What does it mean to Believe in Jesus?
You are not a believer if Jesus would not entrust Himself to you!!
Jesus Christ was born in fulfillment of the prophecy 750 years before he was born; and his suffering, death, and resurrection too were part of the prophecy. It was by the eternal plan of the Almighty God the Father at the beginning of time. He came and lived that we might Believe in Him, Become like Him and Behave like Him.
It is Finished
When Jesus said at last, on the cross, “IT IS FINISHED” it meant,
The Debt is fully paid
The Sentence is fully served and
The Battle has been fully won.
So let us linger no longer.
Don’t live in the debt of your sin anymore
Don’t carry the guilt and punishment to the grave
Don’t live a defeated life any longer.
It all begins when you are able to realize that Jesus is the son of God, meaning, He is God who became man to atone for our sins...
“When the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and all that had happened, they were terrified, and exclaimed, “Surely he was the Son of God!” Matthew 27:54
But those who wanted to kill Jesus were neither the Romans nor the Roman soldiers, but the High Priest and Teachers (Theologians) of the day as in Jesus they found a threat to their power and positions.
They called Jesus a
deceiver!
See what they said:
“The next day, the one after Preparation Day, the chief priests and the Pharisees went to Pilate. “Sir,” they said, “we remember that while he was still alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’ So give the order for the tomb to be made secure until the third day. Otherwise, his disciples may come and steal the body and tell the people that he has been raised from the dead. This last deception will be worse than the first.” (Matthew 27:62-64)
But Jesus was raised from the tomb. He is resurrected and lives that you and I too can live eternally.
If you BELIEVE Jesus Christ is God and He can save you from sin,
BECOME like Him and BEHAVE like Him.
How can you Believe and Become like him? That’s there in the Bible.
How can you Behave like him? The answer is the gospel. If you do not have a Bible, at least borrow one and start reading the gospel (according to Matthew Mark, Luke, or John). If you have not read the Bible at I suggest you get hold of one and read Matthew chapters 5-7. Seek, you will find, knock it will be opened to you.
See this
“Now while he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Festival, many people saw the signs he was performing and believed in his name. But Jesus would not entrust himself to them, for he knew all people. He did not need any testimony about mankind, for he knew what was in each person”. (John 2:23-24)
I Never Knew You
“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.” (Matthew 7:21-23)
If you have heard and believed a different gospel other than this, that is a fake gospel and the one who presented is a deceiver!
If a believer of Christ (Christians) deceive, manipulate, misappropriate, misrepresent, misbehave, and mistreat others, mark this: they are crucifying Christ again!
What do you call Jesus? Saviour or deceiver?
There must be many who call themselves believers!
If you don’t want to Become and Behave, it is better not to believe!
For more clarity and for additional wisdom, please read the full chapter of the references used.
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