Who Is Jesus?

Jesus is the most important person who has ever lived and his life radically transforms every facet of life. How can we make such a bold statement? It’s because we believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, who is himself truly God and truly human. Jesus was born in the First Century A.D. and lived a completely perfect, sinless life. Thirty-three years later he was brutally killed on a cross so that sinful humanity might be rescued from their sin and reconciled to the true and living God. He died a gruesome death, but three days later he was raised from the dead and even now he lives and reigns in Heaven. Sounds like a crazy story, right? Yet, this is the truest and most important story in all of history, and it is a story that God has been writing since the beginning of time. 

In the beginning God created heaven and earth with man and woman as the pinnacle of his good creation. Humanity was created in God’s image, a gift uniquely given to humanity. This means that only people, unlike the rest of creation, are able to have a relationship with their Creator, the living God. However, the first humans, Adam and Eve, rebelled against the Creator and sin entered the world. Sin is turning away from God and his instructions and following after the rebellious desires of our own hearts. Because of this, the entire human race is born into a broken and sinful world. We all experience the effects of living in this broken world when we face strained relationships, broken marriages, sickness, death of loved ones, hunger and poverty, global turmoil, and all of the other terrible problems of our world. Yet, our good and loving Heavenly Father did not abandon his creation. He began to unfold his plan of redemption that would fix everything that had gone wrong. God’s plan for all of human history is to one day set everything wrong, aright. All the sad things will come untrue. How does this happen? 

God accomplishes his plan through sending his son, Jesus Christ. Because of our rebellion against God, we all deserve eternal punishment and death. But God made a way for us to have our deserved punishment exchanged for undeserved eternal life. This is the beautiful exchange that takes place on the cross. Christ lived a sinless life, never rebelling against God. He did not deserve death or punishment. However, he willingly suffered both death and punishment on our behalf. Because Christ died the death you and I deserved, we are given the blessing of unmerited salvation. But Christ did not stay dead. He rose from the dead, forever conquering death. How do we obtain this salvation? It is only by God’s grace, through faith in Jesus Christ. We must all recognize that there is nothing we can ever do to obtain eternal life apart from Christ and his righteousness. Today you can believe that Jesus Christ is your only hope in life and in death.

Would you like to know more about how to begin this relationship with God and receive Christ as your Lord and Savior? We would love nothing more than to share with you how Christ has radically transformed our lives. Christ has rescued us from eternal death and now we have the hope of new and eternal life in Christ. This hope has changed everything. Please call or email our pastor, Shaphan Helms, and he will be able to share more with you about how you can begin this relationship with the true and living God. He would be happy to help answer any questions you might have. We pray if you are reading this, from this moment on, you will experience freedom in Christ to live a life filled with hope, grace, peace, and love that can only come from God.

What can I read to know more about Jesus? Reading the Gospel of John is a great place to start. It is the fourth book in the New Testament of the Bible and tells of Jesus’ earthly ministry, his death, and glorious resurrection. You can also read The Jesus Storybook Bible. The author of this book beautifully and clearly captures how every story throughout the Bible points to Christ and how he has come as the great rescuer for you and me! Once again, we hope you will reach out and allow us to encourage you as you begin this life-transforming journey of faith.

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