"Who (Christ) being the brightness of His (Father's) glory, and the express image of His person" (Heb 1:3).Christ was the express image of the Father. Here, the image of the Father does not mean the figure or the form of the Father but rather, the charadter of the Father.
Christ showed to us the very perfect character of the Father while He was on earth. Similarly, the Lord wants us too to show the express image of Christ, His very character to this unbelieving and crooked world. In one sense, we have the same mission as that of Christ. He came to show the perfecte character of the Father to the world; so also, the Lord has kept us on the earth to reveal to the world the very character of Christ. If we do so we also will become "the brightness of His glory"; by revealing the very character of Christ we will be shining brightly with His glory in this dark world.
Like Philip who asked Jesus, "Lord, shew us the Father," many in the world are going about trying to get a knowledge of God. Is our life giving them an answer similar to the one Jesus gave Philip: "He that hath seen Me hath seen the Father"? Are we revealing such a Christlikeness to those around us?
- Late Pastor T.U.Thomas, in "Morning Manna"
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