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Jesus Christ is the champion of love, the thunder of Heaven, the architect of grace, the engineer of mercy, the pillar of strength, the pioneer of faith and the forgiving engine of freedom from all sin and without Him no sin can ever be forgiven or forgotten. Let's take a look at John 3:16-21, Romans 3:22-26,1 John 1:8-10, 2 Corinthians 5:17-21, 2 Corinthians 5:7 John 14:6, Micah 7:18-19 and Exodus 14:14 (Looking for some answers to quench your curiosity today?) 

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Jesus Christ is indeed the champion of love, to prove it was His reason to lay down His own life for us all. John 15:12-23. He is the thunder of Heaven meaning the fear of His name sounds thunderous in the devil's ears and for this reason he can never be where Jesus Christ resides and not even in His Presence.See Philippians 2:5-11, Nahum 1:5-7. He is the architect of grace, meaning through His obedience for the cross, to take upon Himself the ultimate sacrifice to die for us all, God pardoned all our sins. "He paid the debt He did not owe and I owe the debt I could not pay but Jesus Christ paid the debt that I could never pay". He is the engineer for our mercy, mercy is an unmerited favour, something we never worked for but yet have it or willingly bestowed on us. He's the pillar of our strength, that's casting our eyes on the cross knowing that He lives we can face tomorrow with His eternal gift of life. He's the pioneer of our faith, meaning He is the defender, the perfecter and the custodian of our believe system. Hebrews 12:1-17. Finally He is the forgiven engine of our sins meaning He drives away daily all fears and doubts from anyone who have believed in His anointed name and His Resurrection.

 

Depending on what you already know, heard, investigated or have inventively argued about, how much you have read or what you've evidently gathered and analysed. You will soon find out and truly know that in the world today there are many opinionated, personal ideologies, dramatic theories and explanations of who Jesus really and truly is. Jesus' name appears almost everywhere in the world, it is used in religious services and used also as a swear word some times. Ask yourself or someone who is using Jesus’ name in these two ways, if in fact they really know the significance, the eternal consequences or do they even understand the spiritual implications of such blasphemy. (See Romans 12:1-2) (See Exodus 20:1-8) 

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If you should ask those who misuse the name Jesus this question, “Do you know Jesus?” they may just give you a blank stare. What is it about this Jesus? Who is this person that keeps people asking so many questions? Three main major questions commonly asked is: Who is Jesus? How can He be the only Son of God? Can Jesus really be personally known?

 

These are good questions to ask. A lot of confusion exists because people often don't ask the right questions or even ask questions at all. Some have been told that “faith” doesn’t ask questions, the truth of the matter is faith is full of questions. Having faith doesn’t mean that every question can be answered, but it does mean that questions should be asked to gain enough knowledge for understanding the truth. (See Hosea 4:6) Says.... My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge,I also will reject you from being priest for Me; Because you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children.

 

*         Who is Jesus? 

*         Can He be known personally?
*         How could Jesus accept someone who doesn't know Him personally?
*         How do YOU answer this question, who is Jesus?
*         What does the Bible tells us about Jesus?

 

Q1: Who is Jesus?
There are lots of opinions on this subject, it’s amazing how often opinions get sorted out and the truth is clarified when we read what the Bible actually says. The Gospels—the books of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John in the New Testament—tell the story of Jesus’ life. They show that this question was an extremely popular one when Jesus was walking the earth. He was aware of the question, and He even asked His disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” The disciples gave Him assorted answers. Then He asked, “But who do you say I am?” Speaking for the rest, Peter said, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God” Jesus agreed with him. (See Matthew 16:13–17).

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Q2: Can He be known personally?

To know Jesus Christ is to understand who He is, His purpose on earth, His vision in life for humanity and the accomplishment of His mission for mankind. You must  personally obey God through Him and to comply with all His teaches by putting your faith into action and growing in intimacy with Him. Grow in intimacy with God also. Discover more of your purpose in Him through the Holy Spirit. Find your place in the Great Commission and get involved in global missions. Never contemplate for once, that your life has no meaning due to situations or the circumstances you face daily. Matthew 16:22-26, Luke 9:20-26, Mark 8:27-36.

