Bible Question #5


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Bible Question #5
	Why is THE LORD JESUS CHRIST . . . THE UNIQUE PERSON OF THE UNIVERSE? Each of the four Gospel accounts in the scriptures give certain details about the 3-year earthly ministry of the Lord Jesus Christ. John's gospel presents Him as God in flesh. He has ALWAYS existed, and He is the CREATOR of the universe. "All things were made by Him, and without Him was not anything made that was made." (John 1 :1-3) In Hebrews 1:10 we read, ''You Lord, in the beginning laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands."
Jesus Christ is called "THE WORD OF GOD": "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." (John 1 :14) The Father loves the Son and has given ALL things into His hands. He that believes on the Son has eternal life; and he who believes not the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him." (John 3:36) Jesus is declared to be the judge of all mankind: "For the Father makes alive whom He wills, even so the Son makes alive whom He wills. For the Father judges no man, but has committed all judgment unto the Son, so that all should honor the Son, just as they honor the Father." (John 5:21-23) Jesus told some religious people of His day who did not believe in Him, that He is THE ETERNAL GOD: "Jesus said to them, verily, verily, I say unto you, before Abraham was, I existed eternally." In John 1 0:30, Jesus made Himself equal with God the Father when he said, "I and My Father are one." When people asked Him to show the Father to them, Jesus replied, "He that has seen Me has seen the Father." (John 14:9) Jesus Christ is the only saviour of mankind. He said in John 14:6: "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No man comes to the Father but through Me." It is absolutely necessary for us to understand that Jesus Christ is God and Man in one Person forever. He is undiminished deity and true humanity in one person. All divine names and titles apply to Him, such as: GOD; THE GREAT GOD OVER ALL; JEHOVAH; LORD; KING OF KINGS; and LORD OF LORDS.. When we learn what Jesus Christ is like, we will know what God the Father and God the Holy Spirit are like, because they all have the same essence or characteristics which are: OMNISCIENCE (all knowledge); OMNIPOTENCE (all powerful); OMNIPRESENCE (everywhere); IMMUTABILITY (never changing); ETERNAL LIFE (no beginning. and no ending); PERFECT LOVE (toward every member of the human race); PERFECT RIGHTEOUSNESS (goodness); PERFECT JUSTICE (absolute fairness); and VERACITY (absolute truth). After His virgin birth, Jesus possessed a true human body that grew and functioned normally. He became weary, He suffered hunger, thirst and pain. He was able to enjoy pleasure and rest. He suffered death, and He experienced resurrection. He had a human soul and a human spirit; therefore, in the Person of the Lord Jesus Christ there are two natures that cannot be divided. The union is personal and eternal. That union is called the Hypo-static Union in theology. He is truly the God-Man. The fact that Jesus Christ is eternal is assumed from the very beginning of time, and only the divine revelation of Him in the Word of God is to break through the barrier of time That is something no philosopher has ever been able to conclude by using either rationalism or empiricism. . In their investigation, they all started with infinity and then came to a final conclusion which was: "I think, therefore I exist." 1 Corinthians 2:16 tells us that "the Bible is the MIND OF CHRIST." Therefore, if we want to know how He thinks, we must learn and understand HIS WORD. The prophet Isaiah tells us: "For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways, says the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my. thoughts than your thoughts." (Isaiah 55:8,9) In eternity past, long before He created Adam, God the Father made a sovereign decision to treat man in GRACE, which is unmerited favor. None of us can ever earn or deserve the grace of God. God the Father devised the plan of salvation for sinful man whereby He would send His Son into the world to become true and sinless humanity. Because Jesus had no sin of His own, He was qualified to die on a cross as our substitute, and pay for the sins of all mankind. Every sin that ever was or ever will be committed by a member of the human race was judged on that cross more than two thousand years ago. In 2 Peter 2:1 we are told that Jesus died for those who deny Him, and in 1 John 2:2 we read, "He is the propitiation (satisfaction) for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world." God the Father was satisfied with the work of His Son on the cross, and anyone who believes in Jesus Christ can share His Eternal Life.