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How Well do You Know Jesus?

4/17/2018

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Have you ever noticed how the Apostle John started his first book? I'm sure you have as it's not hard to miss. He is clearly making a statement about new beginnings and he does it by using Genesis as his foundation. He is making two points very strongly by using Genesis. The first is a not-so-subtle message to the Jewish people - God has started something new - pay attention. He then follows that up with who he meant by God.
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. - Genesis 1:1
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. - John 1:1
​He begins when God brought everything into existence, but he makes it very clear that there was someone else at play - The Word. The Word was with God in the beginning. In fact, John says, "The Word was God." Now that would have had many Jewish people sitting up and paying attention. Who was this Word?
The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. - Genesis 1:2

He was in the beginning with God. - John 1:2
Genesis 1:2 lets us know for the first time a unique aspect of God - He is Spirit and John continues to emphasize that The Word was with God in the beginning. The Word and the Spirit are one with God.
Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. So the evening and the morning were the first day.- Genesis 1:3-5

All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.
In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.- John 1:3
God divided the light from the darkness and John uses that example to explain how The Word was similar to the light God separated from the darkness. He explains that The Word was life and that life was the light of men. In other words, His life provided light and hope to all mankind. As God divided the day from night (light from darkness) so the Word acted in much the same way - providing light to those living in darkness. But sadly, not all those living in the darkness comprehended the Light and refused to come near it.

​So, who was this Word that was also the Light and was with God in the beginning?
And the Word became 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 bore witness of Him and cried out, saying, “This was He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me is preferred before me, for He was before me.’”And of His fullness we have all received, and grace for grace. For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. - John 1:14
He was Jesus! God incarnate who came to earth in a human vessel to lead us in the way everlasting. To show us how great the Light really is and to prepare a way for us to live eternally in that Light. Sadly, the darkness of this world STILL does not comprehend the love the Father has for them. Many are still trapped in the darkness and fog of not grasping the enormity of what God actually did for them. He came down to earth in human form. He lowered Himself to our level in order to raise us up to eternal life in Him.

Everyone can come into that light and partake of the joy of knowing Jesus. He died for sinners, not saints. In other words, He doesn't ask you to change before you come to Him, He simply says, "Come to Me." 

I wrote a book many years ago, with that title, "Come to Me." It is a novelization of the life of Jesus as seen through the eyes of His mother. It's available in my bookstore. I wrote it because some people won't bother to pick up a Bible, but they will read a novel.

If you think Christianity is what you see out in the world today, if you think that is Jesus - you would be wrong. Jesus didn't involve himself in politics. He didn't call out specific sins or individual sinners over others. He didn't protest certain causes either.  In fact, if he had any complaints at all, it was not directed towards government officials or causes. It was directed towards religious leaders and their hypocrisy. 

So don't judge Jesus based on the way the media portrays Christians today. Read about him in the Bible or pick up my book and read about him. But find out about him. Get to know him as he is meant to be known. You'll be glad you did.
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