MinistryMessages
June 30, 2017
This entry is part [part not set] of 3099 in the series Daily Words for the Christian Life
Go to My brethren and say to them, “I ascend to My Father and your Father, and My God and your God.”
– John 20:17
To say that Jesus is the Firstborn Son of God (Rom. 8:29) means that He is the pioneering One. Through His death and resurrection He uplifted the human nature, and now we need to follow Him by going through that same process. That is, our human nature is also being uplifted as we experience the cross (Rom. 6:4) and partake of the divine nature (2 Pet. 1:4). In this way, we will become the many sons of God, the many brothers of Christ, the Firstborn son of God.
Adapted from Born Again: Our New Life in Christ,
by Titus Chu; page 78.
Tomorrow: “Enjoying Christ as Our Older Brother” (4)