 

Have you asked yourself this question?: WHERE DID I COME FROM? First, you have to believe that God created the world and that includes you. Read Genesis 1:1-27 and Psalm 24. At first everything was good exactly as God made it to be but now we all make wrong choices and commit wrong actions. We live in God's world but we've gone our own separate ways. Isaiah 53:6 we fail to live up to God's standards and that makes us all guilty, the Bible calls this sin and our very own sin speedsters us from God. Romans 3:20-26. Light has come into the world but men love darkness instead of light John 3:17-21. We all want to feel good about ourselves but we only experience the true meaning when we connect directly with our creator. People try to find their way to God in many ways but these efforts all fail, our sins are our biggest barrier between God and us. 

 

The answer to the question, “Who is Jesus?” has to start with exploring Jesus’ own claims. He described himself as God in Mark 2:1-12 He also demonstrated Himself to be fully man (He wept, thirsted, and died). He claimed to be both Saviour (Luke 19:9-10) and Friend (see John 15:13-15).

 

Q3: How could Jesus accept someone who doesn't know Him personally?
When people look to discover more about who Jesus is, they also find out that they can know Him personally. In one of the last recorded prayers of Jesus He said, “And this is the way to have eternal life to know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, the one you sent to earth” (See John 17:3).

 

Q4: How do YOU answer this question, who is Jesus?
If you don’t have an answer or feel like you’ve been using someone else’s answer, the Bible is the ultimate source for finding out the right answer.

 

To answer the question 'Who is Jesus?' for yourself, you will need to explore the books of the New Testament that records His entire life. This question is so important, it deserves the investment of your time to answer the question for yourself.

 

Q5: What does the Bible tells us about Jesus?

Jesus is the Son of God. Jesus was born about 2,000 years ago in the small town of Bethlehem in the Middle East. His birth was the miraculous fulfillment of many Old Testament prophecies, including the prophecy that God would place Him into the womb of a young virgin woman. Jesus was (and is) God, and He became human to bring the message of salvation to a broken, sinful and damaged world. "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." (See John 3:16)

 

Jesus brought the message of Salvation
Jesus was 30 years old when He began His public ministry. For three years, Jesus traveled around telling people about God, performed miracles and fulfilled the hundreds of prophecies that had been written about Him. Jesus and His disciples preached about God and encouraged people to turn from their sins and accept the free gift of salvation that God was offering them through His son, Jesus Christ. "The disciples saw Jesus do many other miraculous signs in addition to the ones recorded in this book. But these are written so that you may continue to believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing in Him you will have life by the power of His name." (See John 20:30-31)

 

Jesus was the sacrifice for our sins
At the age of 33, Jesus was crucified. Jesus was nailed to a wooden cross and died a painful public death by Roman crucifixion. Jesus death was also the fulfillment of prophecy, Jesus died in place of all who would believe in Him. Jesus death was the necessary sacrifice for our sins. In fulfillment of yet another prophecy, Jesus rose from the dead three days after His crucifixion and burial. Then He spent 40 days with His disciples and other people before ascending to Heaven. "He was pierced for our rebellion, crushed for our sins. He was beaten so we could be whole. He was whipped so we could be healed." (See Isaiah 53:5)

 

Jesus is the only way to forgiveness and eternal life
By His death and resurrection, Jesus offers us forgiveness of our sins and the gift of eternal life. Jesus came to earth to help us understand and accept what we need to know to gain eternal life - we need to believe and trust in Him and accept His gift of eternal life and forgiveness of sin by accepting Jesus as our Lord and Saviour. "Once you were far away from God, but now you have been brought near to Him through the blood of Christ." (See Ephesians 2:13)