Jesus is truly God manifested and always was even in his earthly ministry. Noel, England: Nonviolence is absolutely at the heart of the gospel of Jesus. The whole issue lies, where we start, with the people being made in the image and likeness of God and a recognition of that. However evil, however violent a person is, we have a person here who is nevertheless made in the image and likeness of God and a recognition of that.
We have thousands of years of believing that somehow we cleanse the world by killing evil people and that completely is an illusion. In fact every violent situation has the opportunity of redemption. Ian, Scotland: Jesus would have us live against the grain of our culture in terms of the dominant values and especially in material things. We our little Christian community have economic discipline to give some of our money away.
Eleanor, England: The way that we worship shapes our peoplehood. How do we evaluate our worship? Many people will say, well, I felt really good today. Or the singing was wonderful. And people are evaluating the worship in these individual terms.
Are we a more merciful people, are we a peacemaking people? Is the way of Jesus really printed on our foreheads or is it showing in the way that we live together?
Juliet, England: Jesus is really important. We are trying to live our lives based on his values. The way we try and be generous with money, the way we open our homes for people to stay. Tim, England: Knowing Jesus has changed my mind about money. I now see money as a gift that God gives in order that other people might be resourced. Noel, England: Jesus is angry. And I think that anger and nonviolence are not opposites. I think God wishes many more of us would be angry. This should be a house of prayer for all nations.
Even his humanity was something that these people could look at and feel drawn by it. Eleanor, England: I think of Jesus more as somebody I know, just like I have friends who would in a certain situation say, pull yourself together or keep your eye on the ball or something.
People have certain sorts of things they say and you know them. I think of Jesus in that way. There are certain sorts of things that he says that reverberate in my mind that come to mind when things happen.
Tim, England: Knowing Jesus has changed my mind about the way we view things. Steve, Liberia: A young man came to our house one night. While I was out of the room, he pulled out a 8-inch long kitchen knife and told my wife, Dorothy, and Michael and Julian to go downstairs into the office. There was an ensuing struggle but I was able to stop him.
He never for a moment thought that I would have anything but fear of him and this knife. You know, he saw his knife as an absolute power. I was not afraid of his knife and God protected us. He confronted the powers and paid the price for it. But if we understand that his suffering was redemptive and if we follow in that train, it has its redemptive value and effect on our society today.
Alister, England: Jesus is seen as the lamb. It is war not against people, but against Satan. It is won by Jesus self-giving on the cross, giving of himself in love. Noel, England: Jesus came to show us that it takes God to be a human being, but then through his life, death, and resurrection he enables us to begin to live like him. And so the challenge of the incarnation, the challenge of how he lived, how he acted, as a human being on earth, is the model for us. Juana, Cuba: He has kept me, and kept me going, so I kept the church open.
Rod, Benin, West Africa: I think that at times people really are able to manipulate spiritual forces to do evil again other people. In that context of course, Jesus becomes the power that can dominate all the evil powers and rescue people from fear of witchcraft.
That is the single most powerful message of the gospel in this culture. Tim, England: Knowing Jesus has changed my mind about violence, because I am a naturally violent person. Phone Number. Message optional. Please prove you are human by selecting the Key. But who do you say that I am? Jesus asked this question 2, years ago. However, today it is the most critical question you will ever answer. Consider the following questions. Does God care what I think about Jesus?
Does my dilemma matter to Jesus? God loved you enough to get Jesus involved. Did Jesus have to die for me?
Is Jesus my only answer? Were every one of them to be written, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written. He was absolutely extraordinary. What do they say about Jesus? Was he just an ordinary man or was he something else altogether? Not only did Jesus claim that he was the Son of God and equal to God , but many others made the exact same statement after witnessing all that he said and did. Have you come here to torment us before the time?
Were these people right or were they sadly wrong? Was Jesus really the Son of God or did these folks get the answer completely and totally wrong? I encourage you to answer these questions for yourself. Perhaps the greatest evidence that Jesus is different from everyone else is that he was physically, really killed and then was physically, really rose from the dead. No one can rise from the dead! No one can rise from the dead.
Death is the great enemy of mankind, and only one person has triumphed over death. That person is Jesus.
First, Jesus appeared to two women near his tomb. Then he appeared to Peter, then to his twelve disciples. Then he appeared to a staggering people! Then he appeared again to his disciples. As Paul writes in 1 Corinthians :. Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep. Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles.
According to many, the Apostle Peter was even crucified upside down because he refused to recant any of what he had seen or heard. Again, this is a question that you too must wrestle with. What will you do with the resurrection? Did Jesus really rise from the dead or were all these people lying? He told his disciples about the coming days and that Jerusalem's temple would be destroyed.
Meanwhile, the chief priests and elders met with high priest Caiaphas, and set plans in motion to arrest Jesus. One of the disciples, Judas, met with the chief priests and told them how he would deliver Jesus to them. They agreed to pay him 30 pieces of silver. Jesus and his 12 disciples met for the Passover meal, and he gave them his final words of faith. He also foretold of his betrayal by one of the disciples and privately let Judas know it was he. Jesus told Peter that before a rooster crowed the next morning, he would have denied knowing Jesus three times.
At the end of the meal, Jesus instituted the Eucharist, which in the Christian religion, signifies the covenant between God and humans. Jesus asked God if this cup his suffering and death might pass by him. He implored a group of his disciples to pray with him, but they kept falling asleep.
Then the time had come. Soldiers and officials appeared, and Judas was with them. He gave Jesus a kiss on the cheek to identify him and the soldiers arrested Jesus. One disciple tried to resist the arrest, brandished his sword and cut the ear off one of the soldiers. But Jesus admonished him and healed the soldier's wound. After his arrest, many of the disciples went into hiding. Jesus was taken to the high priest and interrogated.
He was hit and spat upon for not responding. Meanwhile, Peter had followed Jesus to the high priests' court. As he hid in the shadows, three house servants asked if he was one of Jesus' disciples and each time he denied it. After each denial, a rooster crowed. Then Jesus was led out of the house and looked directly at Peter. Peter remembered how Jesus had told him he would deny him and he wept bitterly.
Judas, who was watching from a distance, became distraught by his betrayal of Jesus and attempted to return the 30 pieces of silver.
The priests told him his guilt was his own. He threw the coins into the temple and later hanged himself. The next day, Jesus was taken to the high court where he was mocked, beaten and condemned for claiming to be the Son of God. He was brought before Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor of Judea.
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