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ALLOW US TO INTRODUCE YOU TO THE AMAZING STORY OF JESUS!
- Ronald Bainbridge
- Mar 16
- 8 min read
Updated: Aug 10
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The Greatest Story Ever Told
The story of Jesus, who came from heaven to earth, is the greatest story ever told! The very fact that Jesus would leave heaven, live on earth, endure the cross, and surrender to death for us is a reminder of God's great love for us (John 3:16-17).
Jesus was the most amazing storyteller! In Matthew 13:10, we read where the disciples of Jesus ask Him, "Why do you tell stories?" In answer to that question, Jesus told them, "You've been given insight to God's kingdom. You know how it works. Not everybody has this gift, this insight; it hasn't been given to them. Whenever someone has a ready heart for this, the insights and understanding flow freely. But if there is no readiness, any trace of receptivity soon disappears. That's why I tell stories: to create readiness, to nudge the people toward a welcome awakening."
(Matthew 13:11-13, The Bible in Contemporary Language).
Friends, Discovering A BETTER LIFE MEDIA MINISTRIES sincerely hope that through the stories we share, people might catch a glimpse of who Jesus really is, "the one and only Mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; who gave Himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time" (1 Timothy 2:5-6).
The truth is, in knowing Jesus as our
"Mediator," we know God! But without this "Mediator," there can be no communication with God!
May the stories we share help you embrace the “Real and eternal life, more and better life than men and women ever dreamed of" (John 10:10), that God graciously offers to all who willingly commit their lives to Jesus.
The Stories we share relate to:
(Real People, Real Events, Real Places)
They are dedicated to HELPING
PEOPLE FIND SALVATION, PEACE and HOPE
Through entering a personal Relationship
With Jesus Christ, who declared,
“In this world you will have trouble,
But take heart! I have overcome the world!”
(John 10:10; 14:1-6; 16:33; Acts 2:36-47)
Presenting Positive Messages of
Encouragement and Hope!
Editor: Ron Bainbridge
Today’s Message of Encouragement
ALLOW US
TO INTRODUCE
YOU TO:
Friend, over two thousand years ago, a man was born who changed the course of history forever! This man was born in Bethlehem in the land of Judah and grew up in the City of Nazareth. He was a man who was the most challenging, compelling personality that has ever lived upon the face of this earth. His name was Jesus!
Today, (in the 21st century), Jesus is a name that is familiar to us all, even if only as a swear word. However, there are millions of people from all over the world (and from all walks of life) who believe in Him. – In fact, many claim that He has radically changed their lives. But who is He? - Who is this Jesus?
The reason we are asking this question today is that there is no more important question facing humanity. However, each of us must answer this question for ourselves. You see, our view of the future, of history, of our environment, of peace and war, of our fellow man, and even of ourselves depends on the answer we give to the question of “Who is this Jesus?”
History records that Jesus was a humble carpenter who became an itinerant preacher. He was a man who never travelled more than 100 kilometres from the place where He was born. He never visited the exciting, glamorous world outside His own country. He never saw any of the sights that were so important to the secular world of his day.
Sights such as the glistening temples of Athens, with the Parthenon on the Acropolis holding the golden statue of Athena. He never saw Rome, with its impressive forum, colosseum, and theatres. He never saw the spectacular city of Ephesus, or the marble, pillar-lined streets of Alexandrea!
Jesus saw none of these!
All Jesus saw were lonely, hurting, sick, depressed, fearful people who were harassed, helpless, troubled, and confused, not knowing which way to turn, and with no sense of direction.
Actually, Jesus saw these people “like sheep without a shepherd” (Matthew 9:34). And their helpless state moved Him to great compassion!
Friend, as Jesus walked on this earth, He made it known to all these struggling people, that He had come from heaven for them to “have real and eternal life, more and better life than they ever dreamed of” (John 10:10). He saw every problem known to mankind as a possibility in disguise.
Sickness was an opportunity for healing.
Sin was an opportunity for forgiveness.
Sorrow was an opportunity for compassion.
To Jesus, every person was a gold mine of undiscovered possibilities!
