Who is Jesus and what does He mean to us.
By TreAnna B.
It
saddens me to know that there really are people in this world that will
ask these questions. I know there is. I know that there is people that
do not yet know Christ, but it still amazes me as I search through
articles, watch television, or simply read a book and questions like
this are in evidence.
The
question "Who is Jesus and what does He mean to us" is a simple one.
You could walk up to any Christian on the street and they will tell you,
especially I (and I am a Christian) will tell you Jesus is the way and
the life. He is God's son. This statement in itself does not hold up
very well because in theory it is an opinion. Unless you believe in the
Bible I cannot prove to you it is a fact.
Before
we get any further on this issue let me say this. I have heard in
various places mostly in school, from my teachers, that unless you truly
want to do something, believe in something, you will not, because no
matter what I say; no matter what your best friend says; no matter what
your daughter, son, sister, brother, mother, father, pastor, or
significant other says, you will not do something, believe in something
unless you are convinced it is worth doing or believing. A quote one of
my past teachers said was, “There is no one person in this world that
will make you do anything. What ever you do is of your own will.” I am
here to say I believe that wholeheartedly.
Moving
back to the issue at hand. I can answer quite simply that Jesus is
God’s son and leave it at that; however, I will not. Jesus is
God’s son, but He is also my best friend. He is also the one who
performed so many miracles in the past. Most importantly He is the one
who died on a cross to save us from our sins. You are sitting there,
reading this article and thinking, “How does she have proof of this? Why
should I believe what some teenage girl says? This is hardly proof!”
Well sirs, and madams, boys, and girls, whoever may be reading this
article and asking this question, I will try and supply you with an
answer.
John
3:16 states that “For God so loved the world that He gave His only
begotten son, that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have
everlasting life.” I admit that putting this statement in this
particular article probably was not a good idea for it opens up so much
more controversy, but it is a fact; a fact that we will not debate on in
this particular piece.
Jesus
is life. I cannot give you much more proof than what is in the above
paragraph. If you think I am making this up, consult with any priest or
pastor I assure you they will tell you almost the same thing, if not the
identical thing. I could tell you to go to any bookstore, get a Bible
and look up this statement, but I am sure most of you would not do that.
The
next part of the question, “what does He mean to us” is a much harder
thing to answer. In all simplicity Jesus means everything. He means
life. He means peace. He means love. He means and He is sacrifice, but
then again what does He mean to us? This is a question I cannot
answer for all, because for each person it is different. All I can say
is what He means to me, what he represents to me. Love. To others He may
be a blessing. He may be help, and yet to others who do not know Him,
He is just a name.
For
those of you who read this article and push it to the side as opinion, I
pray for you. For those of you who read this article and accept it and
believe it, I rejoice with you. Most of all to the ones who read this
and accept Christ as their Savior, I am pleased for you. Most of the
people that read this are going to toss it to the side as myth, lies,
and half-truths. As I said earlier, I cannot make you believe what you
do not want to believe. I cannot convince you to do what you cannot do,
but I hope with all my heart that the ones that read this will not
simply throw it away as they do so many other things in life.
A simple question, yet it has to have such a complicated answer. Or does it?
