Can you tell me who Jesus is? without using the doctrine of the Trinity to do so?

Question

All answers need to be More Scripture than explainations! !

my reason is because everyone has their own ideas about this, but i want Scriptural proof.

Can you show from beginning to end where the bible talks about Jesus ?

and i don't care if the answers are really long, i really want answers..

ok,

,,,,,,
kay

Answer 1

Jesus is the only begotten Son of God, a man who became our Saviour & Redeemer & our Lord !



Numbers 23:19 God is not a man, that he should lie, nor the son of

man, that he should repent. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or

has he spoken, and will he not make it good?



Mark 15:39 When the centurion, who stood by opposite him, saw that he

cried out like this and breathed his last, he said, "Truly this man

was the Son of God!"



Luke 12:8 "I tell you, everyone who confesses me before men, him will

the Son of Man also confess before the angels of God;





Luke 22:69 From now on, the Son of Man will be seated at the right

hand of the power of God."





John 1:51 He said to him, "Most certainly, I tell you, hereafter you

will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and

descending on the Son of Man."





John 6:27 Don't work for the food which perishes, but for the food

which remains to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you.

For God the Father has sealed him."





John 13:31 When he had gone out, Jesus said, "Now the Son of Man has

been glorified, and God has been glorified in him.





Acts 7:56 and said, "Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of

Man standing at the right hand of God!"





Acts 13:21 Afterward they asked for a king, and God gave to them Saul

the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.



Ephesians 4

13 until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the

knowledge of the Son of God, to a full grown man, to the measure of

the stature of the fullness of Christ;







Matthew 4

3 The tempter came and said to him, "If you are the Son of God,

command that these stones become bread."



6 and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down,

for it is written, 'He will put his angels in charge of you.'

and, 'On their hands they will bear you up, so that you don't dash

your foot against a stone.'"



Matthew 8

29 Behold, they cried out, saying, "What do we have to do with you,

Jesus, Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?"



Matthew 14

33 Those who were in the boat came and worshiped him, saying, "You

are truly the Son of God!"



Matthew 26

63 But Jesus held his peace. The high priest answered him, "I adjure

you by the living God, that you tell us whether you are the Christ,

the Son of God."



Matthew 27

40 and saying, "You who destroy the temple, and build it in three

days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the

cross!"



43 He trusts in God. Let God deliver him now, if he wants him; for he

said, 'I am the Son of God.'"



54 Now the centurion, and those who were with him watching Jesus,

when they saw the earthquake, and the things that were done, feared

exceedingly, saying, "Truly this was the Son of God."



Mark 1

1 The beginning of the Good News of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.



Mark 3

11 The unclean spirits, whenever they saw him, fell down before him,

and cried, "You are the Son of God!"



Mark 15

39 When the centurion, who stood by opposite him, saw that he cried

out like this and breathed his last, he said, "Truly this man was the

Son of God!"



Luke 1

35 The angel answered her, "The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the

power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore also the holy

one who is born from you will be called the Son of God.



Luke 3

38 the son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.



Luke 4

3 The devil said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command this

stone to become bread."



9 He led him to Jerusalem, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple,

and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, cast yourself down from

here,



41 Demons also came out from many, crying out, and saying, "You are

the Christ, the Son of God!" Rebuking them, he didn't allow them to

speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.



Luke 22

70 They all said, "Are you then the Son of God?" He said to

them, "You say it, because I am."



John 1

34 I have seen, and have testified that this is the Son of God."



49 Nathanael answered him, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are

King of Israel!"



John 3

18 He who believes in him is not judged. He who doesn't believe has

been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the

one and only Son of God.



John 5

25 Most certainly, I tell you, the hour comes, and now is, when the

dead will hear the Son of God's voice; and those who hear will live.



John 9

35 Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, and finding him, he

said, "Do you believe in the Son of God?"



John 10

36 do you say of him whom the Father sanctified and sent into the

world, 'You blaspheme,' because I said, 'I am the Son of God?'



John 19

7 The Jews answered him, "We have a law, and by our law he ought to

die, because he made himself the Son of God."



John 20

31 but these are written, that you may believe that Jesus is the

Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in his

name.



Acts 9

20 Immediately in the synagogues he proclaimed the Christ, that he is

the Son of God.



Romans 1

4 who was declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the

Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ

our Lord,



2 Corinthians 1

19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by

us, by me, Silvanus, and Timothy, was not "Yes and no," but in him

is "Yes."



Galatians 2

20 I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that

live, but Christ living in me. That life which I now live in the

flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave

himself up for me.



Ephesians 4

13 until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the

knowledge of the Son of God, to a full grown man, to the measure of

the stature of the fullness of Christ;



Hebrews 4

14 Having then a great high priest, who has passed through the

heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold tightly to our confession.



Hebrews 6

6 and then fell away, it is impossible to renew them again to

repentance; seeing they crucify the Son of God for themselves again,

and put him to open shame.



Hebrews 7

3 without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither

beginning of days nor end of life, but made like the Son of God),

remains a priest continually.



Hebrews 10

29 How much worse punishment, do you think, will he be judged worthy

of, who has trodden under foot the Son of God, and has counted the

blood of the covenant with which he was sanctified an unholy thing,

and has insulted the Spirit of grace?



1 John 3

8 He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from

the beginning. To this end the Son of God was revealed, that he might

destroy the works of the devil.



1 John 4

15 Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in

him, and he in God.



1 John 5

5 Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus

is the Son of God?



10 He who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself. He

who doesn't believe God has made him a liar, because he has not

believed in the testimony that God has given concerning his Son.



13 These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the

Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that

you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.



20 We know that the Son of God has come, and has given us an

understanding, that we know him who is true, and we are in him who is

true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.



Revelation 2

18 "To the angel of the assembly in Thyatira write: "The Son of God,

who has his eyes like a flame of fire, and his feet are like

burnished brass, says these things:



Numbers 23

19 God is not a man, that he should lie, nor the son of man, that he

should repent. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken,

and will he not make it good?



Deuteronomy 1

31 and in the wilderness, where you have seen how that Yahweh your

God bore you, as a man does bear his son, in all the way that you

went, until you came to this place.



Deuteronomy 8

5 You shall consider in your heart that as a man chastens his son, so

Yahweh your God chastens you.



Joshua 14

6 Then the children of Judah drew near to Joshua in Gilgal. Caleb the

son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, "You know the thing that

Yahweh spoke to Moses the man of God concerning me and concerning you

in Kadesh Barnea.



Judges 7

14 His fellow answered, This is nothing else save the sword of Gideon

the son of Joash, a man of Israel: into his hand God has delivered

Midian, and all the army.



