Worship Jesus in Reverence

Ancient Manuscript: Gospel of Thomas

Saying:  15

My Reflection on Verse:

We have to worship Jesus with reverence.  Jesus even though born of a woman is God.  Though Jesus was fully human, Jesus was fully God.  There are so many times that we get wrapped up in the birth and death of Jesus’s human body that we forget about the spirit which was God.

We have to remember that even before Jesus was born in a physical body he was God.  Jesus was with God and a part of God before the formation of all the Heavens.  John made it clear in his Gospel that Jesus was and forever will be God.  We have to accept this to fully understand that we must worship Jesus with all reverence.

We must remember that we need to worship Jesus for he came to Earth to be born so that he could live like us.  He walked this Earth and never once sinned.  Jesus then taught us by example how to live our life.  He taught us to respect others and to be there for those that others have turned away. 

Jesus then took the road to the cross.  Jesus could have easily have stopped the crucifixion at any moment.  Jesus loved us so much that he let his body be beaten.  He felt the pain as the nails pierced his hands and feet.  He felt the agony as he hung from the cross his body slowly slipping away.  He then did the unthinkable he looked up to God and said forgive them because they don’t understand what they are doing. 

The Spirit of Jesus returned to Heaven.  The Spirit or God part of Jesus never died.  Being God meant that the spirit of Jesus returned to Heaven.  The body being human passed away.  No longer was Jesus in pain.  No longer was the Spirit of God confined to the body of humanness.

This could have been the end of the story.  Yet, Jesus took it one step further.  Jesus’s spirit came back to the Earth.  It entered the body that just days before died.  It was at this moment that Jesus fulfilled all of the things that had been foretold.  Jesus came back to life so that we may understand the power of God. 

It is through these actions that we receive the gift of salvation.  With that said we know how important it is to worship Jesus.  We need to respect Jesus with all of our heart.  We need to worship Jesus with our whole body, mind, and spirit.  Jesus gave all so that we can have all.  Praise the Messiah.

Questions:

Do you accept Jesus as your savior?  Do you accept what Jesus did for you?  Are you worshiping God with reverence?