Jesus

As I've been thinking about Jesus this week, I thought about how hard it must be NOT to believe in Jesus. When you think about it, it's pretty obvious there is something very unusual about Him.

Jesus was a "regular" Jewish boy who grew up to be a carpenter who became a Rabbi or teacher. There is no record of him being educated in any special way but He taught with an authority the people had never heard.

He never traveled out of His home country and never further than He could walk in a day but His influence is world-wide.

He only lived 33 years and only 3 of those in public preaching and teaching. He never wrote a book but His words still change lives. After 2000 years His influence on the lives of His followers has not diminished. And He gets new followers every day!

At the time of Jesus, Roman crucifixions claimed 1000s of lives. Yet when a cross is seen today, no one thinks of Rome but of Jesus or at least of Christianity. The cross is not the symbol of death but of hope.

As Savior, He saves from the penalty of sin. As King, He saves from the power of sin. No one else can do that; no one else can even claim to do that.

Jesus, the sinless, spotless Lamb of God, whose sole purpose for being born was to die for the sins of the world.