THE TRUTHS ABOUT THE IDENTITY OF JESUS CHRIST
THE
WORD NAMED JESUS
(THE COMPLETE SERIES)
Series
1
NEITHER
HUMAN NOR A PROPHET
Talking about Jesus Christ, the first thing that comes to mind
is Christianity, a religion but Jesus came for the secular world and he didn’t
establish any religion.
Jesus is a necessity for the world not to be limited any
religion however; the religious cults have limited him to themselves and to
others alone. Some call him human being, some say he's a prophet all in support
of their religious believes but none of these truly define Jesus.
There is a general believe in the Christendom that Jesus was
100% God; 100% Man, That's a very wrong school of thought. I’ve heard people
say they saw Jesus in their dreams; a very handsome Whiteman in white robe,
that’s always the picture, if most of them had seen an ugly black man in black robes;
they would have said they saw the devil even though he reveals the mind of God.
If it was true they saw Jesus then it was God trying to speak to them using
what they believe Jesus to be and that testifies to the fact that they don’t
have the real idea of Jesus’ identity. Some call him prophet but they are also
wrong.
The Muslims finds fault with Christians’ worship of Jesus Christ,
they say there is only one God which is Allah, who they believe doesn't have
any biological son or equal as the Christians tries to make Jesus look with
him. They are partly right; God is one and has no biological son.
No one who claims to know God will accept it when any man claims to be equal with him; this was the same problem the Jews had with Jesus.
No one who claims to know God will accept it when any man claims to be equal with him; this was the same problem the Jews had with Jesus.
One thing is synonymous with the Jews and the present day
Muslims that reject Jesus Christ as the son of God; they all see him as human
being and lack the basic knowledge as regard why he's the son of God. If Jesus
was human being as made look then, one must be credited for denying him as the
son and equal to God; we all know no human being can be equal to God. Thank God
for those who are saved by believing (accepting Jesus as their lord. However,
lack of proper understanding of who Jesus really is affect their abilities to
save others by telling them about him which is their most reasonable service.
Series
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EQUALITY
WITH GOD AGAINST MORAL HUMILITY
The Muslims believe Jesus was an exceptional prophet of God who
didn't commit any sin, ascended to heaven instead of dying like normal human
being and will still come back. However, they relegate his ministry for
Mohammed’s who they believe was the last prophet and has come to complete what
Jesus didn't.
They believe Mohammed died like other human beings and will not
be coming back.
If Jesus was truly human being and prophet as the Muslims
believe then they would have been half-credited for their believe but they are
wrong not to have found out the truth about Jesus beyond what was written in
their Qur’an and what the Christians say because God is one, religion is
another and they often don’t relate thus it is profitable to know God beyond
any religions’ recommendations of him.
The Muslims believe in the ministry of Jesus Christ but deny
that he is the son of God who died for their sins. I was once talking to a
Muslim girl about Jesus Christ, she claimed she know him but rebuked him when I
asked her to confess him as the son of God and her savior. She believed Jesus
was only a prophet not the son of God or her savior.
Muslims feel it is arrogance to see oneself as child of God as
Christians admit or even equal to him as Jesus is seen thus, they try to
maintain their humility and follow Mohammed who they feel didn't count himself
equal to God but worshipped him as due.
They try to live as righteous as they can and obey the laws as
written in the Quran which they believe was inspired by God; they make effort
to remain humble but such activities would have made the most sense in the Old
Testament.
Their undoing is rooted in their belief of Jesus as human being
and a prophet.
However, the Christians make matters worse for them by making
them believe they must live like Jesus Christ to be acceptable to God but
unknown to many of them, there are mightier miracles of Jesus recorded in the
Qur'an that are not in the Bible and having already known Jesus was exceptional
with no sin, the Muslims see Christians as hypocrites to say they are living
like Jesus or can live like him and doing so is the only thing pleasing to God
when it is impossible for them to live perfectly without sins as Jesus Christ
did.
