WHO IS JESUS?

God loves us while we are yet sinners (Romans 5:8 ). God does not love the way you and I love; we love
conditionally. God loves us no matter what because
where you and I only experience love – God is love (1
John 4:8 ). God loves us even when we don’t love him
back. God has always loved you and he always will. God is the author and infinite manifestation of love.
Now imagine for a moment that you loved
someone very much (a mother, father, son, daughter,
sibling, spouse, relative, friend, etc.) but you cannot
come into contact with the one you love because you
would bring harm to them. Can you see that God loves
us all and desperately wants us to come into personal
relationship with Him? But, we cannot come into God’s
presence because His infinite holiness would bring
death to us by the sin we carry. Our sin is what keeps
us separated from God. This is exactly what Isaiah
saw when he said “Woe is me! for I am undone;” in
Isaiah 6:5 .
But, God is mighty to save (Zephaniah 3:17 ) and His
majesty has no end (Psalm 93:1-2 ) and nothing is
impossible for God (Luke 1:37 ). Because of God’s vast
love for you and me, He made a way for us where
there seems to be no way.
Because God loves us He sent His only son Jesus to
take away the sins of the world! (John 1:29 )
“In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.” - 1 John 4:9
“For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.” - Romans 5:19
At this point we know God is holy, we are sinners,
our sin separates us from God, and the wages of sin is
death and eternal punishment. But, John 3:16 tells us
that “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.” Can you begin to
see why John 3:16 is such a popular verse in the Bible?
Jesus is the Son of God whom the Lord poured His
glory into flesh and dwelt among us. Hebrews 1:3 tells
us that Jesus is the perfect image of God’s glory and the exact imprint of God’s nature. Jesus is God according to John 1:1-14 . God Himself took on humanity through the man Jesus and is both fully man and fully God.
God sent His only son Jesus to walk this earth in
the flesh and be the propitiation of our sins (1 John
4:10 ). Propitiation means the turning away or
satisfying God’s wrath by an offering or atoning
sacrifice. In other words, because God is steadfast in
love and mercy, Jesus paid our sin debt for us, for all
who would believe! Jesus came and lived a sinless life
(Hebrews 4:15 ) and was crucified at Calvary for our
sins (Luke 23:33 ). God raised Jesus to life the third day
(Acts 10:40 ) to be seen by the more than 500               (1Corinthians 15:4-8 ). Jesus ascend into heaven and sat at the right hand of God (Mark 16:19 ). Jesus will come again in glory (Revelation 1:7 ) to judge the quick and the dead (1 Peter 4:5 ) and of His kingdom there will be no end (Luke 1:33 ).
Hebrews 10:1-20 . These verses explain in more depth
the mechanics of how God conquered sin through
Jesus’ sacrifice. These verses also explain how Jesus
did away with the Old Testament Law and ushered in the New Covenant . Hebrews 10:10 says “by the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of
Jesus Christ once for all.” Paul explains the same thing
in a different way in Galatians 3:22-29 . Did you notice
verse Galatians 3:22 said “But the scripture hath
concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of
Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.”
Have you noticed a reoccurring theme about your
need to believe and have faith?

Jesus has already won the battle for us. We
only need to believe and accept God’s grace by faith!
What is grace? Grace is the underserved mercy given
to us by God out of His love for us and His desire for
us to receive salvation. God’s grace provides us a way
to come into His presence but not because of anything
we have done to earn it. We don’t go to heaven
because we think of ourselves as a “good” person .
Remember... the very sin nature within ourselves
prevents us from being able to judge the “goodness” of
our own works. Under God’s plan we are saved by grace
through faith that Jesus Christ took away our sins!
“For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of
yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.” - Ephesians 2:8-9