Pensamientos sobre el Verso de Hoy
Si hubieras sabido donde vivía Jesús en Nazaret, pudieras haber pasado por la casa diciendo "Dios vive aquí." Aunque la doctrina en cuanto a Jesús como plenamente Dios y plenamente humano es difícil de entender (Filipenses 2:5-7), es una realidad llena de gracia. Dios eligió ser como nosotros porque nosotros no podríamos ser como Él. Dios bajó a estar con nosotros porque no podíamos subir para estar con Él. En Jesús, Dios nos llegó en su plenitud para que pudiéramos tener nuestra plenitud en Él.
Thoughts on Today's Verse...
If we had known Jesus' address when he was a boy in Nazareth, we would have found him apprenticing as a carpenter, and could have said, "That boy with wood shavings in his hair is God come to live among us!"
I believe that the doctrine of Jesus being fully God and fully man is impossible to grasp completely, yet it is taught in the New Testament and is something we must believe. Beautiful explanations, like our verse today, exist. Another is the beautiful Christ-Hymn Paul quotes in Philippians 2:5-7. This song reminds us that Jesus was equal with God, but emptied himself of divine prerogatives and became human and suffered death on the cross. God taking on human flesh and being Immanuel, God with us (Matthew 1:23), is an awesome reality of grace. God chose to be like us because we could not make ourselves like him. God came to us because we could not go to him. In Jesus, God took on human flesh so we could be given fullness in Christ. By faith and in baptism, we were joined to Jesus in his death, burial, and resurrection (Colossians 2:12, 15). That faith experience means God's victory in Jesus over sin, death, demons, and hell, and also delivered us from these things as well (Colossians 1:13-14). What's more, our future glory with Christ is fully assured (Colossians 3:1-3). Jesus Christ is head over every power and authority for us!
Mi oración
Dios Todopoderoso, reconozco que eres demasiado grande para que yo te pueda entender. A pesar de ser maravilloso, grandioso y majestuoso como eres, tu gracia es aún más grande. Gracias por mandar a Jesús para que yo te pueda entender. Gracias por mandar a Jesús para que pueda ser perdonado. Gracias por mandar a Jesús para que un día pueda estar contigo. Gracias Jesús por venir a redimirme e interceder por mí ante Él. En tu nombre, Jesús y por tu gracia oro con denuedo delante del Padre, Amen.
My Prayer...
Almighty God, I acknowledge that you are too great for me to comprehend fully. You are far greater than my mind can grasp. Your grace amazes me. Thank you for sending Jesus so I can be forgiven, delivered from the evil one, and go home to you and live forever. In your name, Christ Jesus, I confidently pray. Amen.
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