THE AMAZING JESUS
There are so many reasons why Jesus is amazing. It would be impossible to list all of the ways in which He is. There has never been anyone like Him. There will never be anyone like Him again. He brings “life and immortality to light through His Gospel” (2 Timothy 1:10). He is the most amazing man who ever lived. Yes, there is hope—real, lasting hope—because of Jesus.
Jesus died on the cross for our sins, was buried, was raised from the dead, and therefore, He is alive forevermore (1 Corinthians 15:3-4). Because of His death and resurrection, because of the work that He did, we can be new creatures in Christ. Everything is made new because of Jesus (2 Corinthians 5:17). He once lived in the flesh upon this earth (John 1:14). But where is He now? He is at the right hand of God, having ascended into heaven to represent and make intercession for His people (Hebrews 7:25).
And, what’s more, He is coming back. He will return to judge the earth and render His name and legacy in an exonerated manner to the world at large (2 Timothy 4:1; Matthew 25:31-32). That’s why the most important thing in life is to be one with Christ and live our lives for Him. Always be ready to meet Him. Accept Him as your Savior so that when He comes, it will be a day of celebration for you.
As we live in this world, our amazing Jesus brings peace and comfort to our trouble spirits (John 14:27). This is a world of difficulty and pain. Of this there is no doubt. Through Christ, we have the forgiveness of our sins and His powerful presence to give us abundant life through His strength and power even now (Philippians 4:13; Ephesians 3:20).
The only way to heaven is through Jesus. He is the way, the truth, and the life (John 14:6). Eternal salvation comes through Him, and it is offered to the entire world (Acts 4:12). We have hope through Him, we have eternal life through Him, and we have the greatest purpose for living that is humanly possible to have (Ephesians 2:8-9, Colossians 1:27).
The amazing love of Jesus is shown through His compassionate death in our place. He died the death that we deserve. He died for our sins so that we can be saved. Even though He is God, He “made Himself nothing” and lived as a servant (Philippians 2:7). His compassion and love for us, amazing in its capacity, is shown through His willingness to suffer in a world He created, and to be rejected by the very people He came to save (Luke 9:58; Isaiah 53:3). The greatest act of love in the history of the world happened when Jesus died on the cross for sinners.
And even in His death, we see how amazing He is, and how amazing His love is. For even as He was mocked, while dying, He was concerned about the souls of the ones who were responsible for His death. He prayed from the cross, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do” (Luke 23:34).
Because He lived an amazing life of perfection and obedience to the Father’s will, and because He died a loving and sacrificial death for us, He now freely offers eternal salvation to all who will accept it (John 3:16). He was the most selfless man who ever lived. Truly amazing. He proved His love for us by dying for us (Romans 5:8).
Jesus is amazing because He completely and perfectly revealed God to us. We cannot understand or know God in and of ourselves. God has to reveal Himself to us, and He has willingly and freely chosen to do that very thing.
Jesus is the exact representation of God (Hebrews 1:1-3). He is the image of the invisible God (Colossians 1:17). Everything we need to know about God is found in Christ Jesus.
Think of all the amazing works He performed while He was on earth to prove His authority over the world, over sickness and over death. No person can compare to Jesus, the Son of God. He turned water into wine (John 2:1-11), healed the sick and gave sight to the blind (Luke 17:12-19; John 9:1-7), and even commanded the winds and waves to be still (Mark 4:39). Even more amazingly, He brought his friend Lazarus back to life from the dead (John 11:38-44). Therefore, we are talking about a man who has authority and power over death itself.
And yet, we see His amazing character and the greatness of this man, not merely in the fact that He possessed such power, but in the way that He used it. He did not use it to make His life easier or to glorify Himself. He did things to help others and to bring glory to His Father.
Rather than using what He had been blessed with for personal gain and profit, He displayed an amazing love and acceptance for those who were oppressed, ostracized, sick and hurting in any way (Luke 4:18). He showed us what the Father is like, making God accessible to us and known to us (John 14:9). The miracles that He did were not a personal display of selfishness. They were not tricks. They were manifestations to prove that He was and is the Son of God and that He came to reconcile us to God the Father (John 21:25).
How amazing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ is!
Bryan Dewayne Dunaway
