Who is Jesus Christ?

Short Answer Version

Billions of people recognize that Jesus Christ has been the most influential human who has ever lived, fulfilling His hugely important mission on this planet.

Jesus came to earth, humbling Himself from His exalted position in heaven to be a human, relate with people, help them, teach them, motivate them, and save them by His sacrifice on the cross and resurrection.

He died in our place, and rose so we too can experience new-miracle-eternal life. He lives on and His importance has never dimished. Neither has His divinity.

He is completely deserving of all the glory, love, praise, worship, and friendship we can give Him. Of course you also know by now that He is the one we believe in if we want to be saved and go to heaven.

Long Answer Version

Imagine God becoming a man, so He could walk among people as a humble and kind person. He could experience what they experience and teach them truthful wisdom. As the respected leaders of His time pointed out, He displayed wisdom and authority that could not be rivaled by anyone else.

Jesus spoke often of love, and demonstrated it every day. That describes Jesus as He lived physically on earth. Then He died sacrificially for us and rose again on the third day afterward. Forty days later, He ascended into the air, while being witnessed by a crowd of over 500 people, to whom He had just been preaching.

As the respected leaders of His time pointed out, He displayed wisdom and authority that could not be rivaled by anyone else. He spoke often of love, and demonstrated it every day. That describes Jesus as He lived physically on earth. Then He died sacrificially for us and rose again on the third day afterward. Forty days later, He ascended into the air, while being witnessed by a crowd of over 500 people, to whom He had just been preaching.

In the Bible's depictions of Jesus we see much of His human side. We get a glimpse of what His personality was like during the early first century. We also see His divine side in many ways.

Today, we can pray and spend time with Him. We can get to know what He is like in person when we develop a spiritual and emotional connection with Him. Often we hear that people like this will see their lives and beings change for the better. Jesus on earth literally called His Father God, “Daddy” (''Abba'' in His common language). He told us that He and the Father are one. He wanted us to know His Father in the same intimate way.

Many who get to know Him find Jesus beautiful on the inside. Millions of people consider Him more beautiful than any other person. There is nobody more deserving of our respect, love, praise, glory, and worship than He.

Jesus is majestic and powerful, yet friendly, loving, fun, and enjoyable. He is knowable. People can meet Him, greet Him, and even be sweet to Him. He can do the same with us. I have found Him to be the most loving, caring, strong, and wise person of all. It is not only for His sake that we recognize and admit so much glory about Him, but for ours. It changes our hearts.

One of the things that drew me to Jesus is that He died on the cross to remove the separation between God and me. I was told that when I received Him as my Savior, I could have DIRECT CONTACT WITH GOD! Wow. That cinched the deal. It turned out the person who said this to me was right. I have experienced this direct contact with God thousands of times, and you can too.

People call Him “Christ”. That has become a title, like the word “President”. The word “President” means the person who “presides” over a group of people. I am convinced that “Christ” means the one person who most profoundly delivers, saves, and leads God’s followers.

For my country there is only one President. But a presidency is temporary. For all time and all people, there is only one person who deserves the title ''Christ'' today, and that is Jesus.

Christ is a translation for the word ''Messiah''. The word literally translated ''Anointed One'', was originally a reference to Aaron the first high priest of Israel. God commanded that Aaron be anointed with oil mixed with spices, for a seet fragrance denoting the Spirit of the Lord on him.

The word "Messiah" is packed full of meaning. One woman to whom Jesus spoke, the ''woman at the well'', let us know what it meant in her time. She said to Him, '' “I know that Messiah is coming” (who is called Christ). “When He comes, He will tell us all things.'' Jesus replied, ''I who speak to you am He.'' God revealed this to the apostle Peter who told Jesus, '' You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.''

Read His story in the New Testament, how he was born, grew up, taught people, and died, resurrected, and ascended into Heaven. Read all His wise sayings and see all the good things He did. That is the best way to begin understanding who Jesus Christ is.

The apostle Paul said about Jesus: ''He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross. Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.''

Think about it: Sooner or later, my knee and your knee will bow at the name of Jesus, and we will each confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God our Father.

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