52 Words Every Christian Should Know by Kendell Easley

Author:Kendell Easley
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
Published: 2009-11-06T16:00:00+00:00

REFLECTION: Why is it important to believe that hell is a literal place? How would you counsel someone who said, “Hell is just the bad stuff you go through on earth”?

PRAYER: Lord Jesus, help me to see others around me as destined for hell unless they come to You in faith. May I testify this day to the reality of my belief in heaven and hell. Amen.

V. JESUS

National magazines still put Jesus on their covers, often around Christmas and Easter. Television networks feature popular specials on the search for the real Jesus. A movie star releases a film about the suffering and death of Jesus that attracts millions of viewers and becomes one of the greatest money-making movies of all time. Clearly Jesus is still a person of interest for our increasingly secularized culture.

Which Jesus shall we follow? Several versions of Jesus are out there. For some, He was a humble Jewish rabbi whose gentle teachings were hijacked by people like Paul and turned into a Savior that He never meant to be. He's been called a magician as well as a great psychologist. In the twentieth century, persons perceiving themselves to be powerless and trampled on by majority culture championed Him as the great Liberator. A feminist Christ, a Latin American Christ, and a Christ for homosexuals are among several that emerged. In traditional forms of Christianity, He's an object of mystical devotion. Crucifixes and sacramental ceremonies aid such Christ-mystics, some of whom report visions of Him.

How does all this square with the Jesus of the four Gospels? How did Christians of the early centuries come to understand Him? They were deeply concerned to get this right. The longest sections in both the Apostles' Creed and the Nicene Creed describe His person and work. The classic understanding of Jesus has consistently identified with these confessions. As we will see in the following seven studies, such truths were already clearly laid out in the Scriptures.

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