God’s Calling, God’s Way What Is He Like Continued
Date: January 25, 2026
John 14:8-9 NKJV Philip said to Him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is sufficient for us.”
Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father…
Colossians 1: 15 AMP He (Jesus) is the exact living image [the essential manifestation] of the unseen God [the visible representation of the invisible], the firstborn [the preeminent one, the sovereign, and the originator] of all creation.
A view of how the Word of God is consistent throughout the scriptures.
A fact: There are 63,779 cross references in the Bible (see graph): Remember there are 66 books; written by 40 different individuals; over 1500 years across Asia, Africa and Europe; in three different languages, Hebrew, Greek and Aramaic.
How wonderful is the word of God. The consistency from Genesis to Revelation.
As we follow Jesus by faith, we see two unique aspects in the New Testament scriptures that seem to stand out, becoming like Him and going/doing. Over the next few weeks, we are going to focus on the Becoming Like Him.
As you and I read and listen to the scriptures we start seeing there are passages that read like these:
1 John 2:6 He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk just as He walked.
Romans 8:29 For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son
Philippians 2:5 Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus,
2 Corinthians 3:18 But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.
But before we can be like Him, we probably should know, “What He Is Like”
Last Week
“What He Is Like”
Our two focus points
· Then God Said Let Us Make Man
· In Our Image, Our Likeness
Then God Said Let Us Make Man
He is the Creator and He is Eternal - Omnipotence (All-Powerful)
Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Omnipresence (Everywhere at Once):
Psalm 139:7-10: "Where can I go from your Spirit? ... If I ascend to heaven, you are there! If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!".
Omniscience (All-Knowing):
Psalm 139:1-4: "Lord, you have searched me and known me... You understand my thought from afar off".
Jehovah-Jireh: The LORD Will Provide (Genesis 22:14)
Jehovah-Rapha: The LORD That Heals (Exodus 15:26)
Jehovah-Shalom: The LORD Is Peace (Judges 6:24)
Jehovah-Raah: The LORD My Shepherd (Psalm 23:1)
Jehovah-Shammah: The LORD Is There (Ezekiel 48:35)
Eloah Selichot: God of Forgiveness/Pardon
Nehemiah 9:17 But You are a God of forgiveness,
Gracious and merciful and compassionate,
Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness;
And You did not abandon them.
In Our image, Our likeness
In Genesis 1 we hear God say let us make man in Our image and Our likeness. What are the definitions be can use to understand what He did.
tselem: Meaning a representation or physical form, used to describe humanity's role as God's representative on earth.
Demut: Signifies a deeper, inherent resemblance or similarity in character/essence
What Is He (Jesus) Like
From our scriptures today we see that Jesus said, “He who has seen Me has seen the Father…” and then we see what Paul wrote to the churches about his own experience with Christ, ‘He (Jesus) is the exact living image [the essential manifestation] of the unseen God [the visible representation of the invisible]…’
So, taking the same format as last week let’s see:
What Is He (Jesus) Like:
He is the Creator and He is Eternal - Omnipotent
John 1:1-4 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.
What Is He (Jesus) Like:
He is the Creator and He is Eternal - Omnipotent
John 1:1-4 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.
John 8:58 Jesus replied, “I assure you and most solemnly say to you, before Abraham was born, I Am.”
What Is He (Jesus) Like:
Omnipresence (Everywhere at Once):
In John 1 Jesus tells Nathanael, "Before Philip called you, I saw you under the fig tree…"
What Is He (Jesus) Like
Omniscience (All-Knowing)
John 4 (The woman at the well) Jesus said to her, “You have well said, ‘I have no husband,’ for you have had five husbands, and the one whom you now have is not your husband; in that you spoke truly.”
Jehovah-Jireh: The LORD Will Provide (Feeding 5,000)
Jehovah-Rapha: The LORD That Heals (Blind see/lame walk)
Jehovah-Shalom: The LORD Is Peace (Peace I leave you)
Jehovah-Raah: The LORD My Shepherd (Good Shepherd)
Jehovah-Shammah: The LORD Is There (I am with you always)
Eloah Selichot: God of Forgiveness/Pardon
Mark 2:8-10 At once, Jesus knew inwardly what they were thinking. He asked them, “Why do you have these thoughts? Is it easier to say to this paralyzed man, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up, pick up your cot, and walk’? I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.”
Matthew 3:16-17 When He had been baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened to Him, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting upon Him. And suddenly a voice came from heaven, saying, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”
A practical application: This week let’s meditate on this verse. With all the media, all the opinions and the division going on, always in your face and mind. Let’s keep in focus who Jesus is, the Son of God.
Colossians 1:15-16a He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible…
