Have you considered the person of Jesus? The world population is over seven billion people. About 2.2 billion claim to be Christian; over 1.6 billion claim to be Muslim and nearly 1 billion claim to be Hindu. This represents two-thirds of the world population. As we all know, Jesus is the center of the Christian faith, but did you know that Islam teaches that Jesus was a great prophet, born of a virgin, performed many miracles, and ascended into heaven? Not only that, but many Hindus say Jesus is a god incarnated (one of many). Two-thirds of the world population treats this man as significant. Our whole dating system centers on the year of his birth.
Who do you say Jesus is? Was he just a man? A prophet? An angel? A god? The God? Why do you believe what you do about Jesus? Can Christianity, Islam and Hinduism all be right about Jesus? Could two-thirds of the world population be foolishly putting him on a pedestal? Maybe you believe that religion is an invention of man. If this is the case, why would so many religions include the man Jesus?
What exactly do these different religions say about the person of Jesus? This is a very interesting question since many religions treat the Bible or portions of the Bible as their sacred text, yet what they teach about Jesus is not all the same. Christians, Jews and Muslims all consider the Old Testament (or most of it as far as Muslims are concerned) to be God’s word. Christians believe that the messiah spoken of in the Old Testament is Jesus, while Jews believe the messiah has not yet come and Muslims focus on an Old Testament reference of a future prophet, who they believe was Muhammad.
The New Testament is shared by Christians, Muslims, Mormons, Jehovah’s Witnesses and many other smaller religions and cults, but the message taught by each is not the same. Jesus ranges from Savior to Prophet to half-brother of Lucifer to Michael the Archangel.
How can each of these religions teach a different message using the same text? How can we know which is true, if any? I believe that God can be known and that will reveal Himself to those who seek Him.
Deuteronomy 4:29 But if from there you seek the Lord your God, you will find him if you look for him with all your heart and with all your soul.
Psalm 10:4 In his pride the wicked does not seek him; in all his thoughts there is no room for God.
Proverbs 8:17 I love those who love me, and those who seek me find me.
Luke 11:9-10 “So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 10 For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.
If you don’t know the answer to Jesus’ question, “Who do you say I am?”, have you ever considered asking God to show you? I sought God and He answered me. I desired to know Him and He changed my life. Don’t take someone else’s word for the answer to who Jesus is. Seek to find out for yourself. You’ll never regret it.
I believe in the true God, 3 in one, Father, son, Jesus, Holy Spirit. Thank you for your blog Derek. Awesome. My added thiught on who is Jesus! Jesus the only religious person to walk the earth and no longer lies in the grave. He is the only one to claim to create everyhing and all in it, live a perfect life, Complete from the beginning, Even His written word though compiled by others is as He is unchanging, and He has kept it. He is all love and good, leaves a part of himself to inhabit His believers called Holy Spirit to guide them on their individual race on earth and never lets them go. He promises life eternal in His home, glory called Heaven, no pain, tears, a perfect body, a perfect existance, and understanding it all, as only the “One” true God could perfect and keep lasting eternally. All for “One” and “One” for all.