Why Jesus?
Why is a relationship with Jesus of such paramount importance?
What's wrong with embracing some other religion and living according to its tenets? Why is Jesus the only way to God?
Why is a relationship with Jesus of such paramount importance?
What's wrong with embracing some other religion and living according to its tenets? Why is Jesus the only way to God?
If you know a little something about the three major monotheistic
religions, you are aware that Judaism is the first. It is the faith
that God established with His chosen people the Jews.
Jesus Christ was born to a Jewish woman. He had no earthly father. Jesus came to be the long-awaited, promised Messiah to God's people. At the time of Jesus' birth, the Israelites were under the boot of the Romans. They were an oppressed, conquered people.
Their anticipation was that when their Messiah came, He would be a deliverer--not a spiritual deliverer but a military leader who would conquer all of Israel's foes. Because Jesus assumed no military authority, because He was "oppressed and afflicted," the Jews rejected Him. One so humble and meek simply did not fit the description of the Messiah for whom they were waiting.
But when Jesus arose from the dead, His scattered flock of believers regathered their courage and their resolve to live for Him and to die for Him if necessary. Their small band grew into the largest religious group on the face of the earth!
They grew in number, not because of military conquest but because the Holy Spirit of the Living God attended their way. The evidence of the presence and power of God within their ministry emboldened believers to hold fast to Jesus in spite of persecution and death.
The third of the monotheistic religions is Islam. Islam claims the same God as the Jews and the Christians, but the nature of their holy one, as evidenced in the Koran, is a departure from the nature of the God of the Jews and Christians.
For believers in Christ, Jesus is the fulfillment of the promise of God to His people that a Messiah would come. He is the embodiment of the Holy One.
For every man, Jesus is the great question--What shall I believe?
Examine the three monotheistic faiths carefully for yourself, for the choice you make will determine your eternity.
You know the choice I pray you will make.
Jesus Christ was born to a Jewish woman. He had no earthly father. Jesus came to be the long-awaited, promised Messiah to God's people. At the time of Jesus' birth, the Israelites were under the boot of the Romans. They were an oppressed, conquered people.
Their anticipation was that when their Messiah came, He would be a deliverer--not a spiritual deliverer but a military leader who would conquer all of Israel's foes. Because Jesus assumed no military authority, because He was "oppressed and afflicted," the Jews rejected Him. One so humble and meek simply did not fit the description of the Messiah for whom they were waiting.
But when Jesus arose from the dead, His scattered flock of believers regathered their courage and their resolve to live for Him and to die for Him if necessary. Their small band grew into the largest religious group on the face of the earth!
They grew in number, not because of military conquest but because the Holy Spirit of the Living God attended their way. The evidence of the presence and power of God within their ministry emboldened believers to hold fast to Jesus in spite of persecution and death.
The third of the monotheistic religions is Islam. Islam claims the same God as the Jews and the Christians, but the nature of their holy one, as evidenced in the Koran, is a departure from the nature of the God of the Jews and Christians.
For believers in Christ, Jesus is the fulfillment of the promise of God to His people that a Messiah would come. He is the embodiment of the Holy One.
For every man, Jesus is the great question--What shall I believe?
Examine the three monotheistic faiths carefully for yourself, for the choice you make will determine your eternity.
You know the choice I pray you will make.
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