House of God
Today’s Topic: Culture of the Son: The Father’s Glory
Scripture: Hebrews 1:1-3; John 1:14; John 5:19
Greetings Kingdom Citizens:
Now we talked about the glory of God in terms of it being His goodness from the book of Exodus. Now we want to look at the context of the Father’s glory as it relates to the sons of God. This crucial because how we view the glory of God really determines our understanding to how we function in the Earth. Let’s look at Hebrews 1;1-3:
“God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto our fathers by the prophets, Hath in these last days spoken unto us by His Son (Jesus), whom He (Father) hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he (Jesus) made the worlds; Who being the brightness (radiance) of His (Father’s) glory, and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He (Jesus) had Himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty (Father) on high.”
Now in this scripture it says in Hebrews 1:3, that Jesus is the brightness or radiance of the Father’s glory. This is not the first time we see Jesus associated with the Father’s Glory. Let’s look at John 1:14
“And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.”
Now we know that this scripture is speaking of Jesus because we know He is the Word of God and when He was on Earth, He is the Word made flesh and dwelt among us. What this should tell us is that it is a habit of God to clothe Himself with human flesh to come to be with us and be among us. So when we look at Jesus, The Son of God, He is the radiance of the Father’s glory and the exact representation of His Father’s Being (Hebrews 1:3).
Now when we look at the word radiance we need to understand the concept so we can understand how the sons of God are the radiance of the Father’s glory. When you see the word radiance we typically think of radiators. Radiators disperse heat from a source into the environment. So the concept is that radiation is always about that thing which goes outward and moves away from the source into the environment. So the Father’s glory is His goodness extended from Him to the environment where He is. Now let’s bring that concept to life for you. Let’s look at John 5:19:
“Verily, verily I say unto you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He seeth the Father do: for what things soever He doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise”
Please do not miss this because we will for the next few messages revisit this scripture. The Source for Jesus was the Father in Heaven. He was His source. Jesus understood AS A SON, that He is to do exactly what the Father tells Him. By Jesus doing that, the earth (environment) can see the glory of the Father IN THE SON! So the source is the Father and Jesus gives the Father a place (through his body) in the realm of time to bring His rulership and glory to the Earth so that men and the creation will see the glory or goodness of God!
In the next message we will look at how our viewpoint of this powerful revelation can either hinder us or advance us in the knowledge of the culture of the son and the House of God.
At the Father’s Service,
Elder Calvin Calhoun Jr.
