50 Days of Wisdom

In 1 Timothy 3:16, the Holy Spirit has written a resurrection hymn that gives testimony to the fact that Jesus is God. The first line of testimony says, "He who was revealed in the flesh." Simply stated, beloved, the evidence that Jesus Christ was God in a human body is obvious if you look at His life. Proof enough that He is God is available in that He was revealed in the flesh. But there's a second line to the hymn, "He was vindicated in the Spirit." What does this mean? Jesus, over and over again in His life, said He was God one way or another. Those great claims to deity were vindicated and justified by the Spirit when the Holy Spirit raised Jesus from the dead. By raising Him from the dead, the Holy Spirit was saying, "He is who He claimed to be: the sinless God in human form." The third line in the hymn is yet a third line of evidence that Jesus was God: "But He was beheld by angels." To what does this refer? The first line of the hymn took us to the cross: "He who was revealed in the flesh." The second line of the hymn took us through the resurrection: "He was vindicated in the Spirit." And the third line takes us after the resurrection: "Beheld by angels." What does this mean? Jesus was seen and witnessed by the angels in His resurrection. 1 Peter 1 says that the angels have a craving and a longing to look into the matters of salvation, to understand them, and to see them. And this is the climax of redemptive history. And you can believe that the angelic host was watching and giving testimony. There's a fourth line in the hymn that takes the testimony one step further. The fourth line says, "Proclaimed among the nations." Listen, if there was no resurrection, the disciples never would have proclaimed Him among the nations. They would have gone away, and they would have died in unbelievable disappointment. But those transformed disciples who went out preaching Jesus Christ among the nations, who were persecuted, imprisoned, and martyred for their faith, confirmed that Jesus indeed is the mystery of godliness. He is God revealed. The fifth line of this resurrection hymn says, "Believed on in the world." Why do they believe that Jesus is God? Because the evidence of the resurrection is so absolutely overwhelming. And I say to you, people who deny the resurrection of Jesus Christ have not studied the account of Scripture, or they have rejected it because they refuse to accept the implications of it. It's a moral issue. They don't want to be held accountable to a Holy God; they want to continue in their sin without any accountability. There's a final testimony—the last line—and that's the testimony of God the Father, "Taken up in glory." That's the climax of the hymn. This refers, in part, to His ascension. It's picturing the fact that God exalted Him because His work was perfect. Jesus was seated at the right hand of God. So, the perfect incarnate life of Christ confirms that Jesus is God. The resurrection by the Holy Spirit confirms it. The experience and testimony of holy angels confirm it. The preaching of apostles confirms it. The believing of sinners confirms it. And the exaltation by God confirms it. Thus, the very heart of Christianity is reduced to a hymn—an Easter hymn. Listen, beloved, the evidence that Jesus is God is absolutely overwhelming. Therefore, repent and believe! GTY.org (80-81) – A Resurrection Hymn

Today's Wisdom

Day: 1018

September 3, 2026

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Now grant, O Lord, that when the souls who read these books cast their eyes upon these lines, their minds may be illuminated and their consciences convinced and awakened, that they may see with their eyes, hear with their ears, and be converted so that You may heal them. Amen!