2 Samuel 14

16 For the king will hear, to deliver his servant out of the hand of

the man who would destroy me and my son together out of the

inheritance of God.



2 Samuel 23

1 Now these are the last words of David. David the son of Jesse says,

the man who was raised on high says, the anointed of the God of

Jacob, the sweet psalmist of Israel:



1 Kings 17

18 She said to Elijah, What have I to do with you, you man of God?

You have come to me to bring my sin to memory, and to kill my son!



2 Kings 4

16 He said, At this season, when the time comes round, you shall

embrace a son. She said, No, my lord, you man of God, do not lie to

your handmaid.



1 Chronicles 29

1 David the king said to all the assembly, Solomon my son, whom alone

God has chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great; for

the palace is not for man, but for Yahweh God.



Ezra 3

2 Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brothers the

priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brothers, and

built the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings

thereon, as it is written in the law of Moses the man of God.



Nehemiah 12

24 The chiefs of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the

son of Kadmiel, with their brothers over against them, to praise and

give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God,

watch next to watch.



Job 16

21 that he would maintain the right of a man with God, of a son of

man with his neighbor!



Jeremiah 35

4 and I brought them into the house of Yahweh, into the chamber of

the sons of Hanan the son of Igdaliah, the man of God, which was by

the chamber of the princes, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah

the son of Shallum, the keeper of the threshold.



19 therefore thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel: Jonadab

the son of Rechab shall not want a man to stand before me forever.



Jeremiah 50

40 As when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbor cities

of it, says Yahweh, so shall no man dwell there, neither shall any

son of man sojourn therein.



Ezekiel 28

2 Son of man, tell the prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord Yahweh:

Because your heart is lifted up, and you have said, I am a god, I sit

in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet you are man, and

not God, though you did set your heart as the heart of God--



Mark 15

39 When the centurion, who stood by opposite him, saw that he cried

out like this and breathed his last, he said, "Truly this man was the

Son of God!"



Luke 12

8 "I tell you, everyone who confesses me before men, him will the Son

of Man also confess before the angels of God;



Luke 22

69 From now on, the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of

the power of God."



John 1

51 He said to him, "Most certainly, I tell you, hereafter you will

see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending on

the Son of Man."



John 6

27 Don't work for the food which perishes, but for the food which

remains to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For

God the Father has sealed him."



John 13

31 When he had gone out, Jesus said, "Now the Son of Man has been

glorified, and God has been glorified in him.



Acts 7

56 and said, "Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man

standing at the right hand of God!"



Acts 13

21 Afterward they asked for a king, and God gave to them Saul the son

of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.



Ephesians 4

13 until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the

knowledge of the Son of God, to a full grown man, to the measure of

the stature of the fullness of Christ;

Answer 2

Christianity believes in Trinity ie -God takes three forms as the father the son & the Holy ghost. They further say that the father the son & the holy ghost form one God. in short God is 3-in-1 & 1in 3

Befor goin further bear in mind the following:

John 17:3

" ' And this life is eternal, that they might knowThee, the ONLY TRUE GOD , and Jesu Christ whom thou has sent' "



Mark 12:32

"And the scribe said unto him, 'Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: For there is one God ; & there is none but He' '

Commenting on these verses cristisns say " that one God may have three forms"

Answer: When God took the form of Jesus & when he died did the ONE GOD described in John & Mark also die.?

The Christians onthis answer say : See God can take three forms all at once as a man can be a Father a brother & a Businessman at the same time .

Answer to the above :

Agreed for sake o argument .

But if the sister o the brother tells him a secret, the father will also know & the businessman will know the secret, being one and the same person.

But jesus said:

Mark 13:32

"No one knows about the Day or the Hour, not even the angels,not the son , only the father."

which is sufficient to prove that Jesus isnt a form o God.

Answer 3

First off, the Bible talks about Jesus everywhere. The Old Testament part of the Bible has all these prophecies about him that are fulfilled later. The Bible says that Jesus is God, and that he is God's son. This is part of the trinity like you're talking about. But, to read about Jesus and who he really was, take a look at the gospels. These are the books of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John in the Bible. They can be found at the beginning of the New Testament, which is like the second half of the Bible. John especially explains Jesus well. John 1:1 says 'in the beginning was the word, and the word was with God, and the word was God'. That seems confusing, but its meaning is clear: Jesus is being called the word. He IS God, but yet, he is God's son. BTW, Jesus is awesome, you should get to know Him. Pick up a New International Bible (NIV) and read John. (Not 1st John, just John.

Answer 4

Sorry you will have to read the texts from your own bible. I did not quote the text here in the service of brevity.

John 14:1-3

This text is often used as a promise for something better but it is the rest of the chapter that explains what it meant. Jesus was telling the disciples that he was about to physically leave them. As the corporeal reality was the only one they understood they felt a considerable sense of loss.

John 14:4-7

Jesus was trying to help the disciples understand state of being not place.

That the disciples continued to misunderstand is illustrated by the following.

John 14:8-9

Philip and the others continued in corporeal thinking. They were looking for a Father who was a corporeal being. God is a Spirit. John 4:24 John 4:23&24



John 14:10,11

The concept of Spirit is so foreign to us that we can see the words but not have any understanding. We think we understand our physical reality yet modern cosmology tells us we do not. Modern cosmologists and mathematicians suggest that even our observations at the subatomic level change what is going on.



Jesus used the word go because the disciples could not understand I am in the Father, and the Father in me. The words that I say unto you I speak not from myself: but the Father abiding in me doeth his works. This duality of nature that was the incarnate Christ is illustrated by the previous chapter.



John13:21ASV

Jesus the human spoke as the Spirit moved him and yet was still troubled by what was about to happen.



This would not be complete without the reason why we no longer see Christ with our corporeal eyes.



John 14:14-16ASV

Finally we get to the point. The other Comforter is none other than eYSHUA Himself. And this is the reason we no longer have him as a corporeal person here on earth. No corporeal thing can be in two corporeal places at once. Therefore the promise to be forever with those who believe on Him requires him to be a Spirit.

John 14:16-18

The translators and perhaps the original writers insisted on trying to keep this story absolutely true to corporeal existence. The use of the term “other Comforter” belies the truth in “ye know him” and He abideth with you. Then Jesus refers to his eminent leaving the corporeal existence by contrasting what will happen to Him with the Comforter.

John 14:19-21 manifest myself unto him

And just how pray tell was he going to do that?

John 14:23 and make our abode with him

Jesus’ relationship to The Spirit was just the same as what he was telling the disciples would be their experience after he left the corporeal existence.

John 14:26

We can have this relationship to The Spirit such that we feel The Spirit in ourselves as we live and if we ask He will reveal everything we are to know and answer all our questions to our benefit.



In conclusion: Jesus could not be a corporeal person in this “reality” and be The Spirit to corporeal beings in this reality. He is The Spirit and He is with us always.

Answer 5

Jesus was asociated with the following.

First, it was said that he was the One promised by God who will step on the serpent's head whose heels will be bitten back.

Second he was said to be the promised Messiah who is like Moses.

Third, he was said to be coming from the roots of Jesse or David.

Fourth, he is what was described best in Psalm 22, 38, 69

Fifth, In Isaiah 7, 11, 14

In Ezekiel 17, 21

In Zechariah 13

Sixth, Matthew 26:64

Seventh, Revelation 22:16

If you can read and digest everything, maybe you will understand also what he is not against what he is according to the religions. Take extensive notes on Isaiah 14:12-17.

Answer 6

Do you mean the Old Testament, or the New Testament?

It would be helpful if you clarify the exact purpose of your question; are you trying to decide if you believe in Jesus based on belief in the Tanakh, or trying to find the origins of Jesus from the New Testament?

Answer 7

Jesus is the Lamb of God.



"The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world." - John 1:29 KJV



Jesus is the Son of God.



"For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved." - John 3:17 KJV



Jesus is the Saviour of the World.



"And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world." - John 4:42 KJV



Jesus is the Living Bread.



"I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world." - John 6:51 KJV



Jesus is the Light of the World.



"Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life." - John 8:12 KJV



Jesus is the door to Heaven.



"I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture." - John 10:9 KJV



Jesus is the Good Shephred.



"I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep." - John 10:11 KJV



Jesus is the Resurrection and the Life.



"Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:" - John 11:25 KJV



Jesus is the Way, The Truth, and the Life..



"Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me." - John 14:6 KJV



Jesus is the great God and Saviour.



"Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;" - Titus 2:13 KJV



Jesus is the true God and eternal life.



"And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life." - 1 John 5:20 KJV

Answer 8

I'm not sure why you rule out one potential aspect of the explanation. If you really want an answer why do you rule out certain explanations in advance?



Read John 1:1-14. Jesus (not the Bible) is "the Word of God". He is the physical embodiment of what God has to say to us.



Jesus is pre-existent. He existed prior to having the physical form we know from history.



All things were made through Jesus. This is consistent with Genesis where it says that God spoke everything into existence. If Jesus is the Word of God, when God speaks, Jesus is involved.



Jesus has the power to restore us to the family of God. We are separated from God by sin; Jesus makes us God's children.



Jesus was full of Truth. As the Word of God, he could be nothing else.



Jesus was full of Grace (unmeritted favor). He offers salvation through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, to all who believe.



There are lots of other passages but I like this one because it sums up so many aspects of Jesus' character and role.



At your request I haven't dealt with the proofs for trinitarianism that exist in this passage.

Answer 9

Jesus the son of God

John 1:

Answer 10

Read the 4 Gospels. And also, a book on Old Testament prophesies of the Messiah & Jesus who fulfilled them.



There are web sites that have hundreds. Do a net search of Messiah prophecies fulfilled (a guess).



Then the rest of the New Testament & Revelation. Blessed is everyone who reads Revelation. It warns us of end times & warns us of plagerizing Revelation at then end.

Answer 11

The best answer in my opinion is to get you a study bible(Ryrie study bible is very good, i.m.o.) if you want to go in depth about it. The best scripture i can give you is John 3:16."For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotton Son(Jesus) that whosoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life."

Answer 12

Gen.3:15 is the first promise given of the coming of Jesus.

Ps.110:1a "The Lord said unto my Lord"



"Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made.He saith not,And to seeds,as of many:but as of (one),AND TO THY SEED,which is Christ" Galatians 3:16. It is in Christ that we receive the promises of God.Without Him we are all lost,its just that simple.



"Whosoever transgresseth,and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ,hath not God,He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ,he hath (both) the Father and the Son.If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine,receive him not into your house,neither bid him God speed;For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds" 2 John 1:9-11.

Here is a clear message that without Jesus we cannot have God, Period.This scripture should also enlighten those who find a great deal of tolerance for those other religions.(And no I don't hate others who are not Christian.) If you have a problem with this take it up with God.

Answer 13

I hesitate to answer this one, not because it doesn't need answering, but because it can easily be very long indeed; I just don't have the time to do it justice. It would be better (and easier on me :-) ) to just refer you to a good booklet on the subject.



Booklet: Jesus Christ: The Real Story:

http://www.gnmagazine.org/booklets/JC/JC.pdf



This is another option, a multimedia message:

http://www.lcg.org/cgi-bin/tw/telecast/tw-telecast.cgi?category=Media1&item=1104434469



There are many Scriptural references in these. They are worth the browse, even to read in depth.



Sorry I didn't write a long essay for you, but why reinvent the wheel?

Answer 14

Matthew 7:29



For he (Jesus) taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.



So my take on this is that he is not just discussing things intellectually or argumentively but proclaiming the truth. Jesus is revealing truths by following the law of truth (God).

Answer 15

Kay

Doctrine and Scriptures are related.If you read your bible with an open mind you will see that Jesus was trying to tell us that he is our brother!!! Hence , if he is also the son of god, then we are all children of GOD. We are connected to GOD in more ways than you know!! Peace and love be with you. :):):)

Answer 16

John 1:1 1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2He was with God in the beginning.



3Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 4In him was life, and that life was the light of men. 5The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood[a] it....



...14The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only,[d] who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.



This all refers to Genesis 1 where God refers to Himself in a plural sense. The Word(Jesus) was there at the beginning and man was created in the image of Him.:



26 Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, [b] and over all the creatures that move along the ground."



27 So God created man in his own image,

in the image of God he created him;

male and female he created them.



Lastly He is the One who knows us the best(He created us) and loves us the most(He laid down His life for us). And I love Him back.

Answer 17

Jesus is God in the flesh who came to earth to die for us so that we may live eternally with Him in Heaven. Jesus is God's Son who God in His Mercy sacrificed His son so that Jesus paid our penalty of spiritual death, so that we did not have to. Jesus is our intercessor to God the Father when satan accuses each of us of our sins to God. Jesus defends us that accept, trust and believe in Him. Jesus is the second person of the Trinity. Jesus is our Savior and will judge each of us at the end of our lives as we know it on this earth. Jesus is the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. Jesus is the promise keeper who said He'd be with us even to the end. Jesus is the Christ!!! Read the Gospels and come to know the lamb and the lion. God bless

Answer 18

Jesus is God's Son, not God the Father. John 3:16... He is the Savior of the world and the only way we can return to live with our heavenly Father.



The false doctrine of the Trinity originated with the Council of Nice around 300 A.D.



