by Jordan Brubaker

Created on: August 16, 2008

This question is a disgrace. There is one thing that was before time began, Jesus was with his Father God. They were one. In John he is described as the Word and in eternity past he was with God in the beginning. It also says that the word became flesh and dwelt among us. Jesus is the word. And God sent a living messag through his life to weak broken and deceived humanity. When he returned to the Father he sent the Spirit to lead us into all truth. He sent the Spirit to literally show us Jesus and the Father, and reveal him continually again and again, over and over things we have yet to see. And Jesus purchased our ability to be in relationship with God, and made the closest most intimate holy place with him readily accesible to us, and his spirit in us continues to make that possible. He is the living God who doesn't change. He spoke then and he speaks now. But also his spirit carried along several writers through history to chronicle the message of Jesus. God was faithful to communicate what he wanted through their surrender, and he was faithful to preserve his word. It's not that it is perfect. There is human error in scribing and translation, but God is bigger than that. He remains the same, and we must know him. We can know him. So we can ask the Spirit to come reveal Jesus to us, what he is like, and the scriptures are our guide because God laid a foundation of communicating the initial responses of those who recieved and rejected the message. There is also found in the scripture the books of the law and the prophets that were all part of God's plan to reveal himself to humans. Jesus fulfilled the law and the prophets leading us into a new way. The law showed our incapability and God's righteousness. Our failings and God's perfection. The prophets revealed the cycle of disobedience, returning, and redemption and revealed the pain in God's heart over a people he loves who are seperated from Him. The prophets spoke of God's ultimate redemption plan: Jesus. And the law spoke to us of our need for redemption. Jesus came and fulfilled the law and the prophets, removing all seperation and empowering us to come to him and be loved, redeemed, healed, delivered, and changed. The word was given to us so that we could gain a clear picture of what God's plan is and interact with God about it. It was given so we would know that He has made provision for us, he hasn't given up on us, He loves us so intensely, and we are never alone. He placed a strong foundation through

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