JESUS IS GOD
Copyright Loren Davis 2010
*Note: All scriptures are KJV.
No
one has ever stirred as much discussion,
controversy and passion as Jesus Christ.
The unprecedented thing about these phenomena is that after so many
centuries the world still has a greater fixation on Him than ever. Why? People love Him or hate Him, but one thing
is certain, no one can ignore Him.
Recently I received an e-mail strongly declaring that the Bible does not
say Jesus is God nor is He the Creator. Why, 2000
years after He walked the earth, is there still such
an uproar about Him? Who really
is this Jesus?
JESUS is
God!
1.
Jesus is a MEMBER of the
Godhead, the Trinity, which consists of the Father, the Son and the Holy
Ghost.
Gen
1:26 “And God said, Let us
make man in our image, after our likeness:”
Jesus
was part of the US and the OUR.
Rom
1:20 “For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are
clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power
and Godhead;”
Acts
17:29 … speaks of the GODHEAD.
Colossians
2:9 For “in Him (Jesus) dwelleth all the fullness of the
Godhead bodily.”
1
John 5:7 “For there are Three that bear record in heaven, the
Father, the Word (Jesus, John 1:1-14), and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.”
John
14:20 “At that day ye shall know that I am
in my Father,”
2. JESUS
EXISTED AND MANIFESTED BEFORE BEING BORN IN HUMAN FORM.
a. JESUS IS
THE GREAT CREATOR
John
1:1-3 “In the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was
in the beginning with God. All
things were made by him;
and without him was not any thing made that was made.”
John
1:14 “And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his
glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and
truth.” (THE WORD IS JESUS!)
John
1:10 “He was in the
world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew
him not.”
Col.
1:15-19 “For BY HIM (Jesus) were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth,
visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or
principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: And he is before all
things, and by him all things consist. And he is the
head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the
dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence. For it pleased the
Father that in him should all fulness dwell;”
THE CREATION STORY OF GENESIS 1 WHICH
SAYS ‘GOD CREATED’, IS REFERRING TO JESUS.
Gen
1:1-2:1 “In the beginning God (JESUS) created the Heaven and
the earth.”
Gen
2:7 “And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into
his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.”
THE FATHER WAS THE DESIGNER OF THE
WORLD, THE UNIVERSE, MAN AND ALL LIVING THINGS. JESUS CREATED THEM WORKING WITH
THE HOLY SPIRIT. (Gen. 1:26 “Let US
make man”).
Gen
1:2 “And the Spirit of God moved
upon the face of the waters.”
John 8:28-29 “When ye have lifted up the
Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself;
but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things. And he that sent
me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that
please him.”
b. JESUS IS
THE GREAT ‘I AM’
Ex
3:14 “And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT
I AM : and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.”
John
8:58 “Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was,
I
am.”
c. jesus was THE 4th
man in THE fire with the 3 hebrew children.
Dan
3:25 “He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of
the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the
Son of God.”
d. JESUS
MANIFESTED AS ‘THE ONLY BEGOTTEN SON OF GOD’. (John 3:16). THIS IS KNOWN AS ‘THE INCARNATION’ which means that GOD
became flesh and took on human form and dwelled among men.
John
1:18 “No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which
is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.”
How did God become flesh? Jesus had an earthly mother. That’s
where He got his flesh, but the
difference in Him from the rest of mankind was that his father was not an
earthly one, but was the Heavenly Father. That
meant He had God’s divine blood
and God’s mind in a human body. That is why Jesus is the called
‘ONLY BEGOTTEN’ Son of God. The NIV,
The Message, NASB, etc., all delete ‘the Only Begotten’ from John 3:16. (See the article: ‘Changing the Bible’, www.lorendavis.com)
1
Cor 2:16-3:1 “For who hath known the
mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him?”
Matt
1:18 “Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary
was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of
the Holy Ghost.”
*Jesus was the only one ever to be ‘God in
the flesh’, a human body conceived by the Holy Ghost, not by a man.
Matt
1:23 “Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a
son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being
interpreted is, God with us.”
Phil
2:6-8 “Who, being in the form of God, thought it not
robbery to be equal with God: But made himself of no
reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being found in fashion as a man,
he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the
cross.”
2
Cor 4:4 “In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which
believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is
the
image of God, should shine unto them.”
John
6:46 “Not that any man hath seen the Father , save he which is of God, He hath
seen the Father.”
Col
1:15-19 “Who is the
image of the invisible God,” “For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;”
1
Tim 3:16 “And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God
was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached
unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.”
Rom
8:3 “For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God
sending his own Son in the
likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:”
Heb
5:7-8 “Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers
and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save
him from death,”
Eph
2:15 “Having abolished in his flesh the enmity…so
making peace;”
JESUS IS CALLED ‘GOD’ AND ‘THE
LORD’ JUST LIKE THE HEAVENLY FATHER
John
20:28 , After Jesus’ resurrection. “And
Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.”
1
Peter 3:15-16 “But sanctify the
Lord God in your hearts:”
Jude
4 “and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ”
Rom
1:7 “Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.”
1
Tim 6:15 “Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only
Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;”
Acts
16:31-32 “And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ
, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. And they spake unto him the
word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house.”
Mark
2:28-3:1 “Therefore the Son of
man (Jesus) is Lord
also of the sabbath.”
Col
3:24 “…for ye serve the
Lord Christ.”
Isa
6:1 “In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a
throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple”
JESUS FORGAVE SINS
Mark
2:5-12 “When Jesus saw their faith,
he said unto the sick of the palsy,
Son, thy sins be forgiven thee. But there were certain
of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts, Why doth this man
thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only?
And immediately when Jesus perceived in his spirit that they so reasoned within
themselves, he said unto them, Why
reason ye these things in your hearts? Whether
is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven thee;
or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk? But that ye may know that the
Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (he saith to the sick of the palsy,) I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy
bed, and go thy way into thine house. And immediately he arose, took up the
bed, and went forth before them all; insomuch that they were all amazed,
and glorified God, saying, We never saw it on this fashion.”
JESUS SITS ON THE RIGHT HAND OF THE
HEAVENLY FATHER
1
Peter 3:22-4:1 “Who is gone into heaven (Jesus),
and is
on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being
made subject unto him.”
Heb
8:1 “We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;”
Jesus
is God!
JESUS IS HOLY
Ps
16:10 “For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine
Holy One to see corruption.” (This is referring to Christ’s death. He was raised from the dead before His body
corrupted).
Acts
13:35 “Wherefore he saith also in another psalm, Thou shalt not suffer thine
Holy One to see corruption.”
Luke
4:34 Demons recognized who Jesus
was. They cried out, “Saying, Let us
alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus
of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art; the Holy One of God.”
1
Sam 2:2 “There is none holy as the Lord: for there is none beside
thee: neither is there any rock like our God.” Jesus is God!
JESUS IS THE
RIGHTEOUS ONE
Isa
53:11 “He shall see of the travail of his soul (Jesus), and shall be satisfied:
by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many;
for he shall bear their iniquities.”
Rom
3:10 “As it is written, There is none
righteous, no, not one:”
No
man is righteous, only God. Without
Jesus it is impossible for anyone to be righteous. Jesus is God!
JESUS IS ‘THE TRUTH’
John
14:6 “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth,” His truth is
found in the KJV Bible. (See the article: ‘Changing the Bible’,
www.lorendavis.com)
JESUS IS THE LIGHT
John
8:12 “Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world:
he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.”
John
1:4-9 “In him was life; and the life
was the light of men. And the light
shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. There was a man sent
from God, whose name was John. The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him
might believe. He was not that Light , but was sent to bear witness of that Light. That was the true Light, which lighteth every
man that cometh into the world.”
John
3:19-21 “And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and
men loved darkness rather than light , because their deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light,
neither cometh to the light , lest his deeds should be reproved. But he that doeth truth cometh to the light,
that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.”
John
12:36 “While ye have light , believe in the light , that ye may be
the children of light.”
JESUS IS THE
LIGHT OF THE NEW JERUSALEM, HEAVEN
Rev 21:23 “And the city had no need of the
sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it,
and the
Lamb (Jesus) is the light thereof.”
MOST PEOPLE DON’T REALIZE THAT JESUS IS
GOD
They just put Him in the same category
as another prophet or religious leader.
John
14:9-10 “Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet
hast thou not known me, Philip? he
that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us
the Father? Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me?
the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that
dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.”
GOD HATERS, CHRIST HATERS
Rom
1:30 “…haters of God”
John
15:23 “He
that hateth me hateth my Father also.”
John
14:21 “And he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father , and I will
love him, and will manifest myself to him.”
It is impossible to have It is
impossible to have God, the heavenly Father, without Jesus!
John 14:6 “…no
man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”
John
20:21 “Then said Jesus to them
again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me,”
THE SPIRIT OF ANTICHRIST
Many
nations have outlawed preaching about Jesus.
Public schools in America and many nations have forbidden speaking his
names in class rooms, but allow other religions to be discussed freely. Christ is the
offense. Public schools in America have now changed the dating system that has
been held for two centuries, A.D. (After Christ Died) to a.d.e., AFTER Common Era; and B.C. (Before Christ) to B.C.E., before common era. The purpose of this is not difficult to
figure out. It is an attempt to totally
erase the memory of Jesus Christ from the earth. This generation is not the first generation to try to do this,
but they don’t really know what they are doing. They are fighting God and they are going to lose.
Rev
13:6 “And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blasphEme his name, and his
tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.”
Many
movies, documentaries and books incessantly attack the divinity of Jesus. Why are they spending so much time on Him? They
definitely have an antichrist agenda of defaming Jesus Christ and denigrating
the Bible.
Many Bible
translations delete SCRIPTURES SHOWING the divinity of Christ. (See the
article: ‘Changing the Bible’, www.lorendavis.com)
A famous
televangelist proclaimed in one of his sermons, “Jesus is not God!” SOME PREACHERS SAY that we are equal with God and that we are an incarnation of God as much as
Jesus Christ. THESE ARE ALL BLASPHEMOUS STATEMENTS. it is the spirit of antichrist! Many preachers pervert scriptures that talk about
Jesus and fraudulently apply those scriptures to themselves, making
themselves gods.
2
Tim 3:2-7 “For men shall be lovers of
their own selves, covetous, boasters,
proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce,
despisers of those that are good, Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of
pleasures more than lovers of God; Having
a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. For of this sort are they which creep into houses,
and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, Ever learning, and never able to come to
the knowledge of the truth.” KJV
Jude
4 “For there are certain men crept in
unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly
men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord
Jesus Christ.” KJV
(See
the article: ‘Profiling the Antichrist’, www.lorendavis.com)
True men of God
humble themselves and exalt THE LORD JESUS Christ.
John
3:30 John the Baptist said, “He
must increase , but I must decrease.” KJV
JESUS WILL BE THE
ONE WHO WILL OPEN THE SEVEN SEALS OF THE WRATH OF GOD IN
THE GREAT TRIBULATION.
Rev
5:5 “And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the
Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals
thereof.”
Jude
14-15 Jude 14-15 “Behold, the Lord
cometh with ten thousands of his saints, To execute judgment upon all,
and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard
speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”
Rom
12:19 “Vengeance is mine; I will
repay, saith the Lord.”
THE WRATH OF GOD
John 3:36 “He that believeth
on the Son hath everlasting life: and he
that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God
abideth on him.”
Col 3:6 “For which things'
sake the
wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:”
Ps
68:1-2 “Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them
also that hate him flee before him. As
smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let
the wicked perish at the presence of God.”
Rev
6:16-7:1 “And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the
face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb (Jesus): For the
great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?”
Rev
19:12-16 “His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were
many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in
blood: and his name is called The Word
of God. And the armies
which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen,
white and clean. And out of his mouth
goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall
rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness
and wrath of Almighty God. And he
hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, and Lord of Lords.”
