And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
Matthew 16:16 (KJV)
We often hear people say, “That boy is the image of his father.”
Jesus the Son of God was the image of His Father.
Like Father, like Son!
Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Show us the Father? Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.
Joh 14:9-10 (KJV)
In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
2 Corinthians 4:4 (KJV)
In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins: Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
Colossians 1:14-15 (KJV)
Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
Hebrews 1:3 (KJV)
He is the sole expression of the glory of God [the Light-being, the out-raying or radiance of the divine], and He is the perfect imprint and very image of [God’s] nature…
Hebrews 1:3a (AMP)
But what made Jesus the Image of God?
It was the same as Adam. He was full of the Spirit of Life; the Spirit of God.
And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.
Luk 3:22 (KJV)
Many people teach that man is created in the image of God. While this was originally true, we have seen that mankind lost that image when they lost the Spirit of Life because of sin. If we have a look at mankind today we do not see a reflection of the God of the Bible, but if we look at Jesus we see that He was the image of God. Jesus had something that made Him different to other men. He had the Spirit of God. He was the Christ, the Anointed One, the Son of God.
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
Luk 4:18 (KJV)
Being the image of God, Jesus was in perfect communion with the Father.
Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.
John 5:19 (KJV)
Walking in perfect union with the Father, having the fullness of the Spirit, the glory of God, Jesus revealed Himself to be the long awaited Anointed One (Messiah or Christ).
Posted by Gavin Porter 