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The Apostle John wrote the gospel of St. John, in the New Testament, in
order to make it very clear what Jesus claimed and who He claimed to be.
His purpose was to persuade us of the deity of Jesus, the Savior of the
world. God so loved us that He became man and demonstrated His
incomparable love (chapter 3) so that whoever would believe in Jesus
could have eternal life. John wrote that Jesus was not only the
Word speaking creation, in the beginning, but that Jesus was and is God
here and now.
The most important
questions ever asked were, "Who is Jesus? Why did Jesus come? Why did
Jesus have to die? and Why do we need Him?" READ John's gospel to
find the answers to these questions. Jesus didn't just say that He
was a god, or a way, that He taught the truth, or demonstrated life
better than anyone else. Jesus said,
I AM the bread of life -
who sustains you (chapter 6)
I AM the light of the world - who enlightens you (8 and 9)
I AM the door for the sheep - who protects you (10)
I AM the good shepherd - who guides you (10)
I AM the resurrection and the life - who gives you eternal life (11)
I AM the way, the truth and the life - the way to Myself, God (14)
I AM the true vine - the source of all fruitfulness (15)
He didn't just come to be
an example of how to perform better or to teach us to do right;
He said I AM
the way, the truth and the life! On the cross, He demonstrated His
love and His authority over nature, disease and death itself.
That's what I want! I choose to follow the only one claimed to be
life and who is still alive!
I would choose Jesus even
if there were another way, because I want to be forgiven, to be loved
and accepted unconditionally, to be healed and to have eternal life.
Eternal life is a new past and a new future. I can't earn my way
with perfect behavior, no matter how many chances I am given.
Jesus came to offer us life, died in our place and demonstrated that He
has conquered death for us.
Jesus demonstrated His
divinity, love and power, over and over, because He wants to be in
relationship with us. He changed water into wine (2), healed a
man's son (4), healed a lame man (5), fed the 5,000 miraculously (6),
walked on water (6), healed a blind man (9), and raised Lazarus from the
dead (11) etc. etc.
People understood who
Jesus was claiming to be. That's why He was accused and tried for
claiming to be God. He didn't deny it because He was/is God.
Many testified that Jesus was God: John the Baptist, Andrew, Nathaniel
(1), the blind man (9), Martha (11), and even doubting Thomas (20).
Peter said, "You are the Christ ... ." Even the Samaritans, who
cared nothing for Jews, also agreed that Jesus is the Messiah (4).
A Roman soldier, at the cross, said, "Surely this was the Messiah!"
Jesus was and is the Savior of the world (4, 11, 12).
Many religions claim to
have great leaders, but we have confidence that Jesus proved His deity
and demonstrated His ability to give us eternal life. He said the
Father is in Him and He is in the Father (10, 14), He came from God
(16), He was sent by God (6, 11, 17), He is the Son of God (6, 11, 20)
and that He and the Father are one (10). He said if you have seen
me, you have seen the Father!
In the book of 1 John, in
the New Testament, our Father God has assured us that we can be sure who
Jesus is, that life is in Jesus and that we have the life if we have
Jesus. Inviting Jesus to be our Lord and God guarantees life here
and for eternity.
1 John 5:11-13
And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this
life is in his Son. 12 He who has the Son has life; he who does not
have the Son of God does not have life. 13 I write these things to you
who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that
you have eternal life. NIV
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Have a wonderful life! Carlotta
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