Who is Jesus?

Welcome back! Now would be a good time to share a little more information about Jesus. Jesus was the Word of God made flesh upon earth. He is the Son of God. He is the Messiah (promised deliverer) spoken of by Old Testament prophets, and later in the Bible He is referred to as the Christ:

Isaiah 7:14, “Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.” Note: Immanuel means “God with us.”

Isaiah 9:6, “For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.”

Isaiah 53:3-7, “He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.

Matthew 1:16, “And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.”

Matthew 16:16, “And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.”

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.”

Jesus came to this earth to preach about the kingdom of God and to introduce the New Covenant requirements. Under the Old Covenant, God’s people were expected to follow the law in order to remain in right standing with Him. The law included the Ten Commandments plus hundreds of other laws governing the key aspects of living a holy, healthy, harmonious, and prosperous life. However, the New Covenant opened up a brand new way for people to be saved from death. That way is through Jesus.

John 14:6, “Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.’”

Acts 4:12, “Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”