Once again we looked at the brief creedal statement in 1 Timothy 3:16.
We reflected on Jesus' baptism with water when his Father spoke from heaven and the Holy Spirit baptized him with power (Matthew 3:16-17).
God's name was never Jesus. Jesus was the name that God took when he became a real human being. It is identical to Joshua.
The baptism of the Lord Jesus was not a case of his being a ventriloquist, as an anti-Trinitarian preacher friend once told me. The baptism of the Lord Jesus illustrates that there are three distinct persons who are God.
Jesus never did a miracle until after his anointing with the Holy Spirit, leaving us an example.
We then considered the third statement, "He was seen of angels" (1 Timothy 3:16), and we began to think about the role of angels in our lives today.
For a variety of reasons, we are surrounded by angels, and 1 Peter 1:10-12 gives us one of those.
According to Acts 12:6-16, angels are sent to protect us. And the Lord Jesus told us regarding little ones: "Their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven. (Matthew 18:10).
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After serving Grace Presbyterian Church in Alexandria, Louisiana, Bob was honorably retired on Sunday, September 27, 2015, and given the title "Pastor Emeritus." This was forty years to the day after he became their pastor.
He now works for the Presbytery of the Gulf South as...