This IS What We Believe About Jesus

110 - Today's Prime Time Devo comes from 1Ti 3:16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifested in the flesh, Justified in the Spirit,” This portion of Scripture is likely a creed of the early church. It's what they believed about Jesus and therefore it is what we should be believing about Jesus as well. First of all, they and we believe or assert that Jesus was God, manifested in the flesh. Next, they and we believe that He was “justified in the Spirit.” These first two declarations boil down to the fact that Jesus is the sinless Son of God! The word “justified” here is like a verdict. Jesus is declared to be fully righteous, ever without sin. We declare here that He is the “Just One” (completely innocent one ) spoken of in Ac 7:52 "Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who foretold the coming of the Just One,” And in 1Jo 2:1 Jesus is referred to as “Jesus Christ the righteous.” Then in 1Jo 2:29 “He is righteous,” And in Ac 22:14 "Then he said, 'The God of our fathers has chosen you that you should know His will, and see the Just One,” And in Re 16:5 And I heard the angel of the waters saying: "You are righteous, O Lord, The One who is and who was and who is to be,” Well, you get the idea, Jesus is declared to be righteous by the Spirit of God Himself, and this declaration was obviously an important part of the message that the church declared to the world! “Jesus is the Christ, the sinless Son of the Living God!” This justification by the Spirit was further proved for us at His baptism when the Spirit descended on Jesus and God declared, “This is My Son in whom I am well pleased. And later on the Mount of transfiguration, when the disciples saw Him in all His pure glory and heard the Father declare again: "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Hear Him!" This Spirit revealed truth about Jesus is held dear in the heart of the believer who clearly hears the voice of the Father, while to the unbeliever the voice of the Father remains muffled thunder, as it was in . Joh 12:28 "Father, glorify Your name." Then a voice came from heaven, saying, "I have both glorified it and will glorify it again." 29 Therefore the people who stood by and heard it said that it had thundered.” “Jesus, the sinless Son of God.” Muffled gobbledygook to the unbeliever, but a crystal clear Holy Spirit revelation to those who believe. We are Christians and this is what we believe about Jesus!