All
who ignore, reject or fight Jesus will face Him someday. Remember, Jesus is going to be your judge to
determine where you spend eternity.
THE JUDGMENT SEAT OF CHRIST
Heb
10:31 “It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.”
John
5:22 “For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed
all judgment unto the Son:”
2
Cor 5:10 “For we must all appear before the
judgment seat of Christ ; that every one may receive the things
done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.”
Rev 20:11-13 “And I saw a great white throne , and him
that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there
was found no place for them. And I saw
the dead, small and great, stand
before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which
is the book of life: and the dead were
judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to
their works. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell
delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man
according to their works.” (See the
article: ‘The Great White Throne
Judgment’, www.lorendavis.com)
Rom
14:11-12 “For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall
bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God. So then every one
of us shall give account of himself to God.”
Prov
9:10 Prov 9:10 “The fear of the Lord
is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is
understanding”
Ps
24:1 “The earth is the Lord's, and the
fullness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.”
God
is going to take this world back from the wicked! JESUS IS GOD!
DIVERSITY OF RELIGIONS AND THE LORD GOD
JESUS CHRIST
God is not against freedom of religion. He lets
people have a choice.
Josh
24:15 “And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve;”
Ex
20:3 But God warns, “Thou
shalt have no other gods before me.”
Ex
23:25 “And ye shall serve the Lord your God, and he shall bless thy bread,
and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.”
Acts
19:26 “…this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they
be no gods, which are made with hands:”
Ex
34:14 “For thou shalt worship no other god: for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is
a jealous God:”
Isa
44:8 “Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God;”
Isa
45:5 “I am the Lord, and there is none else, there is no God beside me”
Isa
44:6 “I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.”
Isa
43:10 “…before me there was no God formed, neither shall there
be after me”
Hos
13:4 “I am the Lord thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no god but me:
for there is no saviour beside me.”
2
Kings 5:15 “Behold, now I know that there
is no God in all earth, but in Israel:”
Deut
32:39 “See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me (referring
to other gods):”
JESUS HAD POWER OVER DEATH
EVEN DEATH COULD NOT RESIST HIM. HE RAISED LAZARUS
AND A LITTLE GIRL FROM THE DEAD. HE SPOKE AND FUNERAL PROCESSIONS TURNED FROM MOURNING INTO DANCING. HE WAS THE
SACRIFICIAL LAMB OF GOD, BUT EVEN HAD THE POWER
TO RAISE HIMSELF FROM THE DEAD. HE
SAID I HAVE POWER TO LAY DOWN MY LIFE AND TO RAISE IT UP AGAIN. John 10:17.
John
11:25 “Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection , and the life : he that believeth in me,
though he were dead, yet shall he live:”
1 Cor 15:25-26 “For he must
reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. The last enemy that shall be
destroyed is death.”
JESUS HAD POWER
OVER DEMONS AND DISEASE
Luke
4:36 “What a word is this! for with
authority and power he commandeth the unclean spirits, and they come out.”
John 7:46 “no ever man spake like this
man (Jesus).”
Matt
11:2-6 “Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two
of his disciples, And said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look
for another? Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and shew John again those things which ye do hear and see: The blind
receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf
hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them. And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in
me.”
John
10:36-38 “Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the
world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God? If I do not the works of my Father, believe
me not. But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye
may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him.”
JESUS SAID,
“ALL POWER IS GIVEN ME IN HEAVEN AND IN EARTH.” Mt 28:18.
HE SPOKE AND THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH
WERE CREATED. HE IS THE ONE WHO LAID OUT THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE WORLD AND DIVIDED THE
LAND FROM THE WATERS. HE PUT THE
GRAVITATION IN GRAVITY. JESUS IS THE ONE WHO PUT THE GOLD, DIAMONDS,
RUBIES, EMERALDS AND PRESCIOUS STONES IN THE EARTH. HE MADE THE URANIUM, COAL AND OIL AND PUT THEM IN THE DEEP DARK
REGIONS OF THE EARTH. HE JUST SPOKE,
‘AND IT WAS SO’.
