JESUS CHRIST
Background
The Christian worker will sometimes encounter those who acclaim Jesus as the greatest religious leader who ever lived, as the most influential person in our planet's history, but who nonetheless refuse to accept Him as Savior and Lord.
The person and work of Jesus Christ is the predominant theme of the Bible: He is God. He became a human being, died by crucifixion, was buried, and rose again from the dead. He is the only and the all-sufficient Savior of the world.
The following outline should provide structure for a discussion as you help the inquirer better understand what the Bible reveals about Christ. Jesus Christ Is God
Deity is the only possible explanation for all that Christ was and all that He did:
1. He was preexistent with God the Father: "He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made" (John 1:2–3; see also John 17:5; Colossians 1:17).
2. He is the Son of God:
• His enemies observed: "He . . . said that God was His Father, making Himself equal with God" (John 5:18).
• Peter confessed: "Also we have come to believe and know that You are the Christ, the Son of the living God" (John 6:69).
• Jesus affirmed: "I and My Father are one" