Who Is Jesus Christ, Really?

A lot of people are WRONG about Jesus. But those who have met Him, love Him very much. Let me introduct Him to you.

He is LOVE and all things loving. He is the Creator of All and holds all power in His hands. He created everything that exists and has made us, given us our life and the freedom to choose good or evil. 

Evil is in the world, but it has no power except what power we give it. But when we choose God, He becomes our One Love, our Protector, our Champion, our Counselor, our best friend who never leaves our side and our comfortor. He is all good things, faithful and true. He loves you with His whole heart and is always calling your name to come to Him and know how much He loves you!

Jesus said, "I am the Truth, the Life and the Way."

Jesus is TRUTH and it is important! Truth is something that gets lost in public opinion sometimes.

It is often easier to just go along with what everyone else is saying and thinking, or feeling, rather than searching out the TRUTH and standing on it.

You should have these three points to consider and think about for yourself with your own, independent thought and come to your own conclusion.

And I would love to hear what you think AFTER you have really considered, pondered and even meditated on these things.

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ONE: God is a PERSON. He is a Spirit, but He is a person. Not an energy just floating around in the air. He is a person who loves, hurts and rejoices. He is infinite which makes Him different than any human being, whom He created. He is All-Powerful and no one or nothing is equal to Him. There is no comparison to His power, might, love and grace.

Isn't that exciting?!

So Who is God? What is He like?

This is where so many people get Him wrong. They read the scriptures not looking to know Him, but just to know 'about Him'. These are two completely different things. It's like if someone wrote a book about you...and everyone read it and said, "I know you" because they learned about when you were born and what school you went to, etc. But you had actually never met them before in your life!

They may think they know you but they really don't.

Walking and talking with Him throuhout your life, you really get to know Him in the intimate, personal, deep-soul, loving relationship that you and I were created to have with this loving Heavenly Father.

Yes, He speaks to you every day. We just haven't been taught, most of the time, how to hear His voice. There are so many voices in our heads.

Knowing Him lets you see and feel and experience Him in a real way. He still talks to you and walks with you, unseen, loving and kind. Through everything the world throws at you, He is there waiting to help you, encourage you, guide you into your best life.

GOD IS LOVE.

No other "god" came and died as a man and died so we can live.

Man sinned (which means we chose evil instead of good) which brought evil and death into our world.

And God, being perfectly just, has to go with whatever we choose - good or evil. He will not interfere with our choices even if we choose badly and believe evil lies and allow deception to rule over us. It breaks His heart becuase He loves us so, but He gives us the freedom to choose!

So...Jesus came. God on earth, born into human flesh, as a baby (we celebrate this at Christmas) and walked the earth, telling us how much we were loved, doing thousands of miracles proving who He was - THOUSANDS, and then making the ultimate sacrifice for us, to pay for you sins for you!

Jesus became the perfect, holy sacrifice, because He never sinned. So His blood, as He laid down His life for us on the cross, bleeding out, became our perfect sacrifice. This cleanses not only our lives but our hearts as well.

Jesus took our place and paid for our sins. He loves us and wants us to know Him, personally, as a friend and know His AMAZING LOVE for you. 

The next section tell you how.

JESUS IS CALLING YOU.

Jesus died on the cross for you, in your place, to pay for your sins. Sin brings death and nothing we could do ourselves could ever restore life to us.  So He stepped in.

Jesus's death on the cross, shedding His precious blood provided the perfect sacrifice for you, to cleanse the evil from your blood, your mind and your heart, your spirit.

Then, on the third day, He rose again, walking around seen by hundreds of people.

The only way to apply that forgiveness to your own life is to be what Jesus called, "Born Again". These were Jesus's words to describe the amazing transaction that happens when we come to Him, give our life to Him, make Him our God (instead of being our own god), asking Him for rebirth into His Holy Spirit of love adn grace. We are, at that moment, actually born into His family!

You are spirit. Your spirit is where your life comes from. And your spirit needs to be made truly alive...only in Jesus Christ can you be born anew like this! He is God, the Life-Giver.

Here are some good ways to get to know Him personally:

- Realize He is a person, not just some energy floating around.

- Read your Bible and listen to teachings that reflect what the Bible is actually sayiing. (Be careful who you listen to.)

- Pray: Talk to God all the time as you go about your day. He is with you. Just talk to Him as you would a friend, nothing fancy or memorized and listen for Him to talk to you, too.

- Worship - this brings Him closer because He is present more and more as we worship Him and angels also attend the worshipper.

Get to know Him, personally. 

He is right there with you!

If you mess up, ask for forgiveness and know that He forgives.

God is your Father now and He is perfect in His love for you.

And He is AMAZING! 

GOOD NEXT STEPS:

Now that you are part of the family of God

1. Get a Holy Bible (New International Version is a good one). Some religions have rewritten the Bible so get this one, it's really good and true to the original writings. Start at the section called the New Testament (the second part of the Bible that begins with Jesus coming)

2. Pray - Talk to Him as a friend. Normal and naturally, just like He is someone there with you, becuase He is. He speaks your language and even jokes and laughs with you. Talk to Him all day and take alone time, too, to talk with Him uninterrupted.

4. Worship - that means that we remember how wonderful He is, what an increadible sacrifice He made for us and thank Him, make our heart glad in Him and speak out or sing out how wonderful He is.

5. Watch your choices. Holy Spirit now lives in you and you can feel when you are making good choices or bad...when you are speaking true and good words or bad. Choose well, especially your words.
And let the Love of God fill you, heal you and embrace Him as He embraces you as His beloved child and member of His own family.

6.  Also, find other Christians who believe the Bible. As you read it you will want to find others who also read it and believe like you do. Finding others or finding a church can be daunting, but God lives in you now and will guide you. Ask Him to help you. It is wonderful being with others who really know Him and love Him and they should love you, too. And if you find a church, ask them about getting baptized.  

Just remember: you do not give your loyalty to a church or any man...but only to God Himself. You and God are now an unstoppable team!

Let us know if you make this decision so we can rejoice with you and pray for you. And let us know if you have questions.

Old things are now falling away and new life is beginning to flow through you...a new way of thinking and living! Freedom, grace and power is now yours in Christ Jesus.

Talk to Him and listen. He is speaking to you.

Find and write out a few of these verses (below) from the Bible that may be helpful to you and put them on your wall. 

You find them this way:

NAME OF BOOK (space) CHAPTER:VERSE

John 3:16

Look up the book in the table of contents. The chapters are the large numbered sections with little portions called verses numbered inside of those.

John 3:16

Philippians 4:8

1 John 4 (the entire chapter)

Note that John and 1 John are separate books. 1, 2 and 3 John are shorter books near the back

Stay in the New Testament for now. It tells of the new life in Jesus. The Old Testament is of ancient times and a little harder to understand.

GOD IS WITH YOU!

GOD IS FOR YOU!

GOD LOVES YOU WITH PASSION!

And He will never leave you alone!