12.03.2019
IBC Admin
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together (Col 1:15–17)
Every religious and philosophical system since the beginning revolves has to answer one question: who is Jesus? For the Jew He was a false prophet, for the Muslim He was just a prophet, for the Hindu, He was just one of their many god’s, for the Buddhist He was just a teacher or great master. Whether it be the philosophical systems of dualism, pantheism, materialism, nihilism, existentialism, stoicism, hedonism, Marxism, or rationalism, all wind up answering that one question in a wrong way.
Jesus Christ cuts through all of the mess of man’s opinion… it was from heaven that the Father spoke, “This is my Son in whom I am well pleased.” In John 5:24, Jesus said this about Himself, “Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.”
You see God’s way for us to return back to Him, be forgiven of sin, to be delivered from the power of Satan, from God’s judgment, and from the forces of darkness is Jesus. Acts 4:12 reminds us, “There is no other name under heaven by which a man can be saved.” And Jesus Himself told us that “I am the way the truth and the life.”
Listen to H.G. Wells said one hundred years ago about Jesus. “I am an historian, not a believer, but I must confess as a historian that this penniless preacher from Nazareth is irrevocably the very center of history. Jesus Christ is easily the most dominant figure in all history.
Socrates taught for 40 years, Plato for 50, Aristotle for 40, and Jesus for only 3. Yet the influence of Christ's 3-year ministry infinitely transcends the impact left by the combined 130 years of teaching from these men who were among the greatest philosophers of all antiquity.”