The Real Jesus

Published: March 6, 2020, midnight

b'Many people say they follow, love, and identify with Jesus. Unfortunately, a lot of different Jesus figures are out there, and all but One of them is fake. \\nMany people believe in the Mormon Jesus, a celestial being who will lead us to an exalted celestial existence. Others believe in the Jehovah\\u2019s Witness Jesus, a man who became a spirit-being after his death. Muslims call Jesus a powerful prophet.\\nOthers believe in a Jesus who taught unconditional love for everyone and sought to bring peace on earth through nonviolence and tolerance of all people. Some serve a Jesus who only came to rescue our souls out of a vile and temporary world.\\nSo who is the real Jesus? And how can we know who He is? The real Jesus is the actual man revealed in the four Gospels and other New Testament writings. He is the Jewish Messiah promised by the Old Testament prophets to restore the presence of God to His people. And He is the Old Testament God, the Creator of the whole world.\\nHe is the One who made men and women and took on human flesh to dwell with them, who died and rose again, who ascended bodily to heaven, and who will return bodily to reign forever on Earth with His people\\u2014all so that they might live forever with Him, free from sin and death. \\u2022 Kevin Zeller\\n\\u2022 What kinds of Jesus figures have you seen people invent? \\n\\u2022 The Bible is God\\u2019s Word. God breathed out every word of it through the Holy Spirit, who used real people to write down what God wanted us to know (2 Timothy 3:14-16). And what did God want us to know? He wanted us to know Himself, revealed in the person of Jesus, the One the Bible is all about (Luke 24:44-48; John 5:39; Acts 10:43). That\\u2019s why it\\u2019s important that we use the Bible to understand who Jesus is. In today\\u2019s Bible passage, how is Jesus described? How do these descriptions match (or not match) the false Jesuses you\\u2019ve heard about? \\n\\u2022 Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John are books of the Bible that are true accounts of Jesus\\u2019 life and ministry. They are known as \\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153the Gospels.\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d How do these books describe Jesus? How do these descriptions fit (or not fit) the false Jesuses you\\u2019ve heard about? \\nFor there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus. 1 Timothy 2:5 (NIV)\\n\\xa0\\nRead Verses:\\n2 Timothy 2:8-13, Hebrews 1:1-3'