Understanding who Jesus is?
is jesus real…
'So the Word became human and made his home among us. He was full of unfailing love and faithfulness. And we have seen his glory, the glory of the Father’s one and only Son. No one has ever seen God. But the unique One, who is himself God, is near to the Father’s heart. He has revealed God to us. '
' “For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him.'
i believe we should start from the beginning, that The Word of God proclaimed Jesus and creation (all of life).
1 In the beginning the Word already existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He existed in the beginning with God. 3 God created everything through him, and nothing was created except through him. 4 The Word gave life to everything that was created, and his life brought light to everyone.
chapter 3 verse 16 & 17: God gave His one and only Son (sacrifice); God sent His Son into the world, why - not to judge but to save the world through Jesus
what Jesus said about Himself:
I am the bread of life (6:35);
I am the light of the world (8:12);
I am the door (10:7);
I am the good shepherd (10:11, 14);
I am the resurrection and the life (11:25);
I am the way the truth and the life (14:6)
I am and the true vine (15:1).
there have been many so-called prophets over the past centuries and decades, some of whom took advantage of people, preyed on their weaknesses, making them believe what is untrue to be true, thus breaking people’s hearts and turning them away from the Light of the World, the Prince of Peace, and hurting them along the way. with their heart broken, this includes pain - emotional, mental, physical, and sometimes financial, they become hardened, believing that what we come to know as The Truth to be simply a lie.
this is good news, and it is for everyone; it is just too bad that some will not even consider listening to The Truth, others reject our Lord and King, and there are those who are indifferent because they don’t believe in any “religion”. what is so sad is that The Truth will set them free, if they would only open their hearts, their minds, their lives, and their ears to what will be an everlasting relationship with the God of the universe.
john helps to remind us that Jesus is real, is the Son of God, is the only way to a true relationship with God, our Heavenly Father. what was said about Him, Jesus confirmed it to those around Him. i’m sure others need more ‘concrete’ evidence; i’m happily convinced that there is no other like Him, no name in Heaven above and the earth below.
there is only 2 choices in our relationship with God: ready The Word of God, choose to believe in His Son, Jesus and live; or, learn about Him, deny His existence, and be judged one day with an express ticket to ‘hell’ - which really comes down to being separated from God.
dear Heavenly Father, i do believe that Your Son, Jesus, is our Lord and Savior. you have revealed yourself to me and i am forever grateful for turning my life around and where i am today. would you continue to work in the lives of those that you place in my family or my life. may you be glorified in all that i do and say. in Jesus’ name i pray, amen!