WCCC Day 4 Conformed to the image of His Son

Brother Stephan Kung Section 2. The Son is the Exact Image of God

約翰福音John
1:1-3太初有道、道與 神同在、道就是 神。這道太初與 神同在。萬物是藉著他造的．凡被造的、沒有一樣不是藉著他造的。
1:14 道成了肉身、住在我們中間、充充滿滿的有恩典有真理。我們也見過他的榮光、正是父獨生子的榮光。
1:17-18律法本是藉著摩西傳的、恩典和真理、都是由耶穌基督來的。從來沒有人看見 神．只有在父懷裡的獨生子將他表明出來。

歌羅西書Colossians
1:15-17 愛子是那不能看見之 神的像、是首生的、在一切被造的以先．因為萬有都是靠他造的、無論是天上的、地上的、能看見的、不能看見的、或是有位的、主治的、執政的、掌權的、一概都是藉著他造的、又是為他造的．他在萬有之先．萬有也靠他而立。

希伯來書Hebrews
1:1 -3 神既在古時藉著眾先知、多次多方的曉諭列祖、就在這末世、藉著他兒子曉諭我們、又早已立他為承受萬有的、也曾藉著他創造諸世界．他是 神榮耀所發的光輝、是 神本體的真像、常用他權能的命令托住萬有、他洗淨了人的罪、就坐在高天至大者的右邊．

I. Review:
Are we needed oriented or God's purpose oriented? We meet is not for ourselves, but for God.

II. Conform to the image of the Son:
Image: an inner life showing outwardly, it needs to be borne, not created or made, nor imitated

III. Invisible God can be known:
We normally know about God, but not God Himself. God is invisible, but not unknown.
We need to remember how we first met the Lord. It is a Revelation. No revelation, no life come within, no conformation. Thus, every Christian has the opportunity to be conformed to the image of His Son. However, no of us can express God fully, only His Son can.

IV. Christ is the exact Image of Invisible God:
1. Word(道): The expression of God. Our words express who we are. The Son of God is the FULL expression & representation of God's love. What God said is what He IS. God reveal Himself according His Word.
2. The Word became flesh: The journey of humble
腓 立 比 書Philippians 2:6-8
他本有 神的形像、不以自己與 神同等為強奪的．反倒虛己、取了奴僕的形像、成為人的樣式．既有人的樣子、就自己卑微、存心順服、以至於死、且死在十字架上。
From the form of God to the form of a bond slave, our Lord Jesus emptied Himself except His Divinity. Inwardly, He is God, but He put it aside and take a mind of a bond slave to listen and to obey. When God create man, He did not create man to be his own master, but to His bond slave to rule over the earth. Thus, our Lord Jesus became man with a bond slave heart.
3. What is Grace?
a. an object or person, so beautiful, that make us pleasure;
b. something that are given freely & universally;
c. that grace makes others who received the grace become gracious to others;
Only our Lord Jesus has all these 3 characters
4. Without revelation, we see Jesus only a great man. Therefore, we need to ponder about Him, particularly about Him on the cross. On the cross, Jesus manifested fully the love of God and the righteousness of God. It is the highest glory of Jesus when He was on the Cross. If we see the glory of Jesus (on the cross), nothing will be matter to us.
5. So what is the glory that God will give to us? to be conformed to the image of his Son is the Glory.