The Christian Jesus - Message #116

Years ago, a Unitarian told me he did not consider himself a Christian. Why? He did not think the man Jesus was and is really God. He was very moral and kind and loving. But this man was correct, he was not a Christian. Does this shock you? Perhaps. But let's be honest. To be a Christian, you must believe in and trust the Christ of the Bible. The Christ of the Bible is God in human form, God in the flesh. That's why Jesus was called "Immanuel," which translated means, "God with us" (Matthew 1:23).

This same Jesus also claimed to be God. When He spoke a word of forgiveness, He was challenged. "Who can forgive sins, but God alone?" (Luke 5:21). Jesus answered, "'That you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins,' He said to the paralytic, 'I say to you, rise, take up your stretcher and go home'" (Luke 5:24).

Then there was doubting Thomas. He would not believe Jesus had been raised from the dead. He had to see Jesus with his own eyes. But when Thomas saw Jesus he confessed, "My Lord and My God!" (John 20:28). Christ is God. "In Him all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form" (Colossians 2:9). This has been the hallmark of Christianity throughout the centuries.

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