Jesus is All

Jesus is All

Right at the outset, Romans shows us much about our great Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Today we will look at the light shed on the nature of Jesus in Romans 1:3-4.

3 “Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh; 4 And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:”

All this is packed into a single statement made in the introduction to a letter:

Jesus was born in the line of David, king of Israel.
Jesus was fully human according to the flesh.
Jesus is the Son of God according to the Spirit.
Jesus is the Anointed One (Christ, or Messiah).
Jesus is Lord.
Jesus is God, as He proved by rising from the dead.

According to John 1:14 the Word, who in the beginning was with God and who was God, is the same One who took on human flesh and came to lay down His life for those He created.

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.”

Paul also underscores the humanity and divinity of Jesus in Galatians 4:4.

4 “But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law.”

Jesus meets every criterion.
Jesus passes every test.
Jesus fulfills every promise of God.

2 Corinthians 1:20 tells us that “all the promises of God in him are yes, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.”

Jesus is not ashamed to call us sisters and brothers (see Hebrews 2:11).

In Jesus, you are complete. In Him you live, and move, and have your being.