HE
PUT OXYGEN IN THE AIR SO WE COULD
BREATHE. HE FEEDS THE BIRDS OF THE AIR, THE FISH OF THE SEA AND THE BEASTS
OF THE FIELD EACH AND EVERY DAY. HE
CLOTHES THE HILLS AND MEADOWS WITH GRASS AND FLOWERS AND IS THE SOURCE OF LIFE ON EARTH.
HE IS THE ONE WHO CONTROLS THE TIDES;
MADE THE FOUR SEASONS; AND IS THE
SOURCE OF THE FUEL FOR THE SUN. HE IS THE ONE WHO PUTS THE TWINKLE IN THE STARS; DESIGNED
THE LAWS OF NATURE AND MADE NATURE’S PATTERNS THAT THE ALMANAC
FOLLOWS. HE MADE SEEDTIME AND HARVEST. HE
SET THE WORLD IN MOTION SO IT WOULD MAKE A
FULL ROTATION EVERY TWENTY FOUR HOURS. HE SET
THE TIME TABLE FOR THE ECLIPSES OF
THE MOON AND SUN. HE PUTS THE HEAT
IN SUMMER; THE COLD IN WINTER; THE COOL IN SPRING AND FALL.
HE
IS THE ONE WHO GATHERS THE ANIMALS FOR THE
GREAT MIGRATION IN AFRICA WHICH BEGINS EVERY YEAR AT THE SAME TIME JUST
LIKE CLOCKWORK. HE PUT THE INSTINCT IN
THE SALMON SO THEY WILL RETURN TO THEIR BIRTH PLACE TO LAY EGGS JUST BEFORE
THEY DIE. HE IS THE ONE WHO PUTS RAIN IN THE CLOUDS AND DESIGNS THE
MAGNIFICIENT RAINBOWS. HE MADE THE DIRT BROWN; PAINTED THE SKY BLUE;
PUT THE GREEN IN THE GRASS, THE RED IN THE ROSE AND THE WHITE IN THE SNOW. HE PUTS THE SILVER LINING IN THE CLOUDS; THE COLORS IN THE FLOWER AND THE FRAGRANCE IN THE ROSE. HE IS THE SOURCE OF ALL BEAUTY. HE PAINTS NEW SPECTACULAR UNIQUE SUNSETS EVERY EVENING.
HE
IS THE ONE WHO GIVES LIFE TO A NEWLY
CONCEIVED BABY. HE IS THE LIFE IN THE BLOOD. HE STARTS THE
NEW BABY’S HEART TO BEATING. HE IS THE
ONE WHO BRINGS ABOUT THE INCREDIBLE MIRACLE
OF THE BIRTH OF A BABY. HE GIVES THE MIRACLE OF EYESIGHT TO EYES SO THEY CAN SEE; HE GIVES THE MIRACLE OF SOUND TO EARS’ SO THEY CAN HEAR. HE GIVES THE ABILITY TO SMELL TO THE NOSE.
HE PUTS TASTE BUDS ON THE
TONGUE SO IT CAN TASTE. HE GIVES
FEELING TO THE TOUCH. HE MAKES
EACH CREATURE REPRODUCE AFTER ITS OWN KIND.
(1 COR. 15:37-39). HE GIVES THE BRAIN THE ABILITY TO THINK. HE IS THE ONE WHO GIVES EACH PERSON HIS OWN
DISTINCT DNA and OWN PERSONALIZED fingerprints.
HE
TOLD NOAH A FLOOD WAS COMING AND GIVE
HIM THE PLANS TO BUILD THE ARK.HE
IS THE ONE WHO SHOOK THE WALLS OF JERICHO
AND MADE THEM TO CRUMBLE. HE DEFIED NATURE AND MADE THE TO SUN STAND STILL FOR JOSHUA. IN EGYPT, WHEN PHAROAH DEFIED HIM, HE ORDERED THE FROGS; FLIES; PESTILENCE; HAIL; AND
LOCUSTS TO COVER THE LAND. THEY ALL
OBEYED HIS COMMAND AND CAME AT HIS BECKONING.
