John 1:1-2 English Standard Version (ESV)

The Word Became Flesh

¹ In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. ² He was in the beginning with God.

God the Father sent God the Son to be that firm foundation which supports all life that rest upon Him for all the assurances in God’s promises. Because those assurances can only be performed by God, then Jesus Christ must be God in order to perform them.

We must believe that Jesus Christ is the second person of the Godhead, the Son of God.

Where will we find this foundational support? In the Word of God.

Hebrews 1:2-4 English Standard Version (ESV)

² but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world. ³ He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, ⁴ having become as much superior to angels as the name he has inherited is more excellent than theirs.

As God His Word is true and that which He speaks will be done. Since he holds up the universe by the word of His power, support is rendered to those who are in His will and correction is rendered to those outside His will. Note carefully that it was after making purification of sins that He sat down in the position of power and authority. Up until that time, He was an obedient servant.

John 5:30 English Standard Version (ESV) “I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me.”

Now comes the secret of His support, obedience of faith.

Isaiah 61:10 English Standard Version (ESV) I will greatly rejoice in the Lord; my soul shall exult in my God, for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation; he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself like a priest with a beautiful headdress, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

Isaiah is speaking on behalf of the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. You will find more testimonies about all salvation issues with this God than any other. One of the most telling and confounding comments came at the behest of this God.

Acts 4:10-12 English Standard Version (ESV)

¹⁰ let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead—by him this man is standing before you well. ¹¹ This Jesus is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, which has become the cornerstone. ¹² And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”

Looking at just some of the lines within Isaiah 61:10 we find a number of references which connect Old Testament prophecy to New Testament witnessing that Jesus is the Messiah. Words like clothed, covered, righteousness, bridegroom, priest and bride tie Old Testament scriptures to the New Testament. Sadly He was rejected and in that rejection is a very telling piece of believing on our Lord Jesus Christ.

Isaiah 28:16 English Standard Version (ESV) therefore thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I am the one who has laidas a foundation in Zion, a stone, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, of a sure foundation: ‘Whoever believes will not be in haste.’

A foundation is support. A house built on sand has no support system. Matt. 7:26. A cornerstone is the first stone laid which indicates placement and alignment for everything built upon it. Believing on our Lord Jesus Christ places us in His universal church, the body, the bride, and aligns all we believe with how that cornerstone was set.