Series
3
SEEING
THE WORD CLEARLY WITHOUT RELIGIONS’ LENSES
In order to see clearly and acquire the knowledge that matters, we
need to remove our religions eyes glasses. If truly many have been seeing
without their religions lenses, I am sure they would have discovered the true
identity of Jesus but even most of those who claim to live like him after
accepting him as lord do not also know his true identity.
I do not write in favor of or against any religion, I am simply
writing from the very best perspective having garnered knowledge from sources
that align with the knowledge of God and confirmed their agreement with direct
inspirations from him. If I make use of any scripture it is not because they
belong to a certain religion but because they align with the best perspective
regardless of religions that make use of them.
It is no doubt that Jesus is a significant pillar of faith, that
even those who refuse to believe in him cannot deny his awesomeness. The nature
speaks in his favor, times and events are defined after him, the world calendar
started counting after his death and his birth is the boundary between this
dispensation and those of old.
Why will almost everything in the world center on him?
Do you think these things are just mere coincidences?
Do you think they were framed up by some Christian folks in
order to make people practice their religion?
If the two world’s most significant religions books: the Bible
and the Quran talks about him and scholars and historians who are not
particularly religious confirms these facts, do you think they are flukes?
Now, who is Jesus?
According to John the Baptist his forerunner, Jesus is the word
of God, in reference to him he said:
"In the
beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
[2] The same was in
the beginning with God.
[3] All things were
made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made."
John 1:1-3 KJV.
Jesus is also referred to as “Word" from God
in three passages in the Quran:
"…O Mary!
Behold, God gives you good news of a word from Him, who shall become known as
the Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary..
." (Quran
3:45)
"…The Messiah,
Jesus son of Mary, was only a messenger of God, and His word which He conveyed
unto Mary..." (Quran4:171)
"…God gives
you good news of (a son whose name is) John, (who comes) to confirm a word from
God…"
(Quran 3:39).
These three passages in the Quran confirms Jesus as the word
from God and if at all the Muslims still choose to see him as a prophet they
should realize that no other prophet has been described with such titles. Some
passages in the Quran also refer to Jesus as “Spirit” from God, messiah and
Mercy. The Quran also stated that God made the world through the word and
hereby agrees with John’s submission in the Bible that without the word (Jesus)
nothing was created. This means Jesus is the word through which God created all
things including mankind.
….and without him
was not any thing made that was made."
John 1:3
Let us take note of the names and titles given to Jesus even in
the Quran such as, word from God, mercy, spirit from God and Jesus Christ and
find out their meanings in order for us to discover his true identity and
understand he’s not human.
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ROBOTIC NATURE OF JESUS CHRIST; HIS 100% DEPENDENCE ON GOD
The spirit from God as used in the Quran is referred to in the
Bible as the Holy Ghost. However, Jesus was not the Holy Ghost but had the Holy
Ghost in him. The Holy Ghost sustained him; inspired his revelations
(utterances) and works while in the flesh for it is impossible for Jesus, the
word of God to operate outside of him, having being separated from him (God).
The word of God (Jesus) needed the spirit of God (Holy Ghost) to duel in the
flesh and operate as human, according to john 1:14“And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us…”
John the Baptist has the best of inspiration regarding the
identity of Jesus Christ.
He didn’t say Jesus was human being, referring to him he said the word became flesh”. However people
believe since he did things as normal human beings, he’s human and that is what
gave birth to the belief that he was 100% God; 100% man and that he’s a prophet
in the Christendom and Islam respectively.
A lot of people don’t know that what makes human being is not
the flesh but the spirit. The flesh was only given to be able to live on earth
thus, what made Jesus was not the flesh but the spirit in him. However, he also
needed the flesh to live on earth to be able to operate as human beings despite
he wasn’t one. It was recorded that Jesus didn’t commit any sin while on earth
and no human being has achieved that feat, not even Mary his mother that the
Quran claimed did not commit sin.
If Jesus should spend a million years in the flesh, he won’t
commit sins because the spirit in him is God’s, he does not have his own separate
spirit aside God’s unlike human beings who have their own separate spirits
which are in the likeness of God. He's like a Robot to God; he couldn’t decide
against the will of God as human being can always choose to.