ONCE MORE HE DEFIED THE LAWS OF NATURE AND MADE THE RED SEA OPEN AND THE WATERS TO
STAND UP LIKE A STIFF WALL SO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL COULD ESCAPE THEIR
TASK MASTER. HE THEN
DROPPED THE SAME SEA ON PHAROAH AND HIS EGYPTIAN ARMY WHEN THEY PURSUED THEM. PHAROAH
THOUGHT HE COULD FIGHT THE LORD GOD, BUT IT COST HIM HIS ARMY AND HIS
LIFE.
WHEN
JONAH BALKED AT THE LORD’S ORDERS,
HE SENT A GREAT FISH TO GET HIM AND
TO BRING HIM TO NINEVAH. HE ORDERED THE RAVENS TO FEED ELIJAH, AND THEY
DID. HE CALLED THE QUAILS TO COME FEED HIS CHILDREN IN THE WILDERNESS, AND THEY
CAME. HE BROUGHT THE RAIN WHEN
ELIJAH PRAYED. HE ORDERED A WHIRLWIND
TO CARRY ELIJAH TO HEAVEN; AN EARTHQUAKE
TO DELIVER PAUL AND SILAS.
THERE
NEVER WAS ANYONE LIKE HIM WHO WALKED ON THIS EARTH. THE GOVERNMENT OF ROME FEARED HIM MORE THAN THEY FEARED ALL THE
BARBARIAN ARMIES. HYPOCRITICAL RELIGIOUS LEADERS HATED HIM AND COULD NOT CONTROL HIM.
HE SAID NO TO SATAN WHEN HE WAS TEMPTED. HE WOULD NOT BE BOUGHT AT ANY PRICE. SIN COULD FIND NO PLACE
IN HIM. HE ALWAYS HAD TIME FOR CHILDREN AND THE POOR. HE IS BOTH THE LION AND THE LAMB OF GOD.
HE HEALED THE CRIPPLES, THE
BLIND, LEPERS, AND ALL MANNER OF SICKNESS AND DISEASE. HE IS THE
DELIVERER FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN PERIL. HE IS THE PRINCE OF PEACE FOR THOSE WHO ARE TROUBLED. HE IS THE SOURCE OF ALL BLESSINGS.
HE
SPOKE TO A TREE AND IT DIED AND TO A STORM AND IT CALMED. HE FILLED THE
DISCIPLES EMPTY NETS WITH JUST A
WORD. HE USED A FISH AS A CARRIER TO BRING MONEY
TO THE DISCIPLES TO PAY THEIR TAXES. HE FED
THOUSANDS WITH TWO LOAVES AND FIVE FISH. HE TRANSFORMED WATER INTO WINE. HE WALKED ON
WATER AS IF IT WERE DRY LAND. WATER
COULD NOT SINK HIM.
WE
THINK IN TERMS OF THE FINITE. HE THINKS IN TERMS OF THE INFINITE. WE THINK OF OUR LIMITATIONS,
BUT HE KNOWS NO LIMITS. WE THINK OF IMPOSSIBILITIES, BUT HE
KNOWS NONE. WE THINK IN TERMS OF TIME.
HE THINKS IN TERMS OF ETERNITY. GRAVITY HAD NO POWER OVER HIM WHEN HE
DECIDED TO ASCEND TO HEAVEN, THIS WORLD COULD NOT HOLD HIM. TODAY HE
HOLDS THE WORLD IN THE PALM OF HIS HAND.
HE LOVES THE UNLOVELY AND CAN RELATE TO THE DESPISED AND REJECTED (Isa.
53). JESUS ALONE GIVES HOPE TO THE HOPELESS AND GIVES TO EVERY
MAN ‘THE MEASURE OF FAITH’. HE IS THE
LIGHT THAT SHINES IN A DARK WORLD. HE IS THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN TRANSFORM
DRUNKS, DRUG ADDICTS, PROSTITUTES, THIEVES
AND LIARS, AND MAKE THEM RESPECTABLE CITIZENS AND WONDERFUL
CHILDREN OF GOD.
