Who is Jesus Christ? Proverbs 30:6; Add nothing to his words, that he may not reprove you, and that you may not have to be proved a liar.
To begin with, it is best that all understand that I consider myself a Christian.
What does that mean? It means that I accept Jesus Christ as my savior, and as my King, but in addition, it means that I will try my best to live according to His Word, which, in the Words of Jesus Christ, are not His Words, but the Words of His Father.
John 14:23; In answer Jesus said to him: “If anyone loves me, he will observe my word, and my Father will love him, and we shall come to him and make our abode with him. 24 He that does not love me does not observe my words; and the word that you are hearing is not mine, but belongs to the Father who sent me.
But if I am a self-proclaimed Christian, should I not know, exactly as is possible, who is Jesus Christ, according to the Word of Jehovah God?
John 1:1; In (the) beginning the Word was, and the Word was with God, and the Word was a god. 2 This one was in (the) beginning with God. 3 All things came into existence through him, and apart from him not even one thing came into existence.
Now bear with me, please. I understand that some have a problem with this translation. However, as I have mentioned a number of times, the Bible is harmonious. That simply means that the Bible can not contradict itself. Therefore, let us examine the Scriptures in more detail that we may see the harmony of the Bible.
As we examine John 1, verse 1, we find that Jesus Christ is called the Word. Most understand this. We also see that the Word was with God in the beginning, which occurred before the Old Testament was written. Since we are told, clearly, that all things came into existence through him (the Word), does it make any sense that we hear nothing from Jesus in the Old Testament, before he came to live on earth as Jesus Christ?
Of course not, so let us see what He is called in the Old Testament;
Proverbs 8:22; “Jehovah himself produced me as the beginning of his way, the earliest of his achievements of long ago. 23 From time indefinite I was installed, from the start, from times earlier than the earth. 24 When there were no watery deeps I was brought forth as with labor pains, when there were no springs heavily charged with water. 25 Before the mountains themselves had been settled down, ahead of the hills, I was brought forth as with labor pains, 26 when as yet he had not made the earth and the open spaces and the first part of the dust masses of the productive land. 27 When he prepared the heavens I was there; when he decreed a circle upon the face of the watery deep, 28 when he made firm the cloud masses above, when he caused the fountains of the watery deep to be strong, 29 when he set for the sea his decree that the waters themselves should not pass beyond his order, when he decreed the foundations of the earth, 30 then I came to be beside him as a master worker, and I came to be the one he was specially fond of day by day, I being glad before him all the time, 31 being glad at the productive land of his earth, and the things I was fond of were with the sons of men.
You will note that he is called the ‘master worker’ in this chapter. Now look at verse 35;
For the one finding me will certainly find life,
Anyone who has read the Bible will understand that this refers directly to Jesus Christ. Now, look at;
Proverbs 8:12; “I, wisdom, I have resided with shrewdness and I find even the knowledge of thinking abilities.
So in the Old Testament Jesus Christ is called wisdom, as well as master worker. You should also note how harmonious Proverbs Chapter 8 is with the above translation of John 1:1.
Now, let us look as what Jesus Christ had to say about His Father in the New Testament.
Matt. 4:10; “Jesus said to him: ‘Go away, Satan! For it is written, “It is Jehovah your God you must worship, and it is to him alone you must render sacred service.”’” (Jesus was obviously not saying that he himself was to be worshiped.)
John 8:54; “Jesus answered (the Jews): ‘If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my Father that glorifies me, he who you say is your God.’”
John 17:26; (Jesus prayed to his Father) “I have made your name known to them and will make it known, it order that the love which you loved me may be in them and I in union with them.”
John 14:28; “… that I am going my way to the Father, because the Father is greater than I am.”
John 5:19; Therefore, in answer, Jesus went on to say to them: “Most truly I say to you, The Son cannot do a single thing of his own initiative, but only what he beholds the Father doing. For whatever things that One does, these things the Son also does in like manner.”
John 5:30; “I cannot do a single thing of my own initiative, just as I hear, I judge; and the judgment that I render is righteous, because I seek, not my own will, but the will of him that sent me.”
The above is pretty clear, once you begin to take in the Bible in its entirety. Nothing in the Bible stands on its own; it must be in harmony with the rest of the Bible. This is the most difficult lesson for most to learn; I know because it was for me as well.
And that is why this next verse is so very, very important.
John 17:3; This means everlasting life, their taking in knowledge of you, the only true God, and of the one whom you sent forth, Jesus Christ.
Unless you are willing to PERSONALLY take in knowledge of Jehovah God, then you are depending on other men for your information. That is NOT a solid foundation for salvation. Only you are responsible for you.
And then we have, in the Bible, knowledge of how the disciples of Jesus Christ worked;
Acts5:42; And every day in the temple and from house to house they continued without letup teaching and declaring the good news about the Christ, Jesus.
And we also have a warning about those who do not act as disciples;
Revelation 3:16; So, because you are lukewarm and neither hot nor cold, I am going to vomit you out of my mouth.
Please, if there are questions, perhaps I can answer them. If I can not, I have sources who can. Blessings, Richard