| If nothing else ever comes of your visit here and you never return to
this site, we want to ask you "Who is Jesus?" Some will say that He is a
good man or teacher, others say He is a lunatic, and others believe His claim
to be God in human flesh. Jesus made the claim on several occasions to be
God, and so it would be hard to call Him a good man if He were either a liar
or so terribly deceived as to make such a statement. If He were a lunatic,
He deserves our pity and heartfelt sorrow for His condition. But, if He is
who He claims to be, then He should be a person we must come to grips with
personally. We pray that you will search for Him with an open heart and mind.
We write these pages every day to help those who already believe, those who
are seeking answers and those who don't believe to understand better.
We encourage you to write if you find something that is not clear. What God
has done for us means enough that we want to share it with anyone who will
hear. We don't get paid. This is on our own time. We're here for you.
What about all the "Thou shalt not..." stuff you remember hearing about?
The Bible is not this terrible rule book, or just a list of "do"s and "don't"s.
It is a letter of encouragement to each one of us. Rules against murder
and stealing are pretty easy things to understand. Jesus gave us two "Thou
shalt..." rules. Not tough at all: Love God, and Love your neighbor as you
love yourself. Not hard to understand either. The world would be a better
place if those were the rules for all of us.
What about the idea of Jesus dying for our sins?
Sin is simply disobeying God's rules, which we breifly discussed above. None
of us is perfect, and we break these rules. God is perfect and can not allow
imperfection in to His presenece. So that separates us from God. Nothing
we can do will make us perfect again. So, Jesus came and lived a perfect
life and died in our place. On the cross, the Father turned His back on Jesus
because Jesus willingly took on our imperfections. He was separated from
God the Father - our punishment. But that paid the penalty for sin for us.
Because of that all we have to do to ask God to accept what Jesus did
for us. If we can ask God to forgive us and are willing to repent (a
big word for 'turn away from') of our sins, God has promised to accept us.
It is that simple.
If you still have questions, there is a lot of help available. First of all,
you can write to any of us. We'd love to help. Or the Internet is filled
with good information on God's love and forgiveness too. Here are a few links
to help start your journey.
[Jesus speaking] Behold, I stand at the door and knock;
if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come to him, and dine
with him, and he with Me [Rev 3:20 (NAS)]
God does care.
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He is easily among the most influential figures in history. He has been
castigated as a liar, lauded as a masterful teacher of philosophy, ridiculed
as a myth, and hailed as Lord and Savior.
But in the end, we each must decide for ourselves what to do with this
man Jesus.
Campus Crusade for Christ has put together an interactive
walk through the facets of the question:
Who is Jesus? |
A Question of Eternal Importance
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