Hi Bob,
I need to say a few things about Jesus Christ my Savior.
Philippians 2:5-11
5 Have this attitude in yourselves that was in Christ Jesus,
6 who, although He existed in the form of God, he did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped,
7 but He emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men.
8 And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.
9 Therefore God also highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name,
10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those who are in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth,
11 and every tongue should confess that Jesus is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Jesus was in heaven with God before He came to be a man on earth. He came here to do God the Father's will as His Son and by doing this reconcile mankind to God, all those who believe in Jesus as their Savior.
Acts 4:10-12
10 let it be known to all of you, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead- by this name this man stands here before you in good health.
11 He (Jesus) is the STONE WHICH WAS REJECTED by you, THE BUILDERS, but WHICH BECAME THE VERY CORNER stone.
12 And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men, by which we must be saved.
The Deity of Jesus Christ
John 1:1-5;
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2 He was in the beginning with God.
3 All things came into being by Him; and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being.
4 In Him was life; and the life was the light of men.
5 And the light shines in the darkness; and the darkness did not comprehend it.
11 He came to His own, and those who were His own did not receive Him.
12 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name,
13 who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
14 And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.
17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth was realized through Jesus Christ.
18 No man has seen God at any time; the only begotten God, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has explained Him.
From these scriptures we see Jesus revealed as God Himself who came to us in the form of a man. God the Father in heaven, God the Son who came to us and now sits at the right hand of the Father waiting the time to return again, and the Holy Spirit from God that dwells in all those who believe and have accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. Jesus is the only name appointed by which men must be saved.
In John 10:30 Jesus said this.
"I and the Father are one."
How can anyone be saved? Romans 10: 8-13
8 "But what does it say? "THE WORD IS NEAR YOU, IN YOUR MOUTH
AND IN YOUR HEART"- that is, the word of faith which we are preaching,
9 that is if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your
heart that God raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved,
10 for with the heart man believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the
mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation.
11 For the scripture says, "WHOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM WILL NOT BE
DISAPPOINTED".
12 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is
Lord of all, abounding in riches for all who call upon Him;
13 for,"WHOEVER WILL CALL UPON THE NAME OF THE LORD WILL
BE SAVED". |