Peter was a tough-talking fisherman, yet it was to this man that Jesus gave the keys to the kingdom of heaven.
Mary Magdalene was a common prostitute, but Jesus believed she could become a sensitive, sweet soul, that she could one day anoint His body for burial, which she did!
Matthew was a vulgar materialist, but Jesus believed that Matthew could become a great writer. And Matthew did! -- In fact, he wrote the first book in the New Testament!
Friend, when we really come to know who Jesus is and what His purpose for being upon this earth was, we are not left to wonder why He had such a compassionate heart for the outcast, hurting people of humanity!
History also records that Jesus never married or owned a home. He never wrote a book and was not an intimate friend of men with power and influence.
Jesus was not part of any human organisation. And, although He never did any of the things that usually accompany greatness, huge crowds of people followed Him wherever He went. Jesus had no credentials but Himself, other than the naked power of His divine manhood.
It is also on record that those people who followed Jesus were men and women with broken speech, rough hands, and cracked fingernails. They were unpolished, uneducated and (as far as the world was concerned), ignorant failures.
In many ways, and at critical times, many followers of Jesus proved to be unstable, uncertain, undependable, and disappointing. Because of this, Jesus experienced ingratitude, rejection, and misunderstanding.
Toward the end of His life on earth, many of His friends ran away. One of His hand-picked disciples denied Him, and another betrayed Him, which ultimately resulted in Jesus being turned over to His enemies and subjected to the mockery of a trial, where He was sentenced to death, as a convicted criminal, on a cross between two thieves.
Following the pronouncement of His death, His body was laid in a borrowed grave, which a compassionate friend provided.
Miraculously, three days later, this man Jesus arose from the dead! Living proof that HE was, as He had claimed, the Saviour whom God had sent into this world, the Incarnate Son of God!
Friend, when Jesus came to this earth, He deliberately stripped Himself of His divine rights and privileges to cross the unthinkable chasm between God and man.
Regarding this, we want you to try antd imagine the span of that chasm…. The unlimited God, becoming a limited man…. You see, Jesus Christ was God in the flesh! -- However, from the world’s point of view, Jesus had descended as low as a man could go. -- And His death on the cross, as a convicted criminal, was His final downward step.
However, from heaven’s viewpoint, it was the deepest descent of all: from sinless to sin-stained… Truly, He could go no lower! However, the wonderful truth is, that Jesus knowingly and actively embraced a life of giving, serving, losing, and dying, so that mankind might live in the HOPE of everlasting life with the living God throughout eternity. And this HOPE is truly vindicated in the knowledge we have, that God raised the dead body of Jesus back to life again three days after it had been buried in a borrowed grave!
Friend, we sincerely hope that the message we have shared with you, today, might have helped you to break down some of the misconceptions you may have about Jesus. We also hope you've come to understand that the true meaning and purpose you're seeking can only be found in a personal relationship with Jesus.
The Jesus who came from heaven into this broken world, to make it possible for each of us who live here on earth to genuinely understand that God exists, and personally cares for each human being on earth, and reveals that our life goes on beyond death, and that heaven is for real!
We also sincerely hope, that you might understand, that it is the wonderful love of God, which has motivated Him to send Jesus Christ from heaven (John 3:16-17), that whoever among us is willing to place our faith and trust in His remarkable life on earth, in His death, burial, and resurrection might experience reconciliation with God, a better life on this earth, and the eternal life that Jesus promised before He ascended into heaven (John 14:1-3).
Friend, perhaps after reading our message today, you are still questioning in your mind, “Who is this Jesus?” – Well, if that is your question, we encourage you to watch the video below:
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Who is Jesus? To say that He's the most famous person in the world is an understatement. He lived almost two thousand years ago, and yet His name is still one of the most often searched-for words on the Internet. In fact, His birth was so important that it marked the end of one historical period and the start of our present calendar.
So why do so many people want to know about this man? Well, millions of people believe that Jesus is more than a man. You see, they believe that He is and was God in the flesh. Still other people believe that He was just a good person, but they don't really believe He was God. What is the truth about Jesus? Some sceptics question His existence entirely, and atheists don't believe in him at all. What is the truth about Jesus?
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