Who is Jesus? Part 3 of 4

We have explored who He is theologically, what the Bible says. We have found that Jesus is fully God and fully man and will be so forever. This makes a huge difference experientially. What difference do these truths make in our lives? When God drew me to Himself by grace through faith, I was blown away by 2 foundational truths...the bible is true and Jesus is God. To the only wise God flows what He most deserves, what we often give such drastically lesser objects: Worship. The Father is seeking worshippers to worship Him in spirit and in truth John 4:24. People worshipped Jesus as God. God would be guilty of breaking His own commandment if Jesus is not God: you shall have no other God’s before Me. Jesus would be too. So would we.

It makes a difference in our knowing. John 20:30-31 Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in His Name. 1 John 1:1 what we have held with our hands…the picture John gives of Thomas touching the place where the nails pierced Jesus blows me away. In John 20:26-28 Jesus said, "blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed."

It must have an affect on our daily living; how we think, speak & interact with others. Jesus being God makes all the difference in this world & the next! When we are guilty, justly deserving of punishment, in need of mercy not wrath...we have a merciful savior who bore our sins in his body on the tree that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. If he were not God we would not have this assurance. When we are fearful we have a preeminent present Savior who is with us always. When we worry we have a Savior who has made peace through the blood of His cross Col. 1:20, who is our peace, who says, Peace I leave with you, My peace I give unto you, do not let your hearts tremble nor be afraid. When trouble comes in the form of temptation or trial, persecution or condemnation, we have a all-sufficient Sovereign Savior who is able to do exceeding abundantly beyond all that we ask or think. When we are tempted to give in to self-pity, anger, or resentment; or run ahead of where God has led; when we feel the magnet-pull of the world…we have a patient, powerful Savior who has suffered in the flesh, tempted in all ways as we are yet without sin. If He were not God we have no such perspective. When we sin we have a sinless Savior whose blood covers; if He were not God we are still in our sins. When we die we will be absent from the body and present with the Lord due to the blood-bought sacrifice of Christ on the cross. If it were not so we would not have this hope, an anchor for our souls, we would be aimless, void of any lasting freedom from sin’s power, penalty & ultimately, its presence.

It also significantly impacts our sharing of truth. If we have a warped view it will be passed on. Game ‘telephone’ - how things get twisted, how cults & false teachers spring up. Don’t lose sight of what the Bible says about who Jesus is…the infinite, omnipotent, all-knowing, eternal Son of God, came to earth and became a man forever, in order to redeem fallen man and save a people for Himself – the infinite God became one person with infinite man, and will remain that way forever – probably the most awe-inspiring miracle and mystery that exists.

Jesus Christ: fully God & fully man in one person. Preeminent, superior, sovereign over all creation.