There was a lot of argument about the body of God and what He is like. By a non-unanimous vote, this incomprehensible image of God became the accepted norm.



This is what the Bible says:



Acts 7:55-57 Stephen saw Jesus Christ and His father standing next to each other just BEFORE the mob took him out of the city to kill him. (This was not a dying vision.)



Matthew 3:13-17 Jesus' baptism. After He was baptized, the Holy Ghost descended in the form of a dove. His Father spoke from heaven, and called Jesus "My Beloved Son"(not, "This is Me"). All three members of the Godhead were there, distinctly different from each other, and not the same being.



In John chapter 17, Jesus prayed to His Father, He talked about His Father as another person who gave Him commandments. He also commanded us to pray to the Father in Jesus' name. He always said that He did His Father's will, not His own.



In John 17:21 He explained what being one with God means: being one in love, one in purpose, one in action. He also said that we are to be one with Him. This does not mean that we become Him, but that we try to become like Him.

Answer 19

That would be like feeding a baby with a spoon. If you can read you need to read your bible for yourself. God says if you seek Him you shall find Him, if you shall seek Him with your whole heart. Since Adam and Eve sinned , it separated man from God. God now had to find a way to reconcile us back to Him , so He came up with the plan of salvation.

He send Jesus to the earth so that He could be the lamb, that was needed to be sacrificed .Jesus took our sins with Him to the cross. He had to die so that you and me could have eternal life in Heaven with God.

Answer 20

Jesus is God's Son.

Answer 21

Just read the book of Matthew. You'll get to know Jesus fairly well, there. God bless.

Answer 22

Really long answers? - okay, here goes...they are called the gospels. And they are scripture. So that has to count, right?

Answer 23

Jesus was a great compassionate philosopher and became the most popular

Answer 24

Jesus is misrepresented in scripture, which was written many years later by men. Jesus was a prophet of the 'Divine' but was not 'God' itself.

Answer 25

Here you go!



http://ccc.scborromeo.org.master.com/texis/master/search/?sufs=0&q=Jesus+Christ&s=SS

Answer 26

He is the greatest mythological figure of all time. He was also a superstar. Or you might be talking about the guy who cuts my grass once a week. He is cool.

Answer 27

I have no doubt we have one Lord and Father God. his name is Iam....YHWH, his son's name is Jesus or Yeoshua and they are one and the same. It is the Holy Spirit of YHWH/Yeoshua that dwells in you when you are saved and baptized. This study can be extensive to get to the Truth but you really need to pray and ask God to reveal his truth for you personally and you will also need salvation/baptismal into Christ in order to attain the truth.



Isaiah 40:9

You who bring good tidings to Zion, go up on a high mountain. You who bring good tidings to Jerusalem, lift up your voice with a shout, lift it up, do not be afraid; say to the towns of Judah, "Here is your God!" ---Jesus was born years later.



Exodus 3:14

God said to Moses, "~I am who I am. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: '~I am has sent me to you.'" Now compare with...John 8:58

"I tell you the truth," Jesus answered, "before Abraham was born, I am!" ---Jesus is proclaiming himself to be the Iam. And the scibes & Saduccees wanted to stone him for it immediately following this statement.



1 John 5:6,7,20

6 This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth. 7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.



5:20

We know also that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true. And we are in him who is true--even in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.



John 14:6-11

14:6

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

14:7

If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.

14:8

Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us.

14:9

Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?

14:10

Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.

14:11

Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works' sake.



John 1:1,2,14

1:1

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

1:2

The same was in the beginning with God.

1:14

And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.



John 20:26-29

26 And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you. 27 Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing. 28 And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God. 29 Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.



Titus 2:13

Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;



Hebrews1:8,9

8But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness F3 is the sceptre of thy kingdom.

1:9

Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.



Revelation 1:8

I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty. (Notice this says the Almighty...that is God's title.)



Colossians 2:9

For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.



The scriptures mentioned above are only a few of the scriptures that directly quote scripture and cannot be refuted as to the meaning of them. We cannot proclaim to know the truth utilizing a scripture or two, instead we lay a foundation and build upon that, by laying precept upon precept to get to the whole truth and exact meaning in the scriptures. There is no confusion when you have the Holy Spirit guiding you into all his Truth. Jesus is the way the Truth and the Life and he is our Lord and our God. Just ask him to reveal this truth to you if your unaware of this Truth. Doubting Thomas said it best, when he saw Jesus after his resurrection and said to him, "my Lord and my God." Remember the Saducces and the Pharisees tried to stone Jesus for proclaiming to forgive sins, they said, 'Only God can forgive sins.' You might ask, "can God seperate himself and be in two places at the same time?" The reply is a resounding, "Yes!" God is a Spirit and those that worship him must worship him in Spirit and in Truth. Amen. He is Omipotent, Omniscient and Omnipresent; Almighty God. Even his name "Jesus" actually translates to, 'YHWH--Jehovah- (God) has become Salvation.' To take it further his name translates to Joshua or 'Yehowshuwa,' pronounced; "yeh-ho-shoo'-ah" in the Hebrew and Greek language. A Christmas favorite "Emmanuel, translates to "God is with us." (Matthew 1:23)



As you can see there is ample evidence that Jesus/God was manifested as the son on earth and could be simultaneously, as well as, inseperably in heaven up until they seperated spiritually on the cross. Where Jesus stated; (Mattthew 27:46)---"And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? ---I believe it is the only time the Father turned his back on Jesus, as he took upon himself the sins of the world. Again the body of Christ was filled with the Spirit of God until Jesus died on the cross for our sins. The resurrection of Christ Jesus relenquished the Lord's body from the grave and back into the Father's Spiritual realm the Godhead, for eternity.



Thank you JESUS for your Truth!!! \o/



I hope this helps.



Let the Holy Spirit guide you into all his truth.

Yeoshua bless you!

Answer 28

YES, mein fuhrer

Answer 29

Yes! ... some guy.

