My message today is about the most unappreciated person to ever walk this earth: Jesus Christ. We continue answering our “What Is?’ questions. Today is the second of four messages answering, 'What is God the Son?' Last week we looked at His death and resurrection, next week pre-existence and the prophecies pointing to His life. Today we look at the humanity and deity of Jesus. The Scripture teaches that Jesus Christ is the very unique God-man. He is 100% God and 100% man.

My message today is about the most unappreciated person to ever walk this earth: Jesus Christ. We continue answering our “What Is?’ questions. Today is the second of four messages answering, 'What is God the Son?' Last week we looked at His death and resurrection, next week pre-existence and the prophecies pointing to His life. Today we look at the humanity and deity of Jesus. The Scripture teaches that Jesus Christ is the very unique God-man. He is 100% God and 100% man.

Happy Resurrection Day and let me add my welcome to The Heights! It is so wonderful to celebrate our resurrected Lord and Savior together. Today arrives in the middle of a long series we are doing at The Heights called What is? We are answering questions like what is God, what is the Bible, what is heaven, what is Israel, what is sin, what is salvation? We want to deepen our faith, our understanding of who God is, what He is like, and what He is doing because we live in a world deep in problems and suffering. A shallow faith can’t navigate this. Today we ask the question, “What is God the Son?” Today is the first of four messages answering this question starting with His death and resurrection. That might sound like we are starting at the end of the story, but it is the beginning understanding why Jesus came to us.

Happy Resurrection Day and let me add my welcome to The Heights! It is so wonderful to celebrate our resurrected Lord and Savior together. Today arrives in the middle of a long series we are doing at The Heights called What is? We are answering questions like what is God, what is the Bible, what is heaven, what is Israel, what is sin, what is salvation? We want to deepen our faith, our understanding of who God is, what He is like, and what He is doing because we live in a world deep in problems and suffering. A shallow faith can’t navigate this. Today we ask the question, “What is God the Son?” Today is the first of four messages answering this question starting with His death and resurrection. That might sound like we are starting at the end of the story, but it is the beginning understanding why Jesus came to us.

God loves you. What a precious and simple truth. And there are many other wonderful and simple truths to know about God. But God is not simple. There are truths about who He is and how He works that is just beyond our ability to grasp. And that’s okay. Wouldn’t He be really limited if He could only be and do what fits in our understanding. I need a God bigger than my understanding. And indeed, He is. We have seen that God is infinite: infinite in His power, His wisdom, His existence. So, logically, an infinite God is going to do and be things that do not always fit into a finite mind. The Trinity is one of those things. My goal today is not to give you the simple way to understand the Trinity but simply make it clear this is how God reveals Himself.

God loves you. What a precious and simple truth. And there are many other wonderful and simple truths to know about God. But God is not simple. There are truths about who He is and how He works that is just beyond our ability to grasp. And that’s okay. Wouldn’t He be really limited if He could only be and do what fits in our understanding. I need a God bigger than my understanding. And indeed, He is. We have seen that God is infinite: infinite in His power, His wisdom, His existence. So, logically, an infinite God is going to do and be things that do not always fit into a finite mind. The Trinity is one of those things. My goal today is not to give you the simple way to understand the Trinity but simply make it clear this is how God reveals Himself.

Today we come to our second message on What is God the Holy Spirit? First, we looked at who the Holy Spirit is and what He does. Next week on Palm Sunday we will look at What is the Trinity? If you are new to our church we are spending a lot of this year walking through doctrine, beliefs. We are learning to think about God, to deepen our faith because it is a deep world of problems and suffering. We can’t navigate that with a shallow faith. So, our second message on the Holy Spirit brings us to the topic of gifts of the Spirit and fruit of the Spirit, and I hope you leave with this: The Holy Spirit has gifted you and will produce in you a life that blesses and serves others. Both the gifts and the fruit are about others. Let’s read 1 Corinthians 12:4-12.

Today we come to our second message on What is God the Holy Spirit? First, we looked at who the Holy Spirit is and what He does. Next week on Palm Sunday we will look at What is the Trinity? If you are new to our church we are spending a lot of this year walking through doctrine, beliefs. We are learning to think about God, to deepen our faith because it is a deep world of problems and suffering. We can’t navigate that with a shallow faith. So, our second message on the Holy Spirit brings us to the topic of gifts of the Spirit and fruit of the Spirit, and I hope you leave with this: The Holy Spirit has gifted you and will produce in you a life that blesses and serves others. Both the gifts and the fruit are about others. Let’s read 1 Corinthians 12:4-12.

Names and faces are important. And we do run to them. We have names that we run to. What name comes to your mind when you have good news? Who do you want to share that with first? What about when you are angry? You’ve been wronged. You want to process. When you’re alone, what name comes to mind that you want to call or text? When you’re in trouble, what’s the name you need? When you just need help, what name? Is it all the same name, several names? Is the name Jesus on the list? Even we who run to the name of the Lord, can run to other names first.

Names and faces are important. And we do run to them. We have names that we run to. What name comes to your mind when you have good news? Who do you want to share that with first? What about when you are angry? You’ve been wronged. You want to process. When you’re alone, what name comes to mind that you want to call or text? When you’re in trouble, what’s the name you need? When you just need help, what name? Is it all the same name, several names? Is the name Jesus on the list? Even we who run to the name of the Lord, can run to other names first.