Who Is Jesus Christ?

   About 2,000 years ago in Israel a man named Jesus of Nazareth was born. He was either the greatest fraud of history -- or God.

   Some say He was just a good man, or a great prophet or teacher. But, if He were a liar -- He certainly was not any of those.

   Jesus claimed to be God. That is why the Jewish leaders condemned Him to death -- for blasphemy (Mark 14:61-64). Jesus also claimed to exist even before Abraham, who had died many years before.

JOHN 8:58 NKJ
58 Jesus said to them, "Most assuredly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM."

   Jesus was killed -- but came back to life after three days -- and still lives today. Jesus is unique -- no one else has overcome death and continued to live for thousands of years.

ROMANS 1:3-4 NKJ
3 . . . Jesus Christ our Lord, who was born of the seed of David according to the flesh,
4 and declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead,

   Before being crucified Jesus said He would rise from death after three days. Because He did rise, surely that means Jesus was all He claimed to be.

   Is Jesus Christ of Nazareth really alive? Ask Him!

Jesus Is Alive

LUKE 24:6-7 NKJ
6 "He is not here, but is risen! Remember how He spoke to you when He was still in Galilee,
7 "saying, `The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.' "

MARK 16:19 NKJ
19 So then, after the Lord had spoken to them, He was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.

REVELATION 1:18 NKJ
18 "I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. . . .

Jesus Is Lord

ACTS 2:36 NKJ
36 ". . . God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ."

ACTS 10:36 NKJ
36 ". . . Jesus Christ -- He is Lord of all --

PHILIPPIANS 2:10-11 NKJ
10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth,
11 and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Jesus Is God

ISAIAH 9:6 NKJ
6 For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given; and the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

MATTHEW 1:23 NKJ
23 "Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel," which is translated, "God with us."

JOHN 1:1 NKJ
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

JOHN 10:33 NKJ
33 The Jews answered Him, saying, "For a good work we do not stone You, but for blasphemy, and because You, being a Man, make Yourself God."

JOHN 20:28 NKJ
28 And Thomas answered and said to Him, "My Lord and my God!"

ROMANS 9:5 NKJ
5 . . . Christ came, who is over all, the eternally blessed God. Amen.

PHILIPPIANS 2:5-6 NKJ
5 Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus,
6 who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God,

COLOSSIANS 2:9 New Jerusalem
9 In him, in bodily form, lives divinity in all its fullness,

2 PETER 1:1 NKJ
1 . . . our God and Savior Jesus Christ:

HEBREWS 1:8 NKJ
8 But to the Son He says: "Your throne, O God, is forever and ever . . . .

Jesus Is A Man

PHILIPPIANS 2:5-8 NKJ
5 Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus,
6 who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God,
7 but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a servant, and coming in the likeness of men.
8 And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross.

1 TIMOTHY 2:5 NKJ
5 For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus,

HEBREWS 2:14,17 NKJ
14 . . . as the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared in the same . . .
17 Therefore, in all things He had to be made like His brethren . . . .

HEBREWS 4:15 NKJ
15 For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin.

Jesus Is The Creator

EPHESIANS 3:9 NKJ
9 . . . God who created all things through Jesus Christ;

COLOSSIANS 1:16 NKJ
16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him.

JOHN 1:1,3,10 NKJ
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
3 All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.
10 He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him.

Jesus Is The Jewish Messiah

   (The word Christ is from the Greek translation of the Hebrew word we know as Messiah.)

LUKE 2:11 NKJ
11 "For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.

ACTS 2:36 NKJ
36 "Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ."

ACTS 18:28 NKJ
28 for he vigorously refuted the Jews publicly, showing from the Scriptures that Jesus is the Christ.

Jesus Is Mankind's Substitute

ROMANS 5:8 CEV
8 But God showed how much he loved us, by having Christ die for us. . . .

ROMANS 3:25 CEV
25 God sent Christ to be our sacrifice. Christ offered his life's blood, so that by faith in him we could come to God . . .

