Many people have many views as to who Jesus was or is. Some say that Jesus was a good prophet who came and went. For Jesus to be a good prophet, everything He spoke had to be true. If He spoke things that were not true, then He would have to be considered to be a false prophet. Jesus said this in the Gospel of John, in his 14th Chapter, verse 6;
"I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but through Me."
If that statement is true, then Jesus is more than just a good prophet. If the statement is false, then Jesus is a false prophet. Many ask, "What about all the other religions of the world and what they believe, what happens to them? First we have to be intellectually honest and admit that if there is more than one truth, then there is no truth. 1+1= 2 or 1+2=2. One is truth and one is not.
Jesus did not come to invalidate the religions of the world. Almost everyone in most religions of the world believe that there is a God and acknowledge so. Jesus came to let the world know that He is the God that they seek to know. He is not a statue, an idea, a theory, or a concept of do's and don'ts to earn your way to heaven. Jesus is the Living God of the Universe and He came to earth to show how much, the God that everyone seeks to know, loves them. So much so, that He would humble Himself and take on the form of man, so that He Himself could be the once and for all sacrifice that would change a human beings sin nature into one that could have a second birth in the Spirit, that would allow anyone who wants it, the chance to be one with the Creator of the universe, and joint heirs in His wealth. The whole purpose for the earth and His coming here, was so He could create a New Creation. One that would choose Him. Without doing it the way He did, all He could do is speak into existence new beings that had no choice in their coming into being, just like the angels. We know what happened to a third of the angels. They rebelled because they did not appreciate the character of God. The New Creation will be a part of the character of God, for they will be one with Him.
Before Jesus returns, this word will go out into all the world. Everyone will hear this message. Everyone will get a chance to receive Jesus unto eternal life or reject Him leading to eternal death. There are no religions in heaven, just reality. The earth and the physical world are temporary. The spiritual world is eternal. Jesus came to be the Door to eternal realm.
In this section of blogs about, "Jesus is God", I am going to show in the Old Testament and New Testament where it reveals that Jesus is God. When Jesus was here, He never said, "Hey fellas, I am God. Jesus never spoke that to a human being. Jesus wanted each person to come to know that He was God by asking Him to come and live in their hearts by the presence of His Spirit. When a person accepts what Jesus did for them on the cross and ask Him into their heart, then they know that Jesus is their Savior. Then as we read His word, that He left us, and put the scriptures together that reveal who He is, we will find that He is not only God, but a Father also.
I am going to do this section of blogs on, "Jesus is God", in small parts. I do not want to cover so much that the reader becomes overwhelmed. I want to present this truth in an understandable way. If I cannot show it, do not believe it.
The very first thing I want to show, is something that I read for many years. I saw it on many Christmas cards and never saw it. I read it and never heard it. Just like many things in scripture, we read it and what we don't understand, we just keep reading. I reached a point in my walk with Jesus and reading His word, that I would not be satisfied with the traditional wisdom of theologians and church doctrines if they did not line up with what He spoke through His word. For me I use a phrase that you will hear repeated a lot in these blogs and it is simply this, "What does that mean?"
The first thing I am going to leave with the reader to ponder, is a well known section of Scripture that was written by the prophet Isaiah in his 9th Chapter, verse 6;
"For a child will be born to us, and a son will be given to us; And the government
will rest on His shoulders; And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor,
Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace."
You would think that this would be enough to settle it in the minds of the saints that Jesus is the child and the son that was given and that He is the Mighty God and Eternal Father. With human rationalizing it does not make sense. This is where I come in. I hope to make sense as to how this is possible.
All we have to know is Jesus as Savior to be saved. Jesus has laid down a function for His body which is His bride, the church. This is what has motivated me to do what I do in trying to equip the saints as Jesus desires. The apostle Paul wrote this in his letter to the Ephesians, in Chapter 4, verses 11-16;
(11)" And He, Jesus, gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as
evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers,(12) for the equipping of the saints
for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ;(13) until we attain
to the unity of the faith, AND OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE SON OF GOD,
TO THE MEASURE OF THE STATURE WHICH BELONGS TO THE
FULLNESS OF CHRIST;(14) As a result, we are no longer to be children, tossed
here and there by waves, and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the
trickery of men, by craftiness in deceitful scheming;(15) but speaking the truth in
love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him, who is the head, even Christ,
(16) from whom the whole body, being fitted and held together by that which every
joint supplies, according to the proper working of each individual part, causes the
growth of the body for the building up of itself in love."
Jesus peace be with you all.
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