Who Is This Man Called Jesus?

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During Jesus Christ's earthly ministry, His contemporaries thought He was Elijah or John the Baptist reincarnated (Matt. 16:14), while others claimed He was a false prophet (Luke 7:39), a wino, and a friend of sinners. Many worshiped and adored Him, while the authorities hated Him.

Many people were confused as to who exactly Jesus was. Even Peter, who told Jesus face to face that He was the Son of the living God, denied ever knowing Him when the chips were down. His closest associates (His disciples) became confused and often could not understand His message (Mark 4:13); Jesus often had to explain His message to them in private. Even today, there are hundreds of different interpretations of who He is and the simple message He brought.

Despite these varying views of Jesus of Nazareth, God's Word gives us clear and eloquent descriptions of who He is both past, present, and future. There are dozens, maybe hundreds, of places in the Bible that tell us who this man from Galilee is. Scriptures explain that Jesus, acting on behalf of His Father, is the Creator of all things seen and unseen. Nothing was created or brought into existence without Jesus Christ (John 1:1-3). He is the author and finisher of our faith and the first born among the dead.

Jesus is the Savior (Luke 2:11) of mankind, the redeemer and the Lamb (John 1:29) that was slain for the foundation of the world. He is our baptizer, our cleanser from all unrighteousness. The Son of God is our healer, the great physician of our minds and bodies. He is the giver and sustainer of life for He said, "I am the bread of life" (John 6:35) and the one and only true vine.

Jesus brings us peace when life's problems come our way. He challenges us to cast all our cares on Him, for He cares for us (I Peter 5:7). He is the way, the truth, and the life (John 14:6). Our Lord is our shelter and our hiding place when life's pressures threaten to overwhelm us. He is our master teacher for He told us to follow Him. Jesus is the servant of all human kind, challenging us to follow His example saying, "He who is the greatest among men is the servant of all" (Matt. 23:11).

The chosen one of God is our ministering force whose divine goal is to bring us into the fullness and likeness of God as resurrected sons and daughters in His soon coming Kingdom on earth. He is our counselor, our Prince of peace, our divine consultant who will give us wisdom if we lack it (James 1:5). This Nazarene is our best friend who "sticks closer than a brother" (Prov. 18:24), and promises to be with us even unto the end of the world.

Finally, Jesus Christ is our soon coming King who will take us to be with Him; where He is we will be also. Christ will come and will reign in righteousness upon this earth as Kings of Kings and Lord of Lords. He has an endless measure of joy, fellowship, and communion to give every believer for all eternity.

Jesus Christ is all of the above and much more. The description above only scratches the surface of who He is. Only when we see Him face to face will we fully comprehend the total value He gives to every living creature both in heaven and on earth.

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  • Nelson

    Every time I read some article about Jesus, I´m thinking about a feature not often seen, the courage, and that is very clear in John 8:57. At this point Jesus claimed publicly his divine sonship and knowing that the consequence was the death, having him renounced all his divine powers. Give us courage, Jesus, for we are weak, for we cold sweat before our financial responsibilities, toward our hidden enemies (the worst), during our sleepless night in concern at the future, before all sorts of threats that the world is presenting to us! Give us the courage Jesus, for those moments of weakness, instead of mourning, we can give thanks for our health and for all around us. Give us strength Jesus, so that instead of fear we can feel all the love of our Father toward us and his presence in our lives.
    I read an article some times ago about the fear and insecurity in which the author explained that the consequence of these feelings were selfish, lying, greed, envy, lack of control (in some cases) and many other negative feelings. Jesus, grant us courage to fight any feeling not in accord with the Way, the Truth and the Life!

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