Explain who is Jesus
The question of who Jesus is is crucial to the validity of the Christian faith. It was a question important to Jesus himself, so in Matthew 16 we find him asking his disciples, ‘Who do people say the Son of Man is?’ The answers are interesting and, if spoken of anyone else, would be highly flattering. Common opinion held that Jesus was either John the Baptist, Elijah or Jeremiah. People were so impressed with him that they thought he must be one of these great servants of God come back from the dead. Flattering though the answers were, they were totally inadequate to describe who Jesus is; the Bible leaves no doubt about Jesus' uniqueness and exclusivity. • ‘He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by him all things were created’ (Colossians 1:15–16). • ‘In Christ all the fulness of the Deity lives in bodily form’ (Colossians 2:9). • ‘The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being’ (Hebrews 1:3). Jesus is sp...