Answer 30

The name and title of the Son of God from the time of his anointing while on earth. You said "and i don't care if the answers are really long, i really want answers" Well, this is long, I love to give answers with scriptures & appreciate long answers. "thanks"



The name Jesus (Gr., I·e·sous′) corresponds to the Hebrew name Jeshua (or, in fuller form, Jehoshua), meaning “Jehovah Is Salvation.” The name itself was not unusual, many men being so named in that period. For this reason persons often added further identification, saying, “Jesus the Nazarene.” (Mr 10:47; Ac 2:22) Christ is from the Greek Khri·stos′, the equivalent of the Hebrew Ma·shi′ach (Messiah), and means “Anointed One.” Whereas the expression “anointed one” was properly applied to others before Jesus, such as Moses, Aaron, and David (Heb 11:24-26; Le 4:3; 8:12; 2Sa 22:51), the position, office, or service to which these were anointed only prefigured the superior position, office, and service of Jesus Christ. Jesus is therefore preeminently and uniquely “the Christ, the Son of the living God.” Mt 16:16



The person who became known as Jesus Christ did not begin life here on earth. He himself spoke of his prehuman heavenly life. (Joh 3:13; 6:38, 62; 8:23, 42, 58) John 1:1, 2 gives the heavenly name of the one who became Jesus, saying: “In the beginning the Word [Gr., Lo′gos] was, and the Word was with God, and the Word was a god [“was divine,” AT; Mo; or “of divine being,” This one was in the beginning with God.” Since Jehovah is eternal and had no beginning (Ps 90:2; Re 15:3), the Word’s being with God from “the beginning” must here refer to the beginning of Jehovah’s creative works. This is confirmed by other texts identifying Jesus as “the firstborn of all creation,” “the beginning of the creation by God.” (Col 1:15; Re 1:1; 3:14) Thus the Scriptures identify the Word (Jesus in his prehuman existence) as God’s first creation, his firstborn Son.



That Jehovah was truly the Father or Life-Giver to this firstborn Son and, hence, that this Son was actually a creature of God is evident from Jesus’ own statements. He pointed to God as the Source of his life, saying, “I live because of the Father.” According to the context, this meant that his life resulted from or was caused by his Father, even as the gaining of life by dying men would result from their faith in Jesus’ ransom sacrifice. Joh 6:56, 57.



If the estimates of modern-day scientists as to the age of the physical universe are anywhere near correct, Jesus’ existence as a spirit creature began thousands of millions of years prior to the creation of the first human. (Compare Mic 5:2.) This firstborn spirit Son was used by his Father in the creation of all other things. (Joh 1:3; Col 1:16, 17) This would include the millions of other spirit sons of Jehovah God’s heavenly family (Da 7:9, 10; Re 5:11), as well as the physical universe and the creatures originally produced within it. Logically, it was to this firstborn Son that Jehovah said: “Let us make man in our image, according to our likeness.” (Ge 1:26) All these other created things were not only created “through him” but also “for him,” as God’s Firstborn and the “heir of all things.” Col 1:16; Heb 1:2.



The Son’s share in the creative works, however, did not make him a co-Creator with his Father. The power for creation came from God through his holy spirit, or active force. (Ge 1:2; Ps 33:6) And since Jehovah is the Source of all life, all animate creation, visible and invisible, owes its life to him. (Ps 36:9) Rather than a co-Creator, then, the Son was the agent or instrumentality through whom Jehovah, the Creator, worked. Jesus himself credited God with the creation, as do all the Scriptures. Mt 19:4-6



How he is the “only-begotten Son.” Jesus’ being called the “only-begotten Son” (Joh 1:14; 3:16, 18; 1Jo 4:9) does not mean that the other spirit creatures produced were not God’s sons, for they are called sons as well. (Ge 6:2, 4; Job 1:6; 2:1; 38:4-7) However, by virtue of his being the sole direct creation of his Father, the firstborn Son was unique, different from all others of God’s sons, all of whom were created or begotten by Jehovah through that firstborn Son. So “the Word” was Jehovah’s “only-begotten Son” in a particular sense, even as Isaac was Abraham’s “only-begotten son” in a particular sense (his father already having another son but not by his wife Sarah)



His Birth on Earth. Prior to Jesus’ birth on earth, angels had appeared on this planet in human form, apparently materializing suitable bodies for the occasion, then dematerializing them after completing such assignments. (Ge 19:1-3; Jg 6:20-22; 13:15-20) They thus remained spirit creatures, merely employing a physical body temporarily. This, however, was not the case with the coming of God’s Son to earth to become the man Jesus. John 1:14 says that “the Word became flesh and resided among us.” For that reason he could call himself “the Son of man.” (Joh 1:51; 3:14, 15)



The inspired Record says: “But the birth of Jesus Christ was in this way. During the time his mother Mary was promised in marriage to Joseph, she was found to be pregnant by holy spirit before they were united.” (Mt 1:18) Prior to this, Jehovah’s angelic messenger had informed the virgin girl Mary that she would ‘conceive in her womb’ as the result of God’s holy spirit coming upon her and His power overshadowing her. (Lu 1:30, 31, 34, 35) Since actual conception took place, it appears that Jehovah God caused an ovum, or egg cell, in Mary’s womb to become fertile, accomplishing this by the transferal of the life of his firstborn Son from the spirit realm to earth. (Ga 4:4) Only in this way could the child eventually born have retained identity as the same person who had resided in heaven as the Word, and only in this way could he have been an actual son of Mary and hence a genuine descendant of her forefathers Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Judah, and King David and legitimate heir of the divine promises made to them. (Ge 22:15-18; 26:24; 28:10-14; 49:10; 2Sa 7:8, 11-16; Lu 3:23-34 It is likely, therefore, that the child born resembled its Jewish mother in certain physical characteristics.



Mary was a descendant of the sinner Adam, hence herself imperfect and sinful. The question therefore is raised as to how Jesus, Mary’s “firstborn” (Lu 2:7), could be perfect and free from sin in his physical organism. While modern geneticists have learned much about laws of heredity and about dominant and recessive characteristics, they have had no experience in learning the results of uniting perfection with imperfection, as was the case with Jesus’ conception. From the results revealed in the Bible, it would appear that the perfect male life-force (causing the conception) canceled out any imperfection existent in Mary’s ovum, thereby producing a genetic pattern that was perfect from its start. Whatever the case, the operation of God’s holy spirit at the time guaranteed the success of God’s purpose. As the angel Gabriel explained to Mary, “power of the Most High” overshadowed her so that what was born was holy, God’s Son. God’s holy spirit formed, as it were, a protective wall so that no imperfection or hurtful force could damage, or blemish, the developing embryo, from conception on. Lu 1:35.



Time of Birth, Length of Ministry. Jesus evidently was born in the month of Ethanim (September-October) of the year 2 B.C.E., was baptized about the same time of the year in 29 C.E., and died about 3:00 p.m. on Friday, the 14th day of the spring month of Nisan (March-April), 33 C.E. The basis for these dates is as follows:



Jesus was born approximately six months after the birth of his relative John (the Baptizer), during the rule of Roman Emperor Caesar Augustus (31 B.C.E.–14 C.E.) and the Syrian governorship of Quirinius, and toward the close of the reign of Herod the Great over Judea. Mt 2:1, 13, 20-22; Lu 1:24-31, 36; 2:1, 2, 7.



