Preaching JESUS as God

 

Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils. 10And she went and told them that had been with him, as they mourned and wept. 11And they, when they had heard that he was alive, and had been seen of her, believed not.

Jesus Appears to Two Disciples

12After that he appeared in another form unto two of them, as they walked, and went into the country. 13And they went and told it unto the residue: neither believed they them.

The Great Commission

14Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen. 15And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. 16He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. 17And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; 18They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover. (Mark 16:12-18).

Jesus appeared in another Form

He appeared in another form (see LUKE 24;13-19 for the story of the Emmaeus walk and encounter with the God they knew not). he appeared in another form and they knew him not. He said he would come back to them and he did as the God man albeit glorified. still as a man for they thought he was a 'stranger' and talked to him as a 'man.' It was 'as they sat at meat' or at the table that he upbraided them for their unbelief. They had been with JESUS three years so they knew him, they knew his features, his face, his person, his voice. they knew him as a friend now they sat in unbelief not knowing him. such was the change in our Lord and such was the unbelief of the disciples.

Knowing the Lord as our God

It's possible to walk many years with the Son that we no longer know him as God, the resurrected Lord, for to know him as the resurrected Lord and God is to know him who he is, as he is today, he's the same Yesterday today and forever. He is still the Lord God yet many worship him as the son and sing songs of him as the son. but surely friend do you now know him as your True God your great God and Savior. For it was only after the resurrection that the disciples knew him as their Lord and God. Similarly, it is only as the Lord and God can we know him as he is today. He was the son, but now he is king of kings and LORD OF LORDS, God gloried risen and ascended. God with us in us before us and all around us.

This is the gospel we preach for we now know him like they knew him, we have sat at his table, touched his hands, partaken of his broken body, entered into his death, burial and resurrection through the new birth of water and blood. We follow him as he is. GOD of all. Our Great GOD and SAVIOR Jesus Christ (Titus 2:13).

Paul