Who is JESUS? How is HE – SON of GOD?
JESUS
is conceived in the womb of a virgin by name Mary by the power of HOLY SPIRIT –
that is why HE is called SON of GOD. HE is not born in the natural process.
Luke 1: 30-35 records in Bible
But the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found
favor with God. You
will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus.
He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most
High.
Mary gets a direct
visitation from angel.
“How will this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?”
The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the
power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be
called the Son of God.
Joseph accepts JESUS as his son
Mathew 1: 18-25
18 This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about: His mother
Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she
was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit. 19 Because Joseph her husband was faithful to the law,
and yet did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to
divorce her quietly.
Joseph
who was betrothed to Mary, coming to know that Mary was pregnant, thought about
her wrongly. But later he accepts her, when he gets informed by an angel what
the truth is.
20 But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to
him in a dream and said, “Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary
home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. 21 She will give birth to a son, and you are to
give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.”
22 All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the
prophet: 23 “The virgin will conceive and
give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” (which means “God with
us”).
Joseph
gets a visitation from an angel in a dream.
24 When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had
commanded him and took Mary home as his wife. 25 But he did not consummate their marriage until
she gave birth to a son. And he gave him the name Jesus.
JESUS reads out and declares the scripture which was written
about HIM is fulfilled
Luke 4: 16-21
16 (JESUS) He went to Nazareth, where He had been brought up, and on
the Sabbath day (day of rest and worship of the LORD) He went into the
synagogue, as was His custom. He stood up to read, 17 and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed
to Him. Unrolling it, He found the place where it is written:
18 “The Spirit of the Lord is on me,
because
he has anointed me
to
proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners
and
recovery of sight for the blind,
to set the oppressed free,
19 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”
20 Then He rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant and sat
down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fastened on him. 21 He (JESUS)
began by saying to them, “Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.”
JESUS preaches the good news of the kingdom and heals the sick,
and demon-possessed
Mathew 4: 23-25
23 Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues,
proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and
sickness among the people. 24 News about him spread all over
Syria, and people brought to him all who were ill with various diseases,
those suffering severe pain, the demon-possessed, those having seizures, and
the paralyzed; and he healed them. 25 Large
crowds from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea and the region across the
Jordan followed him.
What did JESUS say about HIMSELF, about HIS divinity?
In John 8: 54-58, JESUS
tells to the Jews that HE existed even
before Abraham, who is born 2000 years before HIM.
Jesus replied, “If I glorify
myself, my glory means nothing. My Father, whom you claim as your God, is
the one who glorifies me. Though you do not know HIM, I know HIM. If I said
I did not, I would be a liar like you, but I do know him and obey his word.
Your father Abraham rejoiced at the thought of seeing my day;
he saw it and was glad.”
“You are not yet fifty years old,” they said to him, “and have you
seen Abraham!”
“Very truly I tell you,” Jesus
answered, “before Abraham was born, I
am!”
John 8: 19; John 8: 23, 24; John 8: 28-30;
Then they asked him, “Where is your father?”
(The
Jews were annoyed at JESUS because they wondered at HIS words about HIS FATHER,
as all that they know is JESUS is the son of Joseph.)
“You do not know Me or My Father,” Jesus
replied. “If you knew Me, you would know My Father also.”
He continued, “You are from below; I am
from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world. I told you that you would die in your sins; if you do not believe
that I am He, you will indeed die in your sins.”
I do nothing on my own but speak just what the Father has taught
me. The one who sent me is with me; He has not left me
alone, for I always do what pleases Him.” Even as He
spoke, many believed in Him.
The Jews
conflict over JESUS’s claim that HE was GOD
John 10:
22-33
22 Then came the Festival of Dedication at Jerusalem. It was winter, 23 and Jesus was in the temple courts walking in
Solomon’s Colonnade. 24 The Jews who
were there gathered around him, saying, “How long will you keep us in suspense?
If you are the Messiah (savior), tell us plainly.”
25 Jesus answered, “I did tell
you, but you do not believe. The works I do in my Father’s name testify about
me, 26 but you do not believe because
you are not my sheep. 27 My sheep listen
to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. 28 I
give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them
out of my hand. 29 My Father, who has
given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my
Father’s hand. 30 I and the Father are one.”
