What Was Jesus’ Vision of God? | Meeting Jesus Again Series

The way we see God directly impacts the way we show up in the world. Today, lead pastor Josh Scott talks through some of the things we can glean from Scripture about how Jesus viewed God. He also reflects on the idea that God wants to collaborate with us to bring about justice and human flourishing.

Episode Recap:

• How we see God shapes how we show up in the world (1:47)
• If our image of God is hostile and vindictive, we’ll likely treat others the same way (6:03)
• If our image of God is love, we’ll be love (8:53)
• Jesus understood God as an experienced reality (11:18)
• Jesus believed that God cares a lot about justice (13:32)
• Too often we’ve transformed what Jesus said because we didn’t want to listen (20:21)
• Jesus understood God as compassionate (22:30)
• Jesus saw God as collaborative (25:20)

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• “Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time” by Marcus Borg