Saturday, 5 July 2014

Who is Jesus

Who is Jesus

"In the past God spoke to our forefathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways,  but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom he made the universe.  
The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.  
So he became as much superior to the angels as the name he has inherited is superior to theirs. 
For to which of the angels did God ever say, “You are my Son; today I have become your 
Father’” ? 
Or again, “I will be his Father, and he will be my Son” ? 
 And again, when God brings his first born into the world, he says, “Let all God’s angels worship him.” 
In speaking of the angels he says, “He makes his angels winds, his servants flames of fire.” 
But about the Son he says, “Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever, and righteousness will be the scepter of your kingdom. 
You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions by anointing you with the oil of joy.” 
                                                                         Hebrews 1:1-9.
Here the writer of Hebrews makes several important points about Jesus.
1/ Jesus is he Son of God.
2/ The universe was made by Him.
3/”The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being.”
4/ He (Jesus) provided purification for sins
6/ He is superior to the angels
7/ God’s angels worship Jesus
8/ Jesus’s thrown will last for ever
9/ righteousness will be the scepter of His Kingdom
10/ Jesus love loves righteousness and hates wickedness.
These are in a nut shell what true Christians believe about Jesus. He is indeed God. He is not ‘a god’ he is God the creator of the universe.
There are some that claim to be Christians that do not believe that Jesus is the Son of God, that he is an angel. This is not so. Here the writer of Hebrews makes it clear that Jesus is indeed God.
John in his gospel records this conversation between Jesus and the apostle Philip,
“Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us.” 
Jesus answered: “Don’t you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?  
Don’t you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me? The words I say to you are not just my own. Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work. Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe on the evidence of the miracles themselves."                   
                        John 14:8-11.
Jesus is indeed God according to the New Testament. This is what all true Christians believe. It is the foundation stone of our very faith.
Think about it.

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