The Image of the Invisible God

Ultimately with R.C. Sproul

Ligonier Ministries

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 November 2023

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Jesus is called "the image of the invisible God" (Col. 1:15). What does this mean? In this episode, R.C. Sproul reflects on one of Scripture's clearest and most stunning declarations about the divinity of Christ.

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0:00.0	Jesus is the image of the invisible God. What does that mean?
0:06.0	That if you want to see the invisible God, if you want to have an empirical experience of who God is
0:16.0	where do you go to Jesus? Hebrews cause him the expressed image of his person, the brightness of his glory.
0:25.9	This is an expression of deity.
0:30.4	Keep in mind that icons or idolatry is the fundamental sin of Israel.
0:37.0	Thou shall not make unto me any grave in images.
0:41.0	To look at an image and to worship an image of God is the fundamental evil of Israel.
0:48.0	And yet the message of New Testament is that Jesus is an icon. He is the image of God. That's why all other
0:57.4	images are prohibited. Because if you want to see God, you look at Jesus.
1:04.0	Jesus deals with his disciples, and they say to him,
1:07.6	you know, at the last days, Jesus,
1:11.8	show us the Father, and it suffices us.
1:15.0	That's what we want to see.
1:18.0	We've seen all kinds of fantastic things.
1:20.0	You walk to your walk on the water, feed 5,000 people, you know, raise people from the dead, saw the
1:25.3	transfiguration, which was incredible.
1:29.1	I'll do the biggie for us.
1:31.2	Yeah.
1:31.9	Show us the father. And what does he say? Anytime that you can
1:37.4	detect sarcasm in Jesus' voice it's there. There's any time where he
1:42.2	really seems to be annoyed
1:44.0	with his disciples, Philip, have I been with you so long?
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