Christmas Questions
During this festive holiday season, everyone is compelled to think about the fact that Jesus Christ once lived in this world, walked among men, and died as a cursed felon upon a Roman cross. I am thankful for that fact. Here are four questions which every thoughtful person ought to seek satisfactory answers.
WHO IS JESUS CHRIST? Men everywhere
talk about Jesus. They write songs about him, make movies about him, and write
books about him. But who is he? For the answer to that question we must look to
the pages of sacred scripture. Jesus
Christ is himself the eternal God. The scriptures of both the Old and New
Testaments proclaim that Christ is God (Isaiah 9:6; John 1:1; Romans 9:5). He
is God, the Creator and Sustainer of all things. He is God our Savior. While He
was upon the earth, our Lord claimed to be God; and His apostles worshipped Him
as God. Jesus Christ is God the Eternal Son--equal in power, wisdom, glory, and
Being with the Father and the Holy Spirit. Let others deny His divinity, if
they dare. Every true believer knows that "in
Him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily." We have this
witness in our hearts which we cannot deny (I John
WHY DID THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, THE SON OF
GOD, COME INTO THIS WORLD? He came to do His Father's will (Hebrews 10:7).
He came to save His people from their sins (Matthew
WHAT HAS THE SON OF GOD DONE? He has
finished the work committed to Him by His Father. He has accomplished His
Father's will. He fulfilled everything required by the righteousness and
justice of God for the salvation of sinners (John 17:4). The Lord Jesus Christ
accomplished perfect righteousness for us. He died in the place of sinners,
satisfying the claims of justice, the penalty of the law, and the wrath of God
for us, putting away our sins. In a word - He "obtained eternal redemption for us."
WHERE IS THIS CRUCIFIED SUBSTITUTE NOW? The
God-man, our Savior, is exalted to the right hand of the majesty on high
(Hebrews
Don Fortner