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Living Word Day 37
Jesus was indwelt by the Lord God. You see this when Simon Peter answered Jesus on one occasion, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God."1 Peter's acknowledgement that Jesus was "son" indicates his belief in that moment that Jesus was, in our modern language, "of the same gene pool" as the Creator God. Being son of the "living god" indicates Peter's belief in the power of Jesus as "living" which he had witnessed in the many miracles that Jesus had performed. This was not a dead powerless deity, but an alive one.
Another indication that the Lord God lived in Jesus was seen at Jesus' baptism in the River Jordan. The Holy Spirit descended on Jesus looking like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: "You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased."2 This shows that Jesus, the Holy Spirit and the Lord God are members of the same family and share a family affection. Jesus is called by the very powerful phrase, "the Word" at the opening of John's Gospel. This was a deliberate reflection of Genesis 1 "In the beginning was the word..." and is also reflected in the Epistles of John. The Apostle John in the first chapter of his gospel writes, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God."3
1Matthew 16:16 2Luke 3:22 3John 1.1.
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