Since it was God’s holy spirit that made the birth possible, Jesus owed his human life to his heavenly Father, not to any man, such as his adoptive father Joseph. (Mt 2:13-15; Lu 3:23) As Hebrews 10:5 states, Jehovah God ‘prepared a body for him,’ and Jesus, from conception onward, was truly “undefiled, separated from the sinners.”



The death of Jesus Christ took place in the spring, on the Passover Day, Nisan (or Abib) 14, according to the Jewish calendar. (Mt 26:2; Joh 13:1-3; Ex 12:1-6; 13:4) That year the Passover occurred on the sixth day of the week (counted by the Jews as from sundown on Thursday to sundown on Friday). This is evident from John 19:31, which shows that the following day was “a great” sabbath. The day after Passover was always a sabbath, no matter on what day of the week it came. (Le 23:5-7) But when this special Sabbath coincided with the regular Sabbath (the seventh day of the week), it became “a great one.” So Jesus’ death took place on Friday, Nisan 14, by about 3:00 p.m. Lu 23:44-46.



The record of Jesus’ early life is very brief. Born in Bethlehem of Judea, King David’s native city, he was taken to Nazareth in Galilee after the family returned from Egypt, all of this in fulfillment of divine prophecy. (Mt 2:4-6, 14, 15, 19-23; Mic 5:2; Ho 11:1; Isa 11:1; Jer 23:5) Jesus’ adoptive father, Joseph, was a carpenter (Mt 13:55) and evidently of little means. (Compare Lu 2:22-24 with Le 12:8.) Thus Jesus, who on his first day of human life had slept in a stable, evidently spent his childhood in quite humble circumstances. Nazareth was not historically prominent, though near to two principal trade routes. It may have been looked down upon by many Jews.



Of the first years of Jesus’ life nothing is known except that “the young child continued growing and getting strong, being filled with wisdom, and God’s favor continued upon him.” (Lu 2:40) In course of time the family grew as four sons and some daughters were born to Joseph and Mary. (Mt 13:54-56) So, Mary’s “firstborn” son (Lu 2:7) did not grow up as an only child. This doubtless explains why his parents could begin a return journey from Jerusalem without realizing for a while that Jesus, their oldest child, was missing from the group. This occasion, with Jesus’ visit (as a 12-year-old) to the temple, where he engaged in a discussion with the Jewish teachers that left them amazed, is the only incident of his early life recounted in some detail.



There is nothing to indicate that Jesus had or exercised any miraculous powers during his childhood years, as the fanciful stories recorded in certain apocryphal works, such as the so-called Gospel of Thomas, pretend. The changing of water to wine at Cana, performed during his ministry, was “the beginning of his signs.” (Joh 2:1-11) Likewise, while among the family in Nazareth, Jesus evidently did not make a showy display of his wisdom and superiority as a perfect human, as is perhaps indicated by the fact that his half brothers did not exercise faith in him during his ministry as a human, as well as by the disbelief most of the population of Nazareth showed toward him. Joh 7:1-5; Mr 6:1, 4-6.



Yet Jesus was evidently well known by the people of Nazareth (Mt 13:54-56; Lu 4:22); his splendid qualities and personality must certainly have been noted, at least by those appreciative of righteousness and goodness. (Compare Mt 3:13, 14.) He regularly attended the synagogue services each Sabbath. He was educated, as is shown by his ability to find and read sections from the Sacred Writings, but he did not attend the rabbinic schools of “higher learning.”—Lu 4:16; Joh 7:14-16.



The brevity of the record concerning these early years is because Jesus had not yet been anointed by Jehovah as “the Christ” (Mt 16:16) and had not commenced carrying out the divine assignment awaiting him. His childhood and the growing-up process, like his birth, were necessary, though incidental, means to an end. As Jesus later stated to Roman Governor Pilate: “For this I have been born, and for this I have come into the world, that I should bear witness to the truth.” Joh 18:37.



His Baptism. The outpouring of holy spirit at the time of Jesus’ baptism marked the time of his becoming in actual fact the Messiah, or Christ, God’s Anointed One (the use of this title by angels when announcing his birth evidently being in a prophetic sense; Lu 2:9-11, note also vss 25, 26). For six months John had been ‘preparing the way’ for “the saving means of God.” (Lu 3:1-6) Jesus, now “about thirty years old,” was baptized over John’s initial objections, voiced because John till then had been baptizing only repentant sinners. (Mt 3:1, 6, 13-17; Lu 3:21-23) Jesus, however, was sinless; hence his baptism testified instead to his presenting himself to do his Father’s will. (Compare Heb 10:5-9.) After Jesus had ‘come up from the water,’ and while he was praying, “he saw the heavens being parted,” God’s spirit descended upon Jesus in bodily shape like a dove, and Jehovah’s voice was heard from heaven, saying: “You are my Son, the beloved; I have approved you.” Mt 3:16, 17; Mr 1:9-11; Lu 3:21, 22.



God’s spirit poured out upon Jesus doubtless illuminated his mind on many points. His own expressions thereafter, and particularly the intimate prayer to his Father on Passover night, 33 C.E., show that Jesus recalled his prehuman existence and the things he had heard from his Father and the things he had seen his Father do, as well as the glory that he himself had enjoyed in the heavens. (Joh 6:46; 7:28, 29; 8:26, 28, 38; 14:2; 17:5) It may well have been that the memory of these things was restored to him at the time of his baptism and anointing.



Jesus’ anointing with holy spirit appointed and commissioned him to carry out his ministry of preaching and teaching (Lu 4:16-21) and also to serve as God’s Prophet. (Ac 3:22-26) But, over and above this, it appointed and commissioned him as Jehovah’s promised King, the heir to David’s throne (Lu 1:32, 33, 69; Heb 1:8, 9) and to an everlasting Kingdom. For that reason he could later tell Pharisees: “The kingdom of God is in your midst.”



Jesus had been God’s Son from the time of his birth, even as the perfect Adam had been the “son of God.” (Lu 3:38; 1:35) The angels had identified Jesus as God’s Son from his birth onward. So, when, after Jesus’ baptism, his Father’s voice was heard saying, “You are my Son, the beloved; I have approved you” (Mr 1:11), it seems reasonable that this declaration accompanying the anointing flow of God’s spirit was more than just an acknowledgment of Jesus’ identity. The evidence is that Jesus was then begotten or brought forth by God as his spiritual Son, “born again,” as it were, with the right to receive life once more as a spirit Son of God in the heavens.



As an expression of his Father’s undeserved kindness, Christ Jesus laid down his perfect human life in sacrifice. This made possible the union of Christ’s chosen followers with him in his heavenly reign and also made possible the arrangement for earthly subjects of his Kingdom rule. (Mt 6:10; Joh 3:16; Eph 1:7; Heb 2:5; He thereby became “the Chief Agent [“Prince,” KJ; JB] of life” for all mankind. (Ac 3:15) The Greek term here used means, basically, “chief leader,” a related word being applied to Moses (Ac 7:27, 35) as “ruler” in Israel.



