09/04/2026
Friday’s with Pastor Ken Volume 20 September 4th, 2026
I have set you before me
Psalm 16:7
Our focus, our meaning, our purpose is in totality who we are in God. How does He see us? How do we see Him?
Let’s look first at how God sees us?
He made us in His image (Genesis 1:27). We are a triune being (body, soul, spirit) just as God is Triune (God, Jesus, and Holy Spirit) do you see the correlation? God-soul (who He is), Jesus-body (Live and die as the perfect sacrifice), and Holy Spirit-spirit (sent to dwell in our hearts when we repent). God says of Himself in Exodus I AM Who I AM (Exodus 3:14), He is the Self-Existent One. God is who He is because He never changes (Malachi 3:6). He is holy and deserving of our praise (Psalm 145:3). He is merciful (Lamentations 3:22–23) He is kind (Psalm 145:9) He is good (Nahum 1:7) His love is everlasting (Jeremiah 31:3) He is patient (Psalm 86:15) so that none should perish (2 Peter 3:9) so that He can show His grace to you (Ephesians 2:8) through His Son, Jesus Christ.
The gift of His Son was, is, and ever shall be the greatest gift bestowed upon mankind. It is through the sacrifice of the God-Man, fully God and fully man (Philippians 2:7; 1 Timothy 2:5). Holy God Himself (John 17:5). Gave Himself willingly to die on a cross (John 10:18) to give us eternal life and restore us to a right relationship with God.
And due to that death on the cross of Calvary, God sees us through the blood of Christ, the ransom (Matthew 20:28) for our sin. When God looks at a repent soul, He sees the righteousness of Jesus. God poured out His full wrath for sin on Jesus at Calvary (Romans 5:9) so that we could be redeemed. One day we will all stand in the presence of God to be judged, some the redeemed of the Lord are and forever will be without condemnation (Romans 8:1), those who have believed and put their faith in Jesus will hear the words “well done good and faithful one, enter into your Father’s rest”(Matthew 25:23). Those who have not believed and placed their faith and hope in Him are already judged (John 3:18) and will here the saddest words ever uttered, “depart from Me, I never knew you” (Matthew 7:21-23).
How do we see God?
Through Jesus (John 14:9), He walked among us (John 1:14), He showed us He is God through His miracles (John 10:32). Ever notice that His enemies never denied His miracles?
Not only because of His miraculous signs and wonders should be believe, but we should believe because of His willingness to die. He had no need to die for His sin (2 Corinthians 5:21) but He died for me and you who were born in iniquity (Psalm 51:5). He raised the dead, He healed all diseases and the greatest miracle He ever did was conquering death and hell through His resurrection from the grave. He defeated death so we could have eternal life with Him (Romans 4:25). Because He resurrected from the grave so shall those of us who have believed in Him be resurrected (1 Corinthians 15:20-22; Romans 8:11).
He is a saving God (Psalm 68:20) and He proved it.
Come let us reason together (Isaiah 1:18)
I love you
Pastor Ken
