Why
is Christianity so different from every other religion in the world?
The answer focuses on the Person of Jesus Christ: Jesus, the Son of God
the Father and the second Person of the Trinity.
Today
many voices are making other claims. Atheists say there is no God.
Polytheism may allow that Jesus is one of many gods. And some say that
Jesus is the first of the divine creation, not eternally God. But we
boldly echo the ringing conviction of the Apostle Peter: "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God" (Matthew 16:16).
The title Christ means "anointed one." It is the term, in the Greek language, for the ancient Hebrew word Messiah—the
anointed one whom God would send to save His people. Peter and the
first believers of the early Christian Church recognized Jesus as the
Messiah promised in the Old Testament. Their period of world history was
one of discouragement and despair. The promised Messiah shone as a
beacon in the darkness, and His light has never dimmed: "In Him
was life, and the life was the light of men. … That was the true Light
which gives light to every man coming into the world" (John 1:4, 9).
Who is Jesus to you?
Prayer
Lord,
thank You for sending Jesus into the darkness of the world so that we
could have eternal life. Help us to reflect the Light into the world
around us today. We pray in Jesus' name. Amen.
Scripture
quotations are taken by permission from The Holy Bible, New King James
Version, copyright ©1979, 1980, 1982 Thomas Nelson, Inc., Publishers,
Nashville, Tenn. From Billy Graham: "Decision" magazine, April 2012,
taken by permission from "A Biblical Standard for Evangelists," by Billy
Graham, ©1984 BGEA.
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