Because Jehovah God so ordained to use his Son, “there is no salvation in anyone else, for there is not another name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must get saved.”—Ac 4:12; compare 1Jo 5:11-13.



Since this aspect of Jesus’ authority is also embraced in his “name,” his disciples, as representatives of the Chief Agent of life, by that name could heal persons of their infirmities resulting from inherited sin and they could even raise the dead. Ac 3:6, 15, 16; 4:7-11;



The full significance of his “name.” It can be seen that, while Jesus’ death on a torture stake plays a vital part in human salvation, acceptance of this is by no means all that is involved in ‘putting faith in the name of Jesus.’ (Ac 10:43) Following his resurrection, Jesus informed his disciples, “All authority has been given me in heaven and on the earth,” thereby showing that he heads a government of universal domain. (Mt 28:18) The apostle Paul made clear that Jesus’ Father has “left nothing that is not subject to him [Jesus],” with the evident exception of “the one who subjected all things to him,” that is, Jehovah, the Sovereign God. (1Co 15:27; Heb 1:1-14; 2:8) Jesus Christ’s “name,” therefore, is more excellent than that of God’s angels, in that his name embraces or stands for the vast executive authority that Jehovah has placed in him. (Heb 1:3, 4) Only those who willingly recognize that “name” and bow to it, subjecting themselves to the authority it represents, will gain life eternal. (Ac 4:12; Eph 1:19-23; Php 2:9-11) They must, sincerely and without hypocrisy, line up with the standards Jesus exemplified and, in faith, obey the commands he gave. Mt 7:21-23; Ro 1:5; 1Jo 3:23.



The accomplishment of his ministry in bearing witness to the truth required more of Jesus than merely talking, preaching, and teaching. Besides shedding his heavenly glory to be born as a human, he had to fulfill all the things prophesied about him, including the shadows, or patterns, contained in the Law covenant. (Col 2:16, 17; Heb 10:1) To uphold the truth of his Father’s prophetic word and promises, Jesus had to live in such a way as to make that truth become reality, fulfilling it by what he said and did, how he lived, and how he died. Thus, he had to be the truth, in effect, the embodiment of the truth, as he himself said he was. Joh 14:6.



The whole career of Jesus Christ was therefore a ‘bearing witness to the truth,’ to the things to which God had sworn. Jesus was thus no shadow Messiah or Christ. He was the real one promised. He was no shadow King-Priest. He was, in substance and fact, the true one that had been prefigured.



In selecting his only-begotten Son, Jehovah, of course, was not ‘laying his hands hastily upon him,’ with the risk of being ‘a sharer in possible sins,’ for Jesus was no novice likely to get “puffed up with pride and fall into the judgment passed upon the Devil.” (Compare 1Ti 5:22; 3:6.) Jehovah ‘fully knew’ his Son from his intimate association with him during countless ages past (Mt 11:27; compare Ge 22:12; Ne 9:7, 8) and could therefore assign him to fulfill the unerring prophecies of His Word. (Isa 46:10, 11) Thus God was not arbitrarily or automatically guaranteeing “certain success” for his Son simply by placing him in the role of the prophesied Messiah (Isa 55:11), in the manner that the theory of predestinarianism claims.



Because both “the undeserved kindness and the truth” were to come to be through Jesus Christ, he had to get out among the people, let them hear him, see his works and qualities. Thus they might recognize him as the Messiah and put faith in his sacrifice when he died for them as “the Lamb of God.” (Joh 1:17, 29) He personally visited Palestine’s many regions, covering hundreds of miles on foot. He talked to people on lakeshores and hillsides as well as in cities and villages, synagogues and temple, marketplaces, streets and houses (Mt 5:1, 2; 26:55; Mr 6:53-56; Lu 4:16; 5:1-3; 13:22, 26; 19:5, 6), addressing large crowds and individuals, men and women, old and young, rich and poor.



Jesus set an example for his disciples by being hardworking, rising early, serving on into the night. (Lu 21:37, 38; Mr 11:20; 1:32-34; Joh 3:2; 5:17) More than once he spent the night in prayer, as he did the night before giving the Sermon on the Mount. (Mt 14:23-25; Lu 6:12–7:10) Another time, after serving during the night, he rose while it was still dark and headed for a lonely place to pray. (Mr 1:32, 35) His privacy often interrupted by the crowds, he, nevertheless, “received them kindly and began to speak to them about the kingdom of God.” (Lu 9:10, 11; Mr 6:31-34; 7:24-30) He experienced tiredness, thirst, and hunger, at times forgoing food for the sake of the work to be done. Mt 21:18; Joh 4:6, 7, 31-34



He was not, however, an ascetic, practicing self-denial to an extreme degree without regard for the circumstances at hand. (Lu 7:33, 34) He accepted many invitations to meals and even banquets, visiting the homes of persons of some wealth. (Lu 5:29; 7:36; 14:1; 19:1-6) He contributed to the enjoyment at a wedding by changing water into fine wine. (Joh 2:1-10) And he appreciated good things done for him.



Depth of feeling and warmth. But Jesus was also a man of great feeling, a requirement for serving as God’s High Priest. His perfection did not make him hypercritical or arrogant and overbearing (as were the Pharisees) toward the imperfect, sin-laden persons among whom he lived and worked. (Mt 9:10-13; 21:31, 32; Lu 7:36-48; 15:1-32; 18:9-14) Even children could feel at ease with him, and when using a child as an example, he did not merely stand the child before his disciples but also “put his arms around it.” (Mr 9:36; 10:13-16) He proved himself a real friend and affectionate companion to his followers, ‘loving them to the end.’ (Joh 13:1; 15:11-15) He did not use his authority to be demanding and to add to the people’s burdens but, rather, said: “Come to me, all you who are toiling . . . I will refresh you.” His disciples found him “mild-tempered and lowly in heart,” his yoke kindly and his load light. Mt 11:28-30.



Jesus proved himself to be the promised “Wonderful Counselor” (Isa 9:6) by his knowledge of God’s Word and will, by his understanding of human nature, by his ability to get to the heart of questions and issues, and by showing the solution to problems of daily living. The well-known Sermon on the Mount is a prime example of this. (Mt 5-7) In it his counsel showed the way to true happiness, how to settle quarrels, how to avoid immorality, how to deal with those showing enmity, the way to practice righteousness free from hypocrisy, the right attitude toward the material things of life, confidence in God’s generosity, the golden rule for right relationships with others, the means for detecting religious frauds, and how to build for a secure future. The crowds were “astounded at his way of teaching; for he was teaching them as a person having authority, and not as their scribes.”



