{"id":2218,"date":"2024-12-28T23:19:22","date_gmt":"2024-12-28T14:19:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/203.170.86.202\/wildeden.com.au\/news\/?p=2218"},"modified":"2024-12-30T01:03:14","modified_gmt":"2024-12-29T16:03:14","slug":"who-is-jesus-to-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wildeden.com.au\/news\/soul-food\/for-thought\/2024\/who-is-jesus-to-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is Jesus…to you?"},"content":{"rendered":"

You may be surprised at what some people think about Jesus:<\/p>\n

\u2018the brother of the devil\u2019 = Mormon teaching\u00a0
\u2019the sin-free prophet of Allah\u2019 = Muslim teaching\u00a0
\u2018a Reiki healing master\u2019 = Reiki teaching
\u2018a servant, a lesser \u2018god\u2019 = Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses teaching\u00a0
\u2018an amazing moral teacher\u2019 = Philosophers teaching\u00a0
\u2018an unparalleled historical figure\u2019 = Historians \/ Archeologists teaching
\u2019the son of the blessed Mary\u2019 = Catholic teaching
\u2018one of millions of gods\u2019 = Hindu teaching
\u2018a myth\u2019 = Atheists’ claim contrary to all evidence<\/p>\n

Many groups try to claim Jesus as part of their field \/ religion, yet miss the Truth. Zealots from all are adamant in their claims, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But the Truth is far more powerful:\u00a0<\/p>\n

– there is more written about Jesus than any other character in ancient history.\u00a0
– our whole dating system can be traced back to Jesus\u2019 birth.
– cultures and languages across the globe have been influenced positively by Jesus.\u00a0
– many people claim that Jesus changed them and are willing to worship Him.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Put simply, it is because Jesus, although being an actual historical person, moral teacher, healer and prophet, is *far* more than just those things:\u00a0<\/p>\n

He is the King & Creator of everything – and the One that God promised would come. But even those who believed God\u2019s prophecies weren\u2019t ready for Him\u2026\u00a0
They, like us, misinterpreted what God said as they wanted something different for themselves than what was offered.\u00a0
They wanted freedom from oppression or addiction or financial stress or hardship. The expected this King to act in the worlds ways, with their agenda in their timing.\u00a0
They got frustrated with Him, bored, angry – some so angry – that they had Him tortured and killed.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But far from this being the end, this death was all part of the plan.\u00a0
This forecast Saviour, having been born to a virgin, was not born under the curse of sin. He was able to resist all temptation and live perfectly – sin free – up until His death.\u00a0
Dying a criminals death on a cross, He took on *all* sin – yours and mine included – suffering the wrath of God for it. He was punished by God as if He had committed our sins and was even separated from Him, dying alone and in agony.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But this was still not the end\u2026this incredible event broke the power of sin & death and purchased freedom for *all* who would ever trust in Him. He defeated death and rose back to life!\u00a0<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t get duped into ignoring or perverting who Jesus is & what He has done. Many religions (mis)use Him to serve their own agenda. To avoid all these traps it\u2019s simple:\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u201cAlways follow Jesus!\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Not the Watchtower, not your churches teaching, not the \u2018apostles\u2019 or \u2018prophets\u2019 of your religion, not hearsay, but follow Him. He is Truth, He is *the* Way and the Life.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Jesus<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You may be surprised at what some people think about Jesus: \u2018the brother of the devil\u2019 = Mormon teaching\u00a0\u2019the sin-free prophet of Allah\u2019 = Muslim teaching\u00a0\u2018a Reiki healing master\u2019 = Reiki teaching\u2018a servant, a lesser \u2018god\u2019 = Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses teaching\u00a0\u2018an amazing moral teacher\u2019 = Philosophers teaching\u00a0\u2018an unparalleled historical figure\u2019 = Historians \/ Archeologists teaching\u2019the son of the blessed Mary\u2019 = Catholic teaching\u2018one of millions of gods\u2019 = Hindu teaching\u2018a myth\u2019 = Atheists’ claim contrary to all evidence Many groups try to claim Jesus as part of their field \/ religion, yet miss the Truth. Zealots from all are adamant in …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2217,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[18],"tags":[151,20,153],"class_list":["post-2218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-for-thought","tag-false-religion","tag-followjesus","tag-king-jesus"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wildeden.com.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Warning-False-Teaching-CULTS.jpg?fit=910%2C848&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pasDCW-zM","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wildeden.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wildeden.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wildeden.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wildeden.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wildeden.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2218"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.wildeden.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2218\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2224,"href":"https:\/\/www.wildeden.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2218\/revisions\/2224"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wildeden.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wildeden.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wildeden.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wildeden.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}