What a mysterious God we have!

A God of perfection…and of passion?

Somehow I see what is perfect as boring. I seem to think that if God is sovereign, then life is uninteresting. I see Christ as a historical “figure” rather than a living Person.

How wrong I am.

Here are some excerpts from the book of Hebrews, chapters 1 & 2, that captivated me tonight.

“Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, 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. 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, having become as much superior to the angels as the name he has inherited is more excellent than theirs.”

“Of the Son he says,…you have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness beyond your companions”

“You are the same, and your years will have no end.”

“Now in putting everything in subjection to him, he left nothing outside his control. At present, we do not yet see everything in subjection to him. But we see him who for a little while was made lower than the angels, namely Jesus, crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.

For it was fitting that he, for whom and by whom all things exist, in bringing many sons to glory, should make the founder of their salvation perfect through suffering. For he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified all have one origin.”

“For surely it is not angels that he helps, but he helps the offspring of Abraham. Therefore he had to be made like his brothers in every respect, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people. For because he himself has suffered when tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.”

I tend to think that since God is God, He is the perfect helper; but I say this so simply and almost unaffected. I fail to recognize that it is “because he himself has suffered when tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.” I fail to remember that he became our “merciful and faithful high priest” by making the “founder” of our salvation “perfect through suffering”.

Since God is unchanging, I don’t know how to reconcile that at a particular point in time Jesus became, not only the Second Person of the Trinity, but begotten of God. “Today I have begotten you” –Psalm 2:7.

The Person of Jesus Christ is an ever growing mystery to me.