THE MAN GOD - Part 2

Part 2 of "The Man God"

Talking about the “Man God” – as He is so are we right here!  It doesn’t happen “up yonder” because there is nothing beyond the “blue” but endless space.  God is not only with us, but He is in us!!  As the “Man God”, we are not going to self-exalt ourselves as Lucifer did.  God brought him down to the pit!  He was a “God Man”, but got the “big head”, and God took him off his “high horse” so to speak (Isaiah 14:12-16).  The nerve of him [Lucifer] trying to exalt himself above God.  It didn’t happen then with him, and it will never happen with anyone else because God Himself is the “most High God".  Even in Genesis 11 with the building of the tower, they were trying to make themselves a name [vs 4] instead of walking after the name of God.  But God handled that too!  No one can get to the Father except through the Son, and no one can get to the Son except the Father draw him [St. John 6:44].  Jesus had to be manifested because He is the chief cornerstone [St. Matthew 21:42].  Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth and the life” [St. John 14:6].  Keep in mind St. John 10:34 where Jesus said, “Ye are gods” so that makes us Gods in the great big God!

“THE MAN GOD”! (Part 1)

 TEXT:  Hebrews 2:6 But one in a certain place testified, saying, “What is man, that thou art mindful of him?  Or the son of man, that thou visitest him”?

Hebrews was written to newly converted Jews, and it was written at a time when the temple in Jerusalem was ready to be destroyed.  They were going to have to face the fact that the sacrifices were being done away with because Jesus their Intercessor has now become the ultimate sacrifice!  Now all they had to do was look to Christ!

In this Chapter, Christ is united with “man”.  God created “man” to have “lordship” over all things.  We are not just little peons running around down here with a great big God sitting up beyond the blue.  According to the Prophet Isaiah 7:14, “Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel”.  Immanuel means God with us!  Then in St. Matthew chapter one, it was manifested because Jesus was born.  Verse 21 tells us that he was also called Jesus “for he shall save his people from their sins”.

This lets us know that we are not separated from God with us being here and God up yonder!  God is in us!  Now with Him being in us, God created man to have lordship over all things.  I’m talking about the “man God” (we His people) having lordship!  This means that Christ has become one with man, sharing with man His temptations and sufferings and even death itself.  Romans 6:4 “Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death:  that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life”.  Through this sharing, Jesus might enable “man” to become one with Him – to share with Him [Jesus] His nature and His dominion.

Because of this, Christ has been crowned with glory and honor.  Also because of this, “Man” (mankind; male and female), in his efforts to become one with Christ, doth qualify for His glory and His inheritance!  Because we are joint heirs with Christ, everything that He had or has belongs to us!  Romans 8:17 “And if children [sons], then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together”.  So God wants us to be assured that Christ is gracious, kind, and understanding and will be helpful to those of us who love Him!  We’re talking about the “Man God”!

Move Forward!

TEXT:  Exodus 14:14-16 (KJV)

14) The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.
15) And the LORD said unto Moses, “Wherefore criest thou unto me?  Speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward:”
16) But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it:  and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea.

 I’m sure every believer here today can attest that there is and has been a point in our lives when it seemed like there’s one storm after another.  You felt like you were in a tornado in the spirit with only momentary relief here and there.  Though there are many storms, you are only fighting one devil.  "The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy". (John 10:10)  The devil is behind it, and we need to use our authority against him and keep pressing forward.