I have thought about this Jesus a number of times and I am still thinking about Him today especially at this time when the whole world celebrates His birth yet I still do not understand or know all there is to know about Him. Every time I think about Him deeply, I discover something new about the son of God.
It is amazing how a man born in a manger can become the greatest man of all times. In every age, He is the most popular of all men. Whether out of hate, love or controversy, Jesus is still the most talked about personality in every age and the word concerning Him does not change. It is always the same. In every age, it is a present truth no matter how dark that age may be.
2 Peter 1: 12 NASV “therefore, I will always be ready to remind you of these things, even though you already know them, and have been established in the truth which is present”
For me, one of the most significant things about this Jesus is the fact that He is God and yet man. This is truth that a lot of people find impossible to comprehend and is the cause of a lot of argument today. Well, He died and rose again three days after His death. People testified that they saw Him after His resurrection. Also, God confirmed from the heavens during His lifetime that Jesus is His only begotten son and He said it loud enough for all that where gathered to hear. Today anyone who so desires still hears the voice of God telling him/her that Jesus is His only begotten son who died for our sins and rose from the dead.
The reality of the fact that Jesus is both man and God is fully expressed in the fact that as soon as we get saved, we become gods though we are still men. That seemingly simple act of sincerely inviting Jesus into your life as personal Lord and Saviour apparently creates a lot of activity in heaven. A total remaking that transforms the person from being mere man to god/man. As soon as a man takes this all very important step, heaven goes to work to give life to the spirit of the man by sending the Holy Ghost (quickening Spirit) into the man so that the man is then sealed/ marked with the Holy Spirit making Him God’s exclusive property. In that process, the man’s soul and body are also empowered to follow the leading of the Spirit of God. So the same Spirit that dwells in both God and Christ now dwells in you and me. No wonder Jesus says greater works shall we do if we believe.
Ephesians 1: 13 NASV “In Him, you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation – having also believed you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise.”
Jesus in becoming who He is today has shown me that not even my place of birth can determine what I become in life. When you understand this, going through all that trouble to give birth to your children in the western world just so that they can carry foreign passports becomes irrelevant. There is only one passport necessary to put one’s mark on the sands of time and that is the Holy Ghost who is the passport that every citizen of the kingdom carries.
We are gods indeed and I have elected not to die as mere mortal what about you?
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