31 Again his Jewish opponents picked up stones to stone him, 32 but Jesus said to them, “I
have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these do you stone
me?”
33 “We are not stoning you for
any good work,” they replied, “but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man,
claim to be God.”
JESUS
declares HE is the way, the truth and the life;
In
John 14: 6
JESUS clearly states the way to the FATHER….
Jesus said to him, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life. No one
comes to the Father except through Me.
Except
through ME – There is
no option, no other ways – clearly and boldly stated. Who can declare this
statement so boldly unless there is no powerful truth in this? JESUS was
already facing opposition for HIS works from the Jews, from the chiefs, from
HIS own people; still HE stopped not to declare the truth, in spite of the fact
that HE may face danger to HIS life for speaking so.
The
way – JESUS is talking about the way into heavenly kingdom – the way to the
FATHER, the way to salvation, the way to eternal life and escape from eternal
death.
The
truth – JESUS is telling the truth, HE HIMSELF is the truth, HE is the truth
recorded in the scriptures long time ago, now come to fulfill.
The
life – JESUS proved again and again by showing that HE is the life, life flowed
from HIM. HE healed every sick person and disabled person, whatever and however
sick they are – palsy (paralytic), leper, deaf dumb, blind, lame, and sick,
raised even the dead.
JESUS
declares HE is the bread of life
John 6: 35
35 Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever
comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be
thirsty.
Everyone
is surprised over what JESUS says – that one has to eat HIS flesh and drink HIS
blood to have (eternal) life
John 6: 47-51
JESUS
declares that one has to eat HIS flesh
and drink HIS blood to live (this is the sacrament that every believer today
follows by taking bread and wine (pure grape juice) which symbolizes taking the
body of CHRIST as bread, blood of JESUS as wine).
47 Very truly I tell you, the one
who believes has eternal life. 48 I am the bread of life. 49 Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness,
yet they died. 50 But here is the bread
that comes down from heaven, which anyone may eat and not die. 51 I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever
eats this bread will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give
for the life of the world.”
52 Then the Jews began to argue sharply among themselves, “How can
this man give us his flesh to eat?”
53 Jesus said to them, “Very
truly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his
blood, you have no life in you. 54 Whoever eats my flesh and
drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.
55 For my flesh is real food and my blood is
real drink. 56 Whoever eats my flesh and
drinks my blood remains in me, and I in them. 57 Just
as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so the one who
feeds on me will live because of me. 58 This
is the bread that came down from heaven. Your ancestors ate manna and died, but
whoever feeds on this bread will live forever.”
JESUS
declares HE is the light of the world
John 8: 12
12 When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk
in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
JESUS
raises the dead
Luke 7: 11-16
(raises a young man to
life)
11 Soon afterward, Jesus went to a town called Nain, and his disciples
and a large crowd went along with him. 12 As
he approached the town gate, a dead person was being carried out—the only son
of his mother, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the town was with
her. 13 When the Lord saw her, his
heart went out to her and he said, “Don’t cry.”
14 Then he went up and touched the bier they were carrying him on, and
the bearers stood still. He said, “Young
man, I say to you, get up!” 15 The dead man sat up and began
to talk, and Jesus gave him back to his mother.
16 They were all filled with awe and praised God.
John 11:
38-43 (Raising Lazarus to life
who is dead 4 days ago and kept in tomb)
38 Jesus, once more deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave with
a stone laid across the entrance. 39 “Take away the stone,” he said.
“But, Lord,” said Martha,
the sister of the dead man, “by this
time there is a bad odor, for he has been there four days.”
40 Then Jesus said, “Did I not
tell you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?”
41 So they took away the stone. Then Jesus looked up and said, “Father, I thank you that you have heard me. 42 I knew that you always hear me, but I said this
for the benefit of the people standing here, that they may believe that you
sent me.”
43 When he had said this, Jesus called in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” 44 The dead man came out, his hands and feet
wrapped with strips of linen, and a cloth around his face.
Jesus said to them, “Take off the
grave clothes and let him go.”
