Heb 1:3

3 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

KJV

Concerned about your image?

Many of us are insecure about our appearance.  We feel like we are too fat, too skinny, too feminine, too masculine, too this or too that.  Politicians pay big money to have consultants and focus groups refine their image.  Are they being too conservative or being too liberal?  How is their image affected by this issue or that issue?

The Church is not immune from image issues.  Where is the line on this issue or that issue?  Are we being too legalistic or are we being too loose with Godly standards?  How will this action be viewed?  How will Church folks view us?  How will the world view us?

As the advertising world says, “Image is everything”!

In the Scripture above though, the word “image” is used in a different way.  Jesus Christ is referred to as the EXPRESS IMAGE of God.  In other words, Jesus is God in HIGH DEFINITION. What does this mean?

God is so infinite, so large and so expansive that we could never fully grasp him while in these bodies.  However God gave us an example of everything that we NEED TO KNOW.  He gave us an example of everything we need to be.  God provided an image that we could all follow in these bodies.  God knows His Creation.  He knows that we are visual, so He supplied an IMAGE before our spiritual eyes.  He provided an image that we can see thru Scripture and one another.

From the outside, Jesus looked like everyone else.  For this reason Judas had to kiss him in order to reveal to the authorities who within the crowd was the Christ.  There was nothing special about his external.

Jesus was a special image for what He was on the inside.

Jesus was a special image for what He did and for why He did it.

Image is everything…… especially the image of Christ!!!