While it is impossible for Jesus to commit sins because he was
controlled by the spirit of God, it is possible for human beings to commit sins
even when they have the spirit of God. The difference is that Jesus (the word)
depends on God’s spirit to operate as human in the flesh but human beings have
their own separate spirits. They are made in the image of God with freewill
which provides them the sovereign right to make choice whether to obey God or
not.
Since the spirit in Jesus is that of God, John right to say: “and the Word was God”
Jesus cannot live away from the spirit of God in him thus the
Muslims were right to call him the spirit
from God.
Note that at the time he was in the world, there was no other
prophet that said: “thus saith the Lord”
God didn't speak to any man except the moments that helped to confirm the
status of Christ as his son.
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THE WORD (JESUS) LEFT THE FLESH TO LIVE IN HUMAN BEINGS.
Jesus can’t live without the spirit of God in him whether in
heaven or on earth thus he was right to say: “I and my father (God) are one”; they operate on the same spirit.
However, when Jesus was about to ascend to heaven he told his disciples thus:
"However, I am
telling you nothing but the truth when I say it is profitable (good, expedient,
advantageous) for you that I go away. Because if I do not go away, the
Comforter (Counselor, Helper, Advocate, Intercessor, Strengthener, Standby)
will not come to you [into close fellowship with you]; but if I go away, I will
send Him to you [to be in close fellowship with you].John 16: 7 AMP
Why was it good for Jesus to go?
Having finished his duty on earth, he had no business staying
back in the flesh, he needed to return to God but still have to be with human
beings and continue to show them the things God wants after they have received
him. This is why he promised them the Holy Ghost.
With that, Jesus will no longer live in a separate flesh and
talk to human beings, he comes inside of them after they confessed him as the
son of God and their Lord. How does this happen?
Having finished his duty in the flesh which was to die for the
sins of the world, God retrieved his (God’s) spirit with the flesh which
sustained the word (Jesus Christ) on earth to be with him. Thus, as for many
that believe in that word of God named Jesus Christ and confess him as their
Lord, God gives the spirit which contains Jesus immediately, to tell them
things to do just as it was with Jesus in the flesh. However, their knowledge
of him determines his efficacy to them.
Referring to the Holy Ghost, Jesus said:
“[8] And when he is
come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:
[9] Of sin, because they believe not on me;”
John 16:7-9 KJV
Reproving the world of sin does not mean the Holy Ghost will
condemn anyone that err or tell them to fast in a bid to be forgiven. What does
that are spirits of men based on what their conscience has been fed with as
right and wrong and the devil in order to make them focus on what they call
sins, not accept Jesus Christ and move away from God. The Holy Ghost is a
comforter and his duty is not to remind you of your wrongs but to reveal to you
the mind of God and tell you how to carry out the assignments he gave you
regardless of how many times you fail.
Note that in verse 9 of Matthew 11 Jesus repeated:”Of sin, because they believe not on me” what
does that mean to you?
Before I explain it, I have to prepare your mind further by
quoting Jesus in Matthew 11: 28-30.
“Come to me all of
you that are tired from carrying heavy loads and I will give you rest.
29 Take my yoke and
put it on you, and learn from me because I am gentle and humble in spirit; and
you will find rest.
30 for the yoke I
will give you is easy, and the load I will put on you is light.”
Jesus was metaphorically referring to laws and huge doctrines
derived from the laws as heavy loads and yoke respectively. He said his yoke is
easy and the loads are light, how then will he convict people of their sins as
the laws did?
Take note that Jesus didn’t say he won’t give any load or yoke
but, he asserted they are easier compared to the previous ones.
One thing that make law heavy load is that it brings
consciousness of sins and the consequences they attract, so if Jesus (now
speaking through the Holy Ghost) is to convict people of their sins or show it
to them, he will be giving them such heavy loads too. It is very simple, the
loads Jesus said he will give are prompts of the Holy Ghost against our
self-centered interests and the yoke as mentioned by him is preaching the word
(Jesus).
