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Apr '20
Do You Know Jesus?
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Apr '20
Do you know who Jesus is? The only way to truly answer that question is to search for answers in the scriptures. John 1:1 says, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”
Jesus is a DIVINE Person
- “In the beginning” – That’s eternity
- “with God” – That’s equality
- “was God” – That’s divinity
Jesus is God spelling Himself out in a language we can understand.
Jesus is a HUMAN Person
In John 1:14 we learn that “the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us,” and John was an eyewitness to this so he parenthetically adds “(and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.”
God the Son become the God-Man with His birth in Bethlehem. That was so because man has a problem. That problem is sin, and sin pays wages. Sin earns death. Men are spiritually dead by nature, and to physically die in that condition leads to eternal death and eternal punishment for our sin. Only man is able to pay for man’s sins, and only Christ’s death could purchase our pardon. The divine Christ became human in order to free those who were held in slavery all their lives by the fear of death (see Hebrews 2:14-18).
Jesus is the God-Man
Jesus understands us. He knows and cares. During His brief ministry on this earth He caused the blind to see, the crippled to walk, the deaf to hear, the mute to speak. All of that was to authenticate and demonstrate who He was, and how He alone is able to make you whole. Jesus never ceased being divine, and He will forever be a man. He was not and is not half-and-half. Jesus does not wear His divinity hat sometimes and His humanity hat other times. He is the only and the perfect God-Man.
- So human He got tired. So divine He said, “come unto Me, and I will give you rest.”
- So human He got hungry. So divine He fed thousands from a boxed lunch.
- So human He got thirsty. So divine He said, “drink of the water that I give, and you’ll never thirst again.”
- So human He cried at a funeral. So divine He raised the dead to life!
- So human He died on the cross. So divine that He rose again three days later and offers eternal life to all.
Ask yourself two questions.
Do I know this Jesus? Does Jesus know me?
Jesus addressed a large group of religious people when He said…
“My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand. I and my Father are one.” John 10:27-30
Do you know this Jesus? More importantly, does He know you?