ISAIAH 53:5 NKJ
5 But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed.

GALATIANS 3:13 NKJ
13 Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us . . .

ROMANS 4:25 NKJ
25 who was delivered up because of our offenses, and was raised because of our justification.

2 CORINTHIANS 5:14,21 NKJ
14 . . . if One died for all, then all died;
21 For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.

Jesus Is The Savior

PHILIPPIANS 3:20 NKJ
20 . . . we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,

JOHN 3:17 NKJ
17 "For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.

ACTS 4:10,12 NKJ
10 ". . . by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by Him this man stands here before you whole.
12 "Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved."

ROMANS 10:9 NKJ
9 that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.

Jesus Is The Only Way To God

1 JOHN 5:11-12 NKJ
11 And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.
12 He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.

JOHN 14:6 NKJ
6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

GALATIANS 2:16 TEV
16 Yet we know that a man is put right with God only through faith in Jesus Christ, never by doing what the Law requires. . . .

Jesus Is The Healer

MATTHEW 4:23-24 NKJ
23 Now Jesus went about . . . healing all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease among the people.
24 . . . and they brought to Him all sick people who were afflicted with various diseases and torments, and those who were demon-possessed, epileptics, and paralytics; and He healed them.

MATTHEW 8:16-17 NKJ
16 . . . they brought to Him many who were demon-possessed. And He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick,
17 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying: "He Himself took our infirmities and bore our sicknesses."

MATTHEW 14:14 NKJ
14 And when Jesus went out He saw a great multitude; and He was moved with compassion for them, and healed their sick.

MATTHEW 12:15 NKJ
15 . . . great multitudes followed Him, and He healed them all.

HEBREWS 13:8 NKJ
8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

1 PETER 2:24 NKJ
24 who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness -- by whose stripes you were healed.

Jesus Is The Provider

JOHN 6:35 NKJ
35 And Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst.

2 CORINTHIANS 8:9 NKJ
9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that you through His poverty might become rich.

PHILIPPIANS 4:19 NKJ
19 And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

Jesus Is The Coming King

ACTS 1:11 NKJ
11 . . . This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven."

REVELATION 19:11,13-16 NKJ
11 Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse. And He who sat on him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and makes war.
13 . . . and His name is called The Word of God.
14 And the armies in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean, followed Him on white horses.
15 Now out of His mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it He should strike the nations. And He Himself will rule them with a rod of iron. . . .
16 And He has on His robe and on His thigh a name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.

Jesus Is The Judge

JOHN 5:22,27 NKJ
22 "For the Father judges no one, but has committed all judgment to the Son,
27 "and has given Him authority to execute judgment also, because He is the Son of Man.

ACTS 17:31 NKJ
31 "because He has appointed a day on which He will judge the world in righteousness by the Man whom He has ordained. He has given assurance of this to all by raising Him from the dead."

2 CORINTHIANS 5:10 NKJ
10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.

Jesus Is Central

COLOSSIANS 1:17-18 NKJ
17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.
18 And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence.

MATTHEW 28:18 NKJ
18 Then Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, "All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.

EPHESIANS 1:10 20th Century
10 And it is also in accordance with the loving design which God planned . . . when he would make everything, both in Heaven and on earth, centre in the Christ.

PHILIPPIANS 2:9-10 NKJ
9 Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name,
10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth,

COLOSSIANS 2:9-10 NKJ
9 For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily;
10 and you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power.

Jesus Is God's Message

JOHN 1:18 TEV
18 No one has ever seen God. The only Son, who is the same as God and is at the Father's side, he has made him known.

HEBREWS 1:1-3 NKJ
1 God, who at various times and in different ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets.
2 has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things . . .
3 who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person. . .

JOHN 14:7 NKJ
7 "If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also. . . ."

COLOSSIANS 1:15 NKJ
15 He is the image of the invisible God . . . .

JOHN 1:1,14 NKJ
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us. . . .


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