JESUS!..AN EXCLUSIVE CHOICE!

By Irving Serrano

Those who had come to know the teacher of Nazareth, proclaimed it shamelessly. They spoke of a Jesus, "who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant,being made in human likeness" (Philippians 2:6). Somehow, crammed into this fully human package was the infinite nature of God, in all his awesome attributes. Right before their naked eyes was a sight never seen before; " He is the image of the invisible God....God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him" (Collossians 1:15-19). This man was precisely like God. He was as inseparable from God as light radiating from the sun, is inseparable from its brightness. "The Son is the radiance of God`s glory and the exact representation of his being" ( Hebrews 1:2). Jesus` very closest friend during those few years in the spot light summed up his convictions about Jesus, in three short phrases. "In the beginning was the word, and the word was with God, and the word was God" (John 1:1). Jesus didn`t just teach about God, or try to show an example of God, or promise to lead someone to God. Jesus was God. SHOCKING WORDS, Yet those were the very words used by this Man who knew Jesus so well and who had walked so closely with him all those years. This Man from Galilee, in referring to himself, He spoke simply and clearly. "anyone who has seen me has seen the Father" ( John 14:9). No mere human teacher has ever claimed such a thing, or would dare. But Jesus spoke to them; "Look at me, and you can say you have seen God". In the past God spoke to our forefathers through the Prophets, at many times and in various ways, but in these last days He has spoken to us by His Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom he made the universe(Hebrews 1:1). The person whom we know as Jesus is our creator. "Through Him all things were made, without Him nothing was made that has been made" (John 1:3).   Their are many who don`t want to accept that the continuing existence of our universe depends on Jesus sustaining it! " The Son is the radiance of God`s glory and the exact representation of his being sustaining all things by His powerful word" (Hebrews 1:2). No matter how self-sufficient we act or self-reliant we feel, our next breath and heartbeat depend on Him. With out Jesus everything would fall apart. " He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together" (Colossians 1:17). Jesus lived, loved, taught, and healed for three years. Jealous, ambitious religious leaders played on the paranoia of the civil authorities to get Jesus killed. They executed him as a common criminal with a cruel torture. On the third day, however, His companions found an empty tomb. Over a period of six weeks, Jesus began to visit them individually and in groups-- around 500 people saw him, and talked with him first hand during that period. So far , we in the realm of the familiar. Hollywood blockbusters and Easter TV specials have repeated " the greatest story ever told" often enough that most people in the western world know these basic facts. But there is more! Jesus` companions also proclaim to us what happened to him after the Resurrection. " He humbled himself and became obedient to death-- even death on the cross! Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him a name that is above every name" (Philippians 2:9). According to their testimonies, Jesus at this very moment occupies the highest place in the created or uncreated realms. His name carries greater weight,honor, and authority than any other. No scholar,thinker,or teacher or leader on earth, nor angel or demon or force in the spirit world, can challenge the supremacy of Jesus Christ.....Now and forever! Jesus said; "I tell you the truth, I am the gate for the sheep. All who ever came before were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen. I am the gate; who ever enters through me will be saved' (john 10:7-9). Jesus never miss-spoke. In John 14: 6, He said;" I am the way the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me". The creator God decided to become one of us. He wanted to provide us a way to know him by becoming the way. He is reining now, His authority increasing each moment. Along with everyone who has ever known him, I urge you to bow your knee to him. Get to know him, come to love him. His rein will soon be complete. So center your lives around a loving devotion to Jesus. Build on the rock of putting into practice His word. Take action today to change for Jesus. Don`t just think about it, act on it. Jesus said;" This action " is building on the rock". May God bless you. Love always, Irving Serrano

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