To answer the question previously asked, Verse 9 of Matthew 11 “Of sin, because they believe not on me” this
means the sinners are only those who do not believe in (accept) Jesus as their
lord.
Let's
dissect the statement from verse 8 where Jesus said the Holy Ghost will reprove
the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment. It is easy for any religious
mind to applaud the reprove of the world of sins but the reprove of
righteousness and judgment surely contradicts the person of God. How can God
reprove righteousness and judgment?
However,
verse 9 shows he was talking about those who do not believe in him.
Reproving
the world of sins means they are still seen as sinners by God and he reproves
them.
Reproving
righteousness means even their acclaimed righteousness and religious activities
are reproved by God.
Reproving
judgment means God goes against their judgments and convictions which are based
on the laws in order to please him.
Remember
he said: I am the way, the truth and
life; no one comes unto the father except by me.
He
didn’t say I am ‘a’ that would have
meant there are other ways, truths that is life, he used ‘the’ which suggested there is no other way except him.
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THE
TRINITY ISSUE
There is another controversy that trails the identity of Jesus:
trinity (the father, the son and the Holy Spirit). Majority of Christian faithful
believe these are three different entities doing the same thing which is why
after they accept Jesus, they pray for the Holy Ghost to come on them again.
That’s lack of understanding. There is no difference between God, the Holy
Ghost and Jesus; they are one and this proves the Muslims right to say God is one.
The Christians believe anyone who believes in Christ and is not
morally sound or speaks in tongue hasn’t received the Holy Ghost, that’s false
teaching. The only set of people that does not have the Holy Ghost in them is
the people that do not accept Jesus Christ as their lord, who died for their
sins.
If anyone receives Christ and is not morally sound it means he
often chooses to disobey the spirit of God (Holy Ghost) in him who came on him
immediately he accepted Jesus Christ.
The Holy Ghost is the spirit of God and Jesus, the word is what
God communicates to people that have accepted him. It was through the same word named Jesus
which was given flesh to duel among men that God created all things thus both
Jesus and the Holy Ghost are primary attributes of God; They have no identities
of their own aside from God,
“All things were made by
him; and without him was not any thing made that was made”
Jesus was the name given to that word and since lived among men,
he was equivalent to God living among men.
This is why he was also named Emmanuel which means “God with us”.
The name Jesus was originated from the Aramaic word ‘Yehoshua’
and the earlier root was Joshua; Joshua was derived from the Jah in Jahveh
meaning ‘Jehovah is salvation’ thus the name Jesus means ‘savior’.
According to the Bible
and the Quran he was also named Christ; a name derived from Latin Christus in
turn from the Greek Christos meaning the ‘Anointed one’ also known as messiah
as used in both the Bible and the Quran. Jesus Christ literally means “The
savior-anointed one” to make meaning out of the phrase we say he’s the
“Anointed Savior”. Now the question will be: who anointed him?
Who has he come to save?
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THE
ANOINTED LAMB OF GOD
According to John, the Baptist, his forerunner, who according to
Quran 3: 39 was sent to confirm the word (Jesus), he is the Lamb of God.
“The next day John
seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh
away the sin of the world.” John 1:29 KJV
John made it known in the above quote that Jesus was not to be
limited to any religion, ethnic group or race; he came to take away the sins of
the world not that of a certain religion, ethnic group or race alone. By
calling Jesus the Lamb of God, John metaphorically confirmed two significant
truths about him which are: Jesus was anointed by God to die for the sins of
the world and that he is the only sacrifice accepted for forgiveness of sins.
The name 'Lamb of God' as used by John to describe Jesus
allegorically explains his title as 'The Anointed One'.
In the Old Testament, lambs were used as sacrifices for sins and
to appease God. Abel was the first man to do it and so did Abraham who the
Muslims now follow his footstep to cleanse their sins with lambs once a year
rejecting the sacrifice of Christ despite he is referred to as The Anointed One even in their Quran.
