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Thou art the living Word, O Lord,
Which ever was with God;
His glory Thou hast fully shown
When Thou on earth hast trod.
Which ever was with God;
His glory Thou hast fully shown
When Thou on earth hast trod.
We praise Thee, O Thou living Word,
For God in Thee we see;
His glory and His character
Are all revealed by Thee.
For God in Thee we see;
His glory and His character
Are all revealed by Thee.
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The heavens do God's glory speak,
Creation vast doth show
The things of God, His character
And pow'r for man to know.
Creation vast doth show
The things of God, His character
And pow'r for man to know.
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The Word of God—how rich, profound,
His testimony shown;
Within the Word Thou art declared,
That God should be made known.
His testimony shown;
Within the Word Thou art declared,
That God should be made known.
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Thou, living Word, didst flesh become,
With man on earth hast trod;
And all Thy words and conduct here
Expression gave to God.
With man on earth hast trod;
And all Thy words and conduct here
Expression gave to God.
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O living Word, Thou art the life,
Thou art the living light;
As life Thou dost illuminate
The Father to our sight.
Thou art the living light;
As life Thou dost illuminate
The Father to our sight.
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God's judgment Thou wilt yet perform,
His righteousness make known;
This also doth expression give
That God be fully shown.
His righteousness make known;
This also doth expression give
That God be fully shown.
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God's full expression, Lord, Thou art,
Himself Thou hast revealed;
Declaring all He is to man,
No more is God concealed.
Himself Thou hast revealed;
Declaring all He is to man,
No more is God concealed.
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c. His Being Revealed; Whom Having Not Seen, We Love, and in Whom, Not Seeing at Present yet Believing, We Exult with Unspeakable and Glorified Joy, Obtaining the End of Our Faith, the Salvation of Our Souls
First Peter 1:7-9 says, “At the revelation of Jesus Christ; whom having not seen, you love; into whom though not seeing Him at present, yet believing, you exult with joy that is unspeakable and full of glory, receiving the end of your faith, the salvation of your souls. ” The Lord is with us today (Matt. 28:20) but in a hidden, veiled way. His coming back will be His revelation, when He will be seen openly by all.
Although we have never seen the Lord Jesus, we love Him. At present we cannot see Him, yet we believe in Him. It is a wonder and a mystery that the believers love One whom they have not seen. We love Him whom we have not seen because of believing, that is, because of the faith that has been infused into us through our hearing of the living word (Gal. 3:2 ).
According to 1 Peter 1:8, the believers “exult with joy that is unspeakable and full of glory. ” Joy full of glory is joy immersed in glory. We exult with a joy that is immersed in glory. This joy is immersed in the Lord as glory; thus, it is full of the expression of the Lord. This joy is also unspeakable; it is a joy that is beyond our ability to utter. Things that are wonderful are also unspeakable. By believing into the Lord and loving Him, we obtain great joy. The normal condition of a Christian is to “exult with joy that is unspeakable and full of glory. ”
The Conclusion of the New Testament:
Experiencing, Enjoying,
and Expressing Christ, Volume 3
Message 382 (LSM)
Fountain Valley, California, United States
The amazing thing is that church is to express the fullness of God. We have this treasure in jars of clay, the glory of Christ. We are to be conformed to His image by the Spirit. We are the habitation of Gos in the Spirit. Jesus' prayer in John 17 is that we would be one with God so that the world will see Christ and how He loved us!
Taiwan, China
In verse 1, the writer directly says, the Lord is God, and He is also the Word. John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The Word is not separate from God. It is not that the Word is the Word and God is God, and that they are thus separate from each other. Rather, the two are one; hence, the next clause says that the Word was God. Here, we have a very clear indication of His divinity. Oh, praise the Lord for the Son of Man, who is both divinity and humanity, and is the center for the communication between heaven and earth and for the union of God and man in eternity.