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I believe that 2000 years ago, in a poor little remote villlage, a baby was born to a young maiden named Miriam (her name in Hebrew-we know her as Mary). She gave birth to an incredible son that she named Yeshua (Jesus, which means Savior). And this little baby named Jesus was/is the Christ, the Anointed One. The King of kings. The Lord of all lords. And He came to bring truth to ALL the world.
I believe in this Jesus of Nazareth. I have done a lot of reading about Him. The Word of God is the best source to finding out about Jesus and if you are just starting out researching Him, I suggest you start there. But it isn't the only source. I took an ancient Hebrew class in college recently and we learned about Jesus there too. And this wasn't even a Christian college! I was pleasantly surprised to find out that there is more historical evidence that Jesus of Nazareth really lived than there is about any figure from the past, even more than say someone like Julius Caesar or George Washington!
But Jesus didn't merely exist. He truly was God’s Son! And IS today. Many years passed by in my life before I knew Jesus in a personal way. But you know what? The beauty is that Jesus doesn't look at stuff like that the same way we do. Because sometimes, when I think of how much time went by before I knew the amazing gifts Jesus had for me, I would feel a bit sad. But then I realized that Jesus rejoices ANYTIME one of His children ask Him into their heart. I believe that when someone here on earth asks Jesus to live in them, whatever their age, wherever they are, I think there's a whole lot of singin' and jumpin' and carryin' on up there in heaven! And you might ask what He could do in your life if you let Him? My friend the possibilities are endless! And what's even better than that is… right now....He is just WAITING for you to pop the question!! Have you ever asked Him to live with you, or walk with you and help you in your everday life? Well, hang on tight! Because if you haven't and if you do that today, you're in for the ride of your life! I am not saying that by becoming a Christian, your life magically becomes perfect. What I am saying is that your ENTIRE outlook changes. How you see things!! Your “want to’s” change. You won’t instantly begin to do everything right. But when you start to do something that you know Jesus wouldn’t like or would prefer you don't do, you KNOW it. You FEEL it. And because you love Him so much, you don’t want to disappoint Him. You no longer feel like you’re going to get punished, or that you have to do some penance or anything like that. You just feel like, “Hey, I don’t need that, or “I don’t need to act like that” or “this really isn’t the end of the world.” You begin to see everything in a different light. The things you thought were so important no longer are. The things you thought you couldn’t live without, no longer make you feel like that. When you become a follower of Christ, you just want to know as much as you can about Him. And your hunger for Him just gets stronger and stronger, day by day.
Jesus is just so fantastic. He is so awesome and He is so very REAL. I am so glad that the Creator of the universe called me by name and calls me one of His own! And He is calling you too! Thank you Father, thank you Jesus for loving us so much!! You are SO AMAZING!!
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