Hope Again Foundation Wrote: LET NO MAN DECEIVE YOU! HERE IS THE SIMPLE TRUTH ABOUT JESUS CHRIST, GOD AND MAN. From before time, God knew all that would happen. God knew that humanity would fall away from Him and become an entirely different creature than what He had intended. Because He knew this, He had planned for our redemption. From the beginning, He had honored humanity with the choice of eternal separation from Himself or eternal unity with Himself. We chose to be separated. He knew this choice was made in ignorance, and so He also made a way that we could repent and seek to be restored. This was made possible through the coming of His Son. God would send His only Son, His Word, down from Heaven to be born as a human being. Jesus Christ is both God and man. Jesus Christ is the Son of God, who came forth from everlasting before anything was created. He was not created, but rather through him all things were created. He is the basis for all existence. He is the light that gives shape and identity to everything that exists. He is the image of God. He is the Word of God. He is God Himself. Jesus Christ is the Son of Man, born to a virgin woman and conceived by the Holy Spirit. He is a descendent of Adam, and of Abraham, and of King David. He was born, just as we are born, in the flesh with blood and bones. He is not a spirit who took on the appearance of a man, rather, He is a man. His mother was human and His father was God. Jesus Christ is the unification of God and humanity, the perfect human being. He is greater than all humanity because He is God. He is less than His Father, because He is born of God. He obeys God precisely without error. And yet, He has complete power over everything on earth and in heaven. Jesus Christ is the Lord, our God. He is the supreme authority over all things. There are many who say Jesus was merely a good teacher or a moral man. Some say that God created Jesus to rule as the top of all creation. Yet others say that Jesus is one of many gods. There are many theories surrounding His life. However, let us review the historical record of His ministry. What did Christ say concerning Himself? What were His claims and teachings? Jesus said, “No one has ascended into heaven, but He who descended from heaven: the Son of Man.” 4 Jesus established that He was from heaven, and not one of many, but the only one from heaven. It is important to note that heaven is the place of God, where God exists and dwells. By this statement, Jesus is establishing that He has come forth from eternity. He is the only one to have come and gone from eternity. At the time He said this, the statement was received with difficulty, as Jesus is the son of man. His parents were known to be from Nazareth. How could a poor man without any claim to fame or notoriety, without an objective substance or proof of His claim, ever say that He was from Heaven? And yet, Jesus claimed He was the only one from heaven. Jesus said, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; No one comes to the Father except through me.” 5 Jesus is the Word of God as described in previous chapters. He is the basis for all of existence. He is the perfect revelation of God. Jesus is the way of God. He is the one who governs the universe and provides existence. He establishes the order of all things. He tells the sun to give forth light on the earth, and by what measure. Jesus is the truth. He is the truth that makes existence and reality possible. He is not merely true, but He is the truth, the foundation for all that is true. He is the life. He is the unity of man with God. He is the tree of life that existed in the garden with Adam and Eve. He is the one who gives life. He is the author of life. Jesus said, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.” 6 Jesus is the governing authority over the universe. He established the laws of physics and their use. We cannot change the physical laws of space and time. However, Jesus has authority to change them and wisdom to understand them. As the authority over all things, He founded the purpose behind physical laws. As such, when Christ walked the earth, He performed miracles that defied the laws of physics. We hope you are blessed with these fact? If you love Jesus, share this status, visit our page and like it for more updates. https://facebook/HopeAgainFoundation?hc_location=timeline
Posted on: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 18:54:18 +0000
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