Calling Jesus the Lamb of God was in reference to the old way of seeking
forgiveness from God which he came to replace and established a new testament
between God and man based on believing in him as the son of God who died for
the sins of the world.
Nothing irritates the Muslims than the claim that Jesus is the
son of God but David who is known as prophet Dauda in the Quran; the man after
God's heart prophesied this about Jesus:
“…for You have
exalted above all else Your name and Your word and You have magnified Your word
above all Your name!” (Psalm 138:2 AMP)
David was not just talking, he was prophesying. He used
"Word" as noun not "words” as adverb and the Word he was
referring to is Jesus who both Quran and the Bible also confirm as the “Word
from/of God”.
David was only revealing the mind of God as regard Jesus and it
has come to pass in this form: God love human beings, want them to obey and
listen to him which is a testimony to the fact that he exalts his name above all else but regardless of man's devotion
to God and willingness to keep his commands, if they don't believe in Christ as
his son who died for their sins, they will end up in hell which is the
confirmation of David's prophesy that God magnifies his word(Jesus) above all his name.
You can’t claim to love the father and hate the son, Jesus
himself told his disciples: if you love
me, keep my commands thus you can’t claim to love God and reject his word
(Jesus) who is the fulfillment of all his commandments.
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THE
SON: THE FULFILLER AND FINISHER
The word of God (Jesus), referring to himself and his mission on
earth revealed:
“For God so greatly
loved and dearly prized the world that He [even] gave up His only begotten
([d]unique) Son, so that whoever believes in (trusts in, clings to, relies on)
Him shall not perish (come to destruction, be lost) but have eternal
(everlasting) life.” (John 3:16 AMP)
The nagging question that affects the acceptance of the revelation
above is yet unanswered: did God give birth?
God did not give birth but he called the embodiment of his person,
his word (Jesus) who according to David, he magnifies above all his name, his
son, and whosoever believes in him automatically becomes a child of God too.
John who the Quran recognizes as the confirmer of the word (Jesus)
confirmed this:
But as many as
received him ,to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them
that believe on his name:(John 1:12 KJV). However, it is to be noted that this is
spiritual birth not physical, the more you try to see it in natural
perspective, the more confused you become and it will be hard to accept Jesus
as God’s son.
If you truly believe God is omnipotent it won’t be difficult for
you to believe in Jesus as his son; not believing in Jesus as the son of God is
an evident that you don’t know God and being an atheist would have being more
profitable.
The status of Christ as the son of God is no mystery just as God
himself is not at all time mysterious to those who are willing to know him.
Some people believe God is unknowable and I wonder why they worship what they
don’t know. This is why is difficult for them to convince atheists that God
exist and that Jesus is his son; you can’t convince others of who you don’t
know. However being gullible to believe God exist and Jesus is son is the most
profitable form of gullibility but, it is more profitable to find out the truth
yourself.
Jesus said: “Think not that I am come to destroy the law,
or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill. Matthew”. 5:17 KJV
However people don’t understand what this fulfillment of laws
and the prophet means.
According to Longman dictionary, fulfill is a condition to reach
a standard that is necessary especially one that has been officially decided.
Before Jesus came, to be seen as Holy to God which was the officially decided
standard to be in right standing with God, the laws had to be fulfilled but
when Jesus came, he died to fulfill the laws and what the prophets has foretold
and met the officially decided standard and condition for righteousness for
whosoever receives him. It does not matter who you are, the word is “whosoever”
not specified who should thus, if you believe in (accept) Jesus Christ as your
lord and savior, you have automatically fulfilled the all the laws and are
qualified to be called righteous and child of God.
Do you want to accept the
word (Jesus Christ) into your life?
Say this out to yourself and mean it:
“OH LORD JESUS, I ACCEPT YOU AS THE SON OF GOD AND AS MY SAVIOR
WHO DIED FOR MY SINS”.
You can take his yoke by telling people about him, mind you,
don’t force people, it is ungodly to do so.
Written by Soul’e Rhymez
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