(Only
a few instances of dead raised to life are given here)
JESUS
Predicts about HIS death
In Luke 9:21
21 Jesus strictly warned them not to tell this to anyone. 22 And he said, “The Son
of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests
and the teachers of the law, and he must be killed and on the third day be
raised to life.”
JESUS tells that HE is offering HIS life out of HIS own will –
Has authority to lay HIS life and also to take it back
John 10: 17, 18
17 The reason my Father loves me is
that I lay down my life—only to take it up again. 18 No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my
own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This command I received from my Father.”
Jesus Comforts His Disciples, talks about heaven
John 14: 14
“Do not let your hearts be troubled. You
believe in God; believe also in me. 2 My Father’s house has many
rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to
prepare a place for you? 3 And if
I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me
that you also may be where I am.
Many
of us might not have visited America, or other famous places in the world. But
we hear from those people who visited them and tell us about these places and
believe them. We also hope to see those places in our lifetime. Same way, JESUS
is telling about heaven because HE came from above. But still many of us don’t
believe. Reasoning and intelligence stop us from believing. Even many do not
believe in miracles. The same reasoning and logical applications cause
unbelief. Only when they see a miracle happening to them, then only they
believe and then they accept that there is some incomprehensible superior force
in the Universe.
JESUS
predicts HIS second coming (after he is crucified, then after he rises on the
third day, then after ascending to HIS FATHER, again HE will come back to judge
the world – this time as King)
Mark 13:
24-27
24 “But in those days, following
that distress,
“‘the sun will be darkened,
and
the moon will not give its light;
25 the stars will fall from the sky,
and
the heavenly bodies will be shaken.’[c]
26 “At that time people will see the Son of Man (JESUS ascends as
Son of Man in flesh and bones to heaven so comes back as Son of Man) coming in
clouds with great power and glory. 27 And
He will send his angels and gather His elect from the four winds, from the ends
of the earth to the ends of the heavens.
What did HE say to Pontius Pilate (Roman Governor) during trial
for crucifixion?
In
John 18: 36, 37 JESUS talks to Pontius Pilate…
Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world. If My
kingdom were of this world, My servants would fight, so that I should not be
delivered to the Jews; but now My kingdom is not from here.”
Pilate therefore said to Him, “Are You a king then?”
Jesus answered, “You say rightly
that I am a king. For this cause I was born, and for this cause I have come
into the world, that I should bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the
truth hears My voice.”
In
John 19: 10, 11
JESUS tells about Pilate’s authority
Then Pilate said to Him (JESUS), “Are You not speaking to me? Do
You not know that I have power to crucify You, and power to release You?”
Jesus answered, “You could
have no power at all against Me unless it had been given you from above.
Therefore the one who delivered Me to you has the greater sin.”
Jews (people of HIS own nation) insists crucifixion of JESUS, Pilate
finds no fault in JESUS
John 19: 6-7
6 As soon as the chief priests and their officials saw him, they
shouted, “Crucify! Crucify!”
But Pilate answered, “You take him and crucify him. As for me, I
find no basis for a charge against him.”
7 The Jewish leaders insisted, “We have a law, and according to that
law he must die, because he claimed to be the Son of God.”
JESUS is
crucified
John 19:
16-18
16 Finally Pilate handed him over to them to be crucified.
So the soldiers took charge of Jesus. 17 Carrying his own cross, he went out to the place
of the Skull (which in Aramaic is called Golgotha). 18 There
they crucified him, and with him two others—one on each side and Jesus in the
middle.
JESUS
declares – It is finished
John 19:
28-30
28 Later, knowing that everything had now been finished, and so that
Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, “I am
thirsty.” 29 A jar of wine vinegar was
there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put the sponge on a stalk of the hyssop
plant, and lifted it to Jesus’ lips. 30 When
he had received the drink, Jesus said,
“It is
finished.” With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.
JESUS
declares the purpose for which HE came is finished – HIS work is accomplished –
HE successfully offered HIMSELF for the salvation of the people of the world –
and gives up HIS Spirit.
Many
saints resurrect at JESUS crucifixion
Mathew 27:
51-54
The earth shook, the rocks split 52 and the tombs broke open. The bodies of many
holy people who had died were raised to life. 53 They
came out of the tombs after Jesus’ resurrection and went into the holy city and
appeared to many people.