Though considerate of the limited understanding of his audience and even of his disciples (Mr 4:33) and though using discernment in how much information to give them (Joh 16:4, 12), he never ‘watered down’ God’s message in an effort to gain popularity or curry favor. His speech was straightforward, even blunt at times. (Mt 5:37; Lu 11:37-52; Joh 7:19; 8:46, 47) The theme of his message was: “Repent, for the kingdom of the heavens has drawn near.” (Mt 4:17)



Jesus demonstrated his qualifications as “a leader and commander” as well as “a witness to the national groups.” (Isa 55:3, 4; Mt 23:10; Joh 14:10, 14; compare 1Ti 6:13, 14.) When the time came for it, several months after beginning his ministry, he went to certain people already known to him and gave them the invitation: “Be my follower.” Men abandoned fishing businesses and tax office employment to respond without hesitation. (Mt 4:18-22; Lu 5:27, 28; compare Ps 110:3.) Women contributed time, effort, and material possessions to supply the needs of Jesus and his followers. Mr 15:40, 41; Lu 8:1-3.



converting water into fine wine, was a small foretaste of the future banquet that God’s Messianic Kingdom would provide “for all the peoples.” (Isa 25:6; compare Lu 14:15.) His rule not only would end poverty and hunger but would even result in the ‘swallowing up of death.’—Isa 25:7, 8.



There was every reason, as well, to trust in the justice and righteous judgment his government would bring, in harmony with the Messianic prophecies. (Isa 11:3-5; 32:1, 2; 42:1) He showed the utmost respect for law, particularly that of his God and Father, but also for that of “the superior authorities” allowed to operate on earth in the form of secular governments. (Ro 13:1; Mt 5:17-19; 22:17-21; Joh 18:36) He rejected the effort to inject him into the current political scene by ‘making him king’ through popular acclaim. (Joh 6:15; compare Lu 19:11, 12; Ac 1:6-9.) He did not overstep the bounds of his authority. (Lu 12:13, 14) No one could ‘convict him of sin’; this was not merely because he had been born perfect but because he exercised constant care to observe God’s Word. (Joh 8:46, 55) Righteousness and faithfulness girded him like a belt. (Isa 11:5) His love of righteousness was coupled with a hatred of wickedness, hypocrisy, and fraud, as well as indignation toward those who were greedy and callous toward the sufferings of others. (Mt 7:21-27; 23:1-8, 25-28; Mr 3:1-5; 12:38-40; compare vss 41-44.) Meek and lowly ones could take heart, because his rule would wipe out injustice and oppression. Isa 11:4; Mt 5:5.



his handling of problems was never superficial, based on “any mere appearance to his eyes, nor [was his reproof] simply according to the thing heard by his ears.” (Isa 11:3; compare Joh 7:24.) He was able to see into men’s hearts, discern their thinking, reasoning, and motives. (Mt 9:4; Mr 2:6-8; Joh 2:23-25) And he kept his ear tuned to God’s Word and sought, not his own will, but that of his Father; this assured that, as God’s appointed Judge, his decisions would always be right and righteous. Isa 11:4; Joh 5:30.



Superb example of love. The quality that predominates through all these aspects of Jesus’ personality is love—Jesus’ love for his Father above all and also for his fellow creatures. (Mt 22:37-39) Love was therefore to be the distinguishing mark identifying his disciples. (Joh 13:34, 35; compare 1Jo 3:14.) His love was not sentimentality. Though he expressed strong feeling, Jesus was always guided by principle (Heb 1:9); his Father’s will was his supreme concern. (Compare Mt 16:21-23.) He proved his love for God by keeping God’s commandments (Joh 14:30, 31; compare 1Jo 5:3) and by seeking to glorify his Father at all times. (Joh 17:1-4) On his final night with his disciples, he spoke of love and loving nearly thirty times, three times repeating the command that they “love one another.” (Joh 13:34; 15:12, 17) He told them: “No one has love greater than this, that someone should surrender his soul in behalf of his friends. You are my friends if you do what I am commanding you.” Joh 15:13, 14



In proof of his love for God and for imperfect mankind, he then let himself be “brought just like a sheep to the slaughtering,” submitting to trials, being slapped, hit with fists, spit on, scourged with a whip, and finally, nailed to a stake between criminals. (Isa 53:7; Mt 26:67, 68; 27:26-38; Mr 14:65; 15:15-20; Joh 19:1) By his sacrificial death he exemplified and expressed God’s love toward men (Ro 5:8-10; Eph 2:4, 5) and enabled men to have absolute belief in his own unbreakable love for his faithful disciples. Ro 8:35-39; 1Jo 3:16-18.



By his entire life course of integrity to God, including his sacrifice, Jesus Christ accomplished the “one act of justification” that proved him qualified to serve as God’s anointed King-Priest in heaven. (Ro 5:17, 18) By his resurrection from the dead to life as a heavenly Son of God, he was “declared righteous in spirit.” (1Ti 3:16) Heavenly creatures proclaimed him “worthy to receive the power and riches and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and blessing,” as one who was both lionlike in behalf of justice and judgment and also lamblike in giving himself as a sacrifice for the saving of others. (Re 5:5-13) He had accomplished his primary purpose of sanctifying his Father’s name. (Mt 6:9; 22:36-38) This he did, not just by using that name, but by revealing the Person it represents, displaying his Father’s splendid qualities—his love, wisdom, justice, and power—enabling persons to know or experience what God’s name stands for. (Mt 11:27; Joh 1:14, 18; 17:6-12) And above all, he did it by upholding Jehovah’s universal sovereignty, showing that his own Kingdom government would be based solidly on that Supreme Source of authority. Therefore it could be said of him: “God is your throne forever.”Heb 1:8.



The Lord Jesus Christ is thus “the Chief Agent and Perfecter of our faith.” By his fulfillment of prophecy and his revelation of God’s future purposes, as well as by what he said and did and was, he provided the solid foundation on which true faith must rest.—Heb 12:2; 11:1.



Summing up, then, since Jesus’ death took place in the spring month of Nisan, his ministry, which began three and a half years earlier according to Daniel 9:24-27, must have begun in the fall, about the month of Ethanim (September-October). John’s ministry (initiated in Tiberius’ 15th year), then, must have begun in the spring of the year 29 C.E. John’s birth therefore would be placed in the spring of the year 2 B.C.E., Jesus’ birth would come about six months later in the fall of 2 B.C.E., his ministry would start about 30 years later in the fall of 29 C.E., and his death would come in the year 33 C.E. (on Nisan 14 in the spring, as stated).