January 15, 2012 -- Pastors Andy, Jim & Jeremy - What God Is Like: Part 3
Channel: Crossroads Community Church
Date: 2012-01-20

What God Is Like: Part 3

The Eternal Son of the Father

 

What comes into our minds as we think about God is the most important thing about us.

A.W. Tozer 

 

I. IN HIS ESSENCE (BEING): eternal God

(Jn. 1:1-4, 14-18; 8:58; c.f. Heb. 1:1-14; Col. 1:15-18; 1 Tim. 2:5)

 

 

 

II. IN HIS CHARACTER & ACTIONS: just like the Father

Always doing what His Father does (Jn. 5:19-20) 
 

 

 

2.  Always acting like His Father (Jn. 14:8-11; c.f. Ps. 103)

 

 

 

III. IN HIS RELATIONSHIP TO THE FATHER: in a Unique Relationship w/ the Father

As the (monogenes) Son of the Father 
(Jn. 1:14, 18; 3:16, 18; 1 Jn. 4:9; Acts 13:33; Heb. 1:5; 5:5; 11:17)

 

 

 

2.  As the "beloved" Son

(Matt. 3:17; Jn. 3:35)

 

 

IV. IN HIS RELATIONSHIP TO US: Connecting God and Us

(1   Cor. 15:20-22; Heb. 2:12-14; Heb. 12:2; Ps. 2:7,8)

 

 

 

 

Nicene Creed re: Jesus

We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God,

eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light,

true God from true God, begotten, not made,

of one Being with the Father. through him all things were made

[ICET translation of original 325 Nicea w/ 381 Constantinople revisions]