Monday, July 6, 2009

Who Is Jesus Christ To You?

There have been many influential persons throughout
history, the Pharaohs, Caesars, Popes, generals such
as Pompei, Alexander, etc. Great thinkers such as
Plato, Socrates, Freud, Machiavelli, Mao, and others
have made us contemplate our existence and its
meaning.
But the main character of the centuries, the one who
is indeed the central figure of mankind's history, a
great thinker and a great leader and so much more,
is Jesus Christ!
More volumes have been dedicated to Him and His
words than any other person, man or woman, who
ever lived! His followers are more numerous than
Krishna's, Buddha's, Mohammed's or any other
religious founder/leader!
By God's design and plan, Jesus Christ entered our
sphere of living to live, teach, and exhibit the very
heart of His Father, and our Father, if we have
accepted the offer of forgiveness, salvation,
justification, and imputed righteousness that can
only come from THE Son of God, Jesus!
JESUS CHRIST IS THE CENTRAL FIGURE IN
ALL OF MANKIND'S EXISTENCE! EVERYTHING
THAT HAPPENED BEFORE HIM AND EVERY-
THING THAT HAS HAPPENED AFTER HIM
CENTERS AROUND HIM!
What is He to you?
Is He the father of your church? Is He the "holy
man" who "went about doing good"? Is He a
myth or fairy tale? Can you, do you believe that
He actually came from Heaven on a Divine
mission to prove God's reality and love for you
and me? Or is He just another historical figure
who began a religion, on a level with all of the
other prophets and religion authors?
Can you, do you dare to take a chance that He
is the PLAN of God for your life, and that to
reject Him is "eternal suicide"?
As someone has said, "Jesus is either all that
He claimed to be, or He is the biggest liar that
ever lived." Do you dare to investigate His
claims and teachings? Do you dare to read the
New Testament Gospels account of His life
and words? Do you dare risk your eternal
destiny by refusing to consider Him as the
Messiah, the Promised One, your Saviour?
And if He is all that we've read, heard about,
and believed, are we living accordingly? Do
we honor Him with our thoughts, speech,
actions, attitudes, or does our lifestyle betray
our profession? IF JESUS CHRIST IS THE
LORD OF YOUR LIFE, LIVE AS IF HE IS
THE LORD OF YOUR LIFE!!
There is no more important issue or decision
that you and I will make during this life than
the one to accept or reject the claims of the
One who was sent from God!
Josh McDowell set out to disprove Christianity
as the theme of his college thesis. What he
discovered after hundreds of hours of intense
research is that Jesus Christ is all that He said
He was (and is), and after his dedicated effort
to debunk Him and Christianity, Josh became
a stalwart of the faith, and one of the leading
apologists of our time.
So, my friend, I ask you, "Who is Jesus Christ
to you?" Is He God? Is He your Saviour?
Is He your returning King? Is He Lord of
your life?
Or..............is He just another person in
history, with no other significance other than
that He lived, spoke, and "wowed" the crowds?
ETERNITY IS IN THE BALANCE!
Either accept Him and live for Him, or deny
Him and "take your chances"! YOU LOSE!
I pray that you'll recognize Jesus as your
only hope for eternity, and that you will begin
to live the Christ-life TODAY!!!

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