Last week, we discussed another picture of God, language. David Livermore once pointed out in a lesson that Hebrews 1:2 states, “in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son…” which is translated in the original language as “spoken to us in Son.” Americans speak English, Germans speak German, people from China speak Chinese, so how can we share God with those around us who have never seen or experienced Him? Speak Christ. When you model your life after Christ, you’re not only getting to know God better, you’re speaking his language to the world around you. Still not sure what speaking God’s language means…read the passage below through the lens of communicating God to those around you.
1 John 4:7-12
7Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 8Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.9This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. 10This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. 11Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 12No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.
How are you speaking God’s language to those in your school…your sports team…your workplace?
