A Young boy was at the kitchen table with his crayons and pencils. Mom walked in and asked him what he was working on. He said, “I am drawing a picture of God.” She said, “That is great but of course no one really knows what God looks like.” He said: “They will when I get finished.”
For centuries, amateur and professional artists have attempted to capture God’s personality with everything from pencils and crayons to oil paint and canvas. This has particularly been the case with attempting to capture the life of Jesus of Nazareth. While no single individual can perfectly portray Jesus, perhaps he himself has provided enough significant details in his words to give us a general view. In his book, Autobiography of Jesus, Leslie Weatherhead has gathered several of Jesus’ “I Am” sayings to help create a portrait.
The attempt to know and understand the person of Jesus is central to the Alpha Course. You have been hearing about that for weeks. On Sunday, January 15, we began our first Alpha at Vermont Street Church. The response has been phenomenal. We now have 10 groups of adults who will participate in this 10-week time of exploring the basics of the Christian Faith. That exploration begins with the question: “Who is Jesus?”
All of this has inspired me to prepare a Sunday Message and Sunday Adventure Class series to reflect on those significant “I Am” sayings of Jesus. Some of these we will observe are: I Am the Door; I am the Bread of Life; I Am the Way, Truth, and Life; I am the Resurrection; I am the Alpha and Omega.
So grab the paper, pencil, crayons and oil paints of your mind as we begin.
-Pastor Scott