54 When the centurion and those
with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and all that had happened,
they were terrified, and exclaimed, “Surely he was the Son of God!”
JESUS
resurrected
Mathew 28:
5-7
5 The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who
was crucified. 6 He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see
the place where he lay. 7 Then go
quickly and tell his disciples: ‘He has
risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see
him.’ Now I have told you.”
Guards bribed - The Guards’ report
Mathew 28:
11-13
11 While the women were on their way, some of the guards went into the
city and reported to the chief priests everything that had happened. 12 When
the chief priests had met with the elders and devised a plan, they gave the
soldiers a large sum of money, 13 telling them, “You are to
say, ‘His disciples came during the night and stole him away while we were
asleep.’
JESUS shows up after resurrection
says HE is not ghost and gives them commission to preach in HIS name.
Luke 24: 36-45
36 While they were still talking about this, Jesus himself stood among
them and said to them, “Peace be with you.”
37 They were startled and frightened, thinking they saw a ghost. 38 He said to them, “Why are
you troubled, and why do doubts rise in your minds? 39 Look
at my hands and my feet. It is I myself! Touch
me and see; a ghost does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have.”
40 When he had said this, he showed them his hands and feet. 41 And while they still did not believe it because
of joy and amazement, he asked them, “Do you have
anything here to eat?” 42 They gave him
a piece of broiled fish, 43 and he took
it and ate it in their presence.
44 He said to them, “This is what
I told you while I was still with you: Everything
must be fulfilled that is written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets
and the Psalms.”
45 Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures. 46 He told them, “This is
what is written: The Messiah will suffer and rise from the dead on the third
day, 47 and
repentance for the forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all
nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
JESUS appears to
Thomas who didn’t believe
John 20: 24-29
24 Now Thomas (also known as Didymus), one of the Twelve, was not with
the disciples when Jesus came. 25 So the other disciples told
him, “We have seen the Lord!”
But he said to them, “Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and
put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will not
believe.”
26 A week later his disciples were in the house again, and Thomas was
with them. Though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and
said, “Peace be with you!” 27 Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it
into my side. Stop doubting and believe.”
28 Thomas said to him, “My Lord and my God!”
29 Then Jesus told him, “Because you have seen me, you have
believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”
JESUS gives power and authority over many things to those who
believe
Mark 16: 14-18
14 Later Jesus appeared to the Eleven as
they were eating; he rebuked them for their lack of faith and their stubborn
refusal to believe those who had seen him after he had risen.
15 He said to them, “Go into all the
world and preach the gospel to all creation. 16 Whoever believes and is baptized will be
saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned. 17 And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name
they will drive out demons; they
will speak in new tongues; 18 they will pick up snakes with
their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they
will place their hands on sick
people, and they will get well.”
The disciples of JESUS did many great miracles. But
in later times, after the disciples of JESUS, we did not see such miracles
happening for almost 2000 years because of other preaching(s) which rose up and
suppressed the beliefs and faiths towards these miracles and grace, and focused
more on the righteousness of a person and the law (diverted from grace of
JESUS).
But in these last days we see believers doing great
miracles again, even raising the dead people, preaching the true grace of JESUS
and the FATHER, because HOLY SPIRIT is endowing them with wisdom, opening their
eyes to the truth of the gospel, revealing mysteries and secrets from the Bible
and GOD’s heart.
The Ascension of Jesus
Luke 24: 50-52
50 When he had led them out to the vicinity of Bethany, he lifted up
his hands and blessed them. 51 While he was blessing them,
he left them and was taken up into heaven. 52 Then
they worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy. 53 And they stayed continually at the temple,
praising God.
Angels
testify of HIS coming back again
Acts 1: 10-11
10 They were looking intently up into the sky as he was going, when
suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them. 11 “Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand
here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into
heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven.”
Thank
you for the time you have given to read this message, surely this is going to
do a miracle in your life, and also to know GOD more clearly. May GOD bless
you, Amen.
Please also
read the famous Sermon on the Mount by JESUS in the same blog which
inspired our Mahatma Gandhi also so much that he derived his Ahimsa principle
from the principle of love that JESUS preached.
