Solid Joys Daily Devotional Christ Is Like Sunlight
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Oct 24, 2025 Dive into the captivating analogy of Christ as sunlight, illuminating our understanding of God. Discover how Jesus reflects the Father's glory, revealing deep spiritual truths. Learn about the eternal relationship between the Father and Son, emphasizing their inseparable unity. Explore the powerful notion of seeing the Father through Christ's radiance, which invites trust, love, and worship. Conclude with a celebration of Christ's exaltation and divine identity, reinforcing why he is central to our faith.
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Son As Radiance Of God
- Jesus is the radiance of God's glory and the exact imprint of his nature according to Hebrews 1:3.
- John Piper explains this shows Jesus relates to the Father like rays relate to the sun, revealing God's nature to us.
Co-Eternal Rays And Sonship
- The radiance cannot be separated from the sun and is co-eternal with the glory.
- Piper uses this to show Christ is co-eternal and not created, but eternally begotten of the Father.
Solar Calculator And Sun Image
- Piper gives the solar calculator and sunlight image as examples to distinguish created effects from the sun's rays.
- He compares the sun's visible disk to the Son streaming forth in radiance as an exact representation.
