Jesus

My calling in life is to counsel people who are hurting, and in order to do that I have to be honest with you. I’d be doing you a disservice without admitting to you right up front my belief that there is no healing without Jesus Christ. All of the therapy in the world is useless without Him.

For this reason, there is nothing more important than to make sure that I have done my best to insure that you are familiar with His Gospel, and that you know Him as the God who created you, The Lord of your life, and the Savior of your soul.

Unless the Bible is as it claims to be: the word of God, we know nothing about Him. If it is simply a collection of Bedouin myths, life is a tragic accident and we are hopeless.

Who is Jesus?

According to the Bible, Jesus is the ever-living Son of God, which is to say, He is God in a human body. As such He is both fully God and fully man, and He revealed to mankind the clearest insight into the nature of God that we have ever seen. Living a sinless life, He made Himself the only acceptable sacrifice for our sins, and then He laid down His life willing so that we could live with Him both here in this world and in eternity as well. Hebrews 1:1-3 say about Jesus that the Father has spoken to us by the Son, who is the heir of all things because He created all things. The Son is the radiance of the glory of the Father and the exact image of His nature, and He hold the universe together.

Many people believe that Jesus was a good man, or a prophet, but they stop at believing that He is God. Before you make up your mind to stop short in you beliefs concerning Jesus, please take a look at a few of the things that He said about Himself:

  • Jesus said that He was God. Mark 14:61-64, John 8:58-59, John 10:30-33, John 14:8-9
  • Jesus said that He came from heaven. John 6:38, John 6:41-42, John 6:60, John 6:66, John 16:28
  • Jesus said that He was sinless. John 8:46
  • Jesus said He was the only way to heaven. John 14:6, John 11:25
  • Jesus told to others He was God. Matthew 26:63-65

And please consider a few things that He did:

  • Jesus allowed others to worship Him as God. Matthew 14:33, John 9:38
  • Jesus performed many miracles. Mark 5:39-42
  • Jesus forgave sin. Mark 2:5

If Jesus is not God, and if these things He said about Himself are lies, then Jesus was not a good man, He was a liar. If they are not true, then Jesus is a false prophet. Because He was put to death for continually claiming to be God, the best case scenario is that He was a lunatic if He made these claims and they are not true.

I pray that His words will cause yu to believe that HE is indeed what He claimed to be, that He is worthy of all of your praise and admiration, and that you will to trust Him as God, Lord, and Savior.

Do you believe Him?