Who is Jesus

 While the Discovery Channel and the like regularly give airtime to some  new conspiracy theory around Jesus’ existence and life, the fact is that  most historical scholars would never dream of disputing whether Jesus  was a real, historical figure. 

 Jesus was a man like everyone else but he performed many miracles in  his life. These miracles showed that God was with Him and had appointed  Him to establish God’s Kingdom (his rule) on earth – where justice,  love, mercy and grace reign. Jesus fulfilled over 300 prophecies found  in the Old Testament that confirm Him as God’s saviour of mankind.

Now  you know where all the good movies get their ideas from. Except this  isn’t the Matrix or Harry Potter, this is real. By living a perfect and  sinless life before God, and by perfectly carrying out God’s mission of  love to the world, and by resisting all the temptations of the Devil,  Jesus did not carry the guilt that we all carry before God.

 Jesus  was crucified by the plan of God, carried out by men. By arranging his  crucifixion, despite His innocence, Jesus’ contemporaries sought a  temporary political victory for their nation over the occupying forces  of Rome. But it became something far different – Jesus’ death achieved a  spiritual victory for all of mankind.

As the perfect man he  traded his life to satisfy God’s justice against all of mankind’s sin.  For God must uphold justice, as we would expect from any king. Except  God’s love and mercy for mankind meant that the only way he could  satisfy both his justice and love was to pour out his justice (wrath) on  a willing, perfect substitute. Jesus was that willing substitute and He  therefore paid the price of our sin on our behalf.

Jesus  rose from the dead and was seen by over 500 people before ascending to  heaven. His resurrection was the final victory over death, meaning that  all who trust in Jesus step into this victory and will not die  eternally. It also means that all who trust in Him can enjoy God’s life  right now and know God personally.

The resurrection was also  Jesus’ victory over the Devil who was not able and can now never stop  God’s plan of redemption to mankind. God’s true character of being both  perfectly loving and perfectly just show how empty the Devil’s  philosophies and ideas about God, which are pervasive in this world,  actually are.

Christians trust Jesus rather than themselves, their  good works or even their religious works to save them from God’s  justice. That’s what it means to ‘have faith in Jesus’. His rising from  the dead proved that God declares mankind free. All that remains is for  people to accept this freedom from God.

 He is the all-powerful ruler over all things physical, social and  individual; over nations, political systems and the individual heart;  over death, wrongdoing and guilt. Whether we believe this or not doesn’t  change the reality of who He is. Jesus Christ is the central message of  the Bible, the figure that all of history points to, and the focal  point of mankind’s future. 

 It  doesn’t matter your culture or background, Jesus has promised to give  you His Holy Spirit so that you may know Him personally, as He is alive  today. To become a Christian you simply decide to put your trust in  Jesus for salvation rather than in anything else – be it yourself,  money, or even a religion. It’s Jesus alone who brings life and He is  willing to give it to all who simply trust in Him. There is nothing else  required of you except simple trust!

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