HE GIVES US THE PROMISE OF BEING
RESURRECTED FROM THE DEAD AND OF LIFE
AFTER DEATH. HE SAID BECAUSE I WAS
RAISED FROM THE DEAD EVERYONE WHO BELIEVES IN ME SHALL ALSO BE RAISED FROM THE
DEAD. (1 Co 15:12-23). ONLY JESUS PROMISES THE RESURRECTION. (John 3:16).
JESUS ALONE GIVES PEACE TO DYING
HUMANITY. THOSE WHO KNOW HIM KNOW
THAT DEATH IS JUST THE SPIRIT LEAVING THIS FLESHLY BODY (1 Co 15). FOR THE CHILD OF GOD, DEATH IS NOT THE END,
BUT JUST THE BEGINNING OF LIVING WITH GOD IN HEAVEN FOREVER. Rev 3:21, 21:1-27. “TO BE ABSENT FROM THE BODY IS TO BE PRESENT WITH THE
LORD.” 2 Co 5:8.
JESUS is our Rock, our strong
tower, our refuge, our defense in the time of trouble (Ps 62). He is the commander of the chariots of fire and of
all the angels in heaven.
WHO IS ‘THIS JESUS? THE REVELATION OF JESUS CHRIST
*All scriptures are KJV
Jesus
said, I am the root and the offspring of
David, and the bright and morning
star. He is the faithful witness,
the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. (Rev
1:5-6) He said I
am Alpha and Omega (Rev.1:11), the beginning and the ending, the first and the last, which is, which was, and which is to come, the Almighty. (Rev.
1:7-8)
His head and his
hair ARE white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes are as a flame of fire (Rev. 19:12). His feet are like fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.
(Rev 1:13-18) He holds the seven stars in his right hand, and walks in the midst
of the seven golden candlestickS: and out
of his mouth goes a sharp two edged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shines in his strength. (Rev.
1:12-18)
he opens, and no man shuts; and shuts, and no man
opens. He is the Amen, the faithful and true witness (Rev. 3:14). He is the Son of God. He is holy, he is true, he has the key of
David, He said, I am he that liveth,
and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore (Rev 1:13-18);
and have the keys of hell and of death. he has created all things for his pleasure. He is the Lamb that was slain who Sits down with His Father in his throne, and lives forever. (Rev.
3:21)
And they sung
a new song, saying, Thou art worthy
to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of
every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation. And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb (Rev. 15:3), saying, Great and marvellous
are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints. Who shall not fear
thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy: for all nations
shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest.
And
THEY cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation
to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb. After this I beheld, and,
lo, a great multitude, which no man
could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the
Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands; And cried with a
loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and
unto the Lamb. and worshipped God, fell before the throne on their faces, and
worshipped God, Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and
thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and
ever. (Rev. 7:10)
The Lord God Almighty and the
Lamb are the temple of it. And the temple was filled with smoke from
the glory of God, and from his power. (Rev. 21:22)
These
shall make war with the Lamb, and the
Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and
they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful. (Rev. 17:14)
We
give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come;
because thou hast taken to thee thy
great power, and hast reigned. (Rev. 11:17)
Salvation,
and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God: To
him be glory and dominion forever and ever. (Rev. 1:6)
And
there were great voices in heaven, saying, The
kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ;
and he shall reign forever and ever. (Rev. 11:15)
WHAT MAKES JESUS DIFFERENT? NEED I SAY MORE?
JESUS IS NOT JUST A FOUNDER OF ANOTHER RELIGION…,
JESUS IS GOD! A member of the Godhead, the Trinity.
JESUS IS THE ONLY WAY TO HEAVEN
Acts
4:12 “Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name
under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.”
John
3:16-18 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that
whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”
Acts 2:21 “And it shall come
to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.”
Rom
10:9 “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus,
and shalt believe in thine heart that
God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.”
1
John 1:9 “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us
from all unrighteousness.”
2
Cor 6:2 “behold, now is the
accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.”