ROMANS 1:4 THE SON Following hard on the testimony of the humanity of the Lord Jesus Christ is the testimony of His deity. The central figure of the Gospel is Jesus Christ our Lord. The authentication of His divine nature is established when He was declared to be the Son of God with power when the Holy Spirit raised Him from the dead. He had power in Himself to lay down His life and take it again. The holiness of His Person and the divine Person of the Holy Spirit testifies even today as to the One who died for our sins and rose again for our justification. There is no doubt that when we tell people to trust in the Lord Jesus Christ for salvation, we are directing them to the Supreme One of the universe - the Son of God with power.
He has power over all of creation for He made all things by the word of His power. He has power over all nations to set up or put down as He chooses. He has power to give and take life for He has the keys to life and death. He has power on earth to forgive sins. He has power to make the Gospel we preach effective in the souls of people for He has commissioned us to preach, and He has all power in heaven and earth. His Gospel that He told us to preach is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth. So, we are confident that of His fullness have we received and can confidently proclaim His Gospel by the grace He gives us.
How is it possible to say what it means to know the Son of God? He was declared by angels and His Father, now by those who know Him as Lord To be the Son of the Highest, the Beloved Son of the Father. And we who are blessed with His salvation testify too, wherever we gather.
We have tasted and seen that the Lord is good, we know Him as One alive. The experience of faith in Christ as Lord comes from a new nature placed inside. That power has created a desire for holiness, we want to be like Him. Confidence and trust in the risen Lord are where our life of faithfulness does begin.
There has been granted without our asking the Holy Spirit within us to dwell In these bodies of flesh in which we live so that we His truth can tell. He gives us thoughts that form into words so that we declare to others How they can come into the family of the forgiven and be linked with holy sisters and brothers.
We have been set aside for God out of the mainstream of humanity. The downward course of the world's system seems to promote spiritual insanity. But the difference in those who know the Lord is we know this is just the beginning Of an eternal future that we share with Him and there will be no more sinning.
"Holy God, my Father, in reverence this morning I speak to Thee of Thy well - Beloved Son who is my Savior. I thank Thee for ever being willing to send Him to be the Savior of the world. I thank Thee He was willing to come - and was willing to die for me. I thank Thee for putting on Him my iniquities. I thank Thee for raising Him from the dead with all power still in Him. I thank Thee for the promise of His return. I pray I will never loose sight of Him today and that every day I will receive power to live for Him. In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen."
THE FACTS OF THE GOSPEL. He is the Son of God, of that there is no doubt. The declaration is in place, that’s what Romans is all about. He is the Mighty God, but came by human descent; And here unto the men of earth, the Gospel now is sent.
Not only as a human, but of David’s royal line; The Son of God eternally, He came to dwell in time.
From prophets of the ancient past, predictions were made clear; When Jesus Christ came in the flesh, God was drawing near.
His death for our redemption, was indeed God’s greatest act; The Spirit of holiness declares, His resurrection’s a fact. His death and resurrection is the Gospel message’s key; Believing God’s Word and trusting Him, we have life eternally.
Another fact’s important for each of us to know, By Christ’s death and resurrection, God opened another door. This is the door of grace and kindness that He poured out on us, Through the name and work of Jesus, we are fully blessed.
“O God of all grace, the facts of Gospel truth are often ignored by many people but I pray that as we seek to preach the Gospel night after night, these will be made plain. May the messages You give us to speak, be applicable to those who come to hear. In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.”