Hebrews 1:3

And He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature, and upholds all things by the word of His power. When He had made purification of sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,

     Of all the books in the Bible, the Gospels are the most important. This is not to negate the incredible value of the other books, because they are indeed necessary. However, the Gospels give us insight to Jesus and His life. This gives us faith when we can look and know that He is indeed God. It also though helps us to know who God is. The Hebrews’ author states that Jesus is the representation of who God is.  This means that if we want to know about who God is, we study Jesus and get a clearer picture.

     That is incredibly valuable to us. Without direct communication from God, it can be easy for us view Him as some mystical, unknown being. We can see and respond to those who we come into contact with everyday. While we have an ability to do that to some degree with God through nature, it is not the same and even then you have to be looking for it. How does God respond to my actions? My prayers? My sins? My repentance? At times we can feel unsure about the answers to these questions.

     This is where the Gospel comes in. By spending time in God’s word about Jesus, we can gain a more accurate knowledge of who God is. We see that when Peter repents and comes back to Jesus, Jesus shows love and patience. We see that when the Pharisees have a hard heart toward the word of God, God becomes angry and upset at their obstinance. We see that God has compassion on those who had ailments and came to Him in faith. There are these and hundreds of other lessons we can learn about who God is by studying His Son. As we grow in this understanding we can be more sure of our own actions. All of this by coming to understand Jesus better. After all, like Father, like Son.

And He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature, and upholds all things by the word of His power. When He had made purification of sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,