prophets "in many portions and in
many ways."
Indeed, all their words inspire, correct,
and guide our souls; they are all profitable for reproof and correction, that
we may be fully instructed.
But "in these last days [God] has spoken to
us in His Son."
Prophets will point the way; Christ is the
way.
Teachers will expound the truth; Jesus is
the truth.
Apostles will proclaim the life; Jesus is
the life.
Yes, all speak the word, but the Son of God
is the Word.
The teachings of Jesus Christ are not to be
blended into the Scriptures as though He were one of many equally important
voices used by God.
He is, in truth, the living revelation of
God Himself, the sole expression of His invisible glory.
When Christ speaks, we are listening to God
unfiltered, unbiased, unveiled.
So, I ask again, would you see God?
Would you pursue the glory of the Lord?
Study Jesus. Ponder His words and deeds.
For to steadfastly
gaze upon Jesus is to behold "the
glory of God in the face of Christ" (2 Corinthians 4:6).
Father, I want to see Your glory and to dwell in Your
presence.
Answer Your Son's prayer in John 17:24 through me, that
I might be with Christ where He is to behold Your glory.
Make Your Word come alive to me, and let it transform
my soul.
Renew my mind that I might live in perpetual union with You.
Adapted from Francis Frangipane's book, I Will Be Found by You, available at www.arrowbookstore.com.
Francis Frangipane is the author of
numerous bestselling books, including "The Three Battlegrounds" and
"Holiness, Truth and the Presence of God." He is also the founding
director of In Christ's Image Training (ICIT), an online ministry school with
students in over 120 nations.
https://francisfrangipanemessages.blogspot.com/2021/01/to-behold-face-of-god.html
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