34 | 🧐 What God is like

Somebody told me, “I love Jesus but I hate theology.”

What a dumb statement.

Theology actually is “what we think about God when we think about God.”

Or, to say it another way, that statement suggest God isn’t worth thinking about…

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Plus, each day we practically live out what we truly believe about people, places, our possessions, and… yes… even Providence.

So, let’s dialogue about it and dial it in…

… especially since we’re midstream into a longer conversation about health / healing.

What we think about God (theology) has everything to do with how we “go after” healing the hurts of the past and step into our purpose.

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Three things to “think” about God…

1️⃣ Jesus shows us what God is like.

Scripture tells us He is the image of the invisible God (Colossians 1:15), that He is the “perfect imprint” of the Father (Hebrews 1:3), and that He did / said what He saw the Father doing (John 5:19).

Jack Frost writes, “Jesus came to demonstrate who the Father is and what He is like, and He does so through His words and His actions. To gain a true picture of Father’s feelings toward His children, it is best to turn to the One whose purpose it was to show us the Father. Jesus spent three years in ministry, demonstrating His Father’s heart of compassion as He forgave sinners, healed the sick, and raised the dead.”

2️⃣ Jesus explains what this means…

We can tell what God is like based on what Jesus did…

… and what He did NOT do.

That is, if we’ve seen Jesus, according to His own declaration, we’ve seen what God is like (John 14:9-10).

Two quotes…

Jack Frost: “Jesus came to demonstrate who the Father is and what He is like, and He does so through His words and His actions…”

Jack Deere: “All too often, many of God’s children mistakingly assume that their afflictions are evidence of God’s judgment on them.”

3️⃣ This shifts our practical experience of God / our ongoing relationship with Him…

… and it’s a radical overhaul of what many people (church-attending Christians, even) actually believe. Especially about causing illness and condemning people.

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Causing illness-- we never see this, even though expressions like, “God gave me ____________” (insert disease) or “God chose me for ______________” (insert the ailment) are popular. Others say things like, “God gave me ____________ to humble me / teach me a lesson, etc.” But, we never see this in the life of Jesus.

Jesus never caused sickness- we never seen an instance of Him causing someone to be ill.

The Bible tells us this: Jesus went about healing everyone (i.e., Matthew 4:23, Matthew 12:15). We’ll answer this dilemma in two episodes… in the next, we need to discuss the proper place of faith.

Jesus actually used these healing miracles to confirm His identity- not call it into question (see Luke 9:2, Luke 10:9).

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Condemning people-- we never see an instance of it.

Jesus preached grace and freedom to the woman caught in adultery- because that’s what He saw the Father doing (John 8:3f.).

Jesus touched the leper rather than simply healing Him with a word- because that’s what He saw the Father doing (Mark 1:41).

Jesus ate with the tax collectors and sinners- because that’s what He saw the Father doing (see Mark 2:15).

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Bottom line….

Jesus is the ideal “study of God.”

Or, to say it another way, Jesus is perfect theology.

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Links referenced

Take a deeper dive at the GY6 website: www.GY6.online 

See The Healing Workshop, on-demand course = www.Jenkins.tv/THW 

Access the Soul Wholeness video course = www.Jenkins.tv/SWV 

Grab the digital bundle (eBook + audiobook) = www.Jenkins.tv/SW 

One-to-one personal coaching = https://www.jenkins.tv/PC 

Past episodes, related to this one:

🧡 Simplify (vs complexify) your faith, episode 10 = https://www.jenkins.tv/podcasts/podcast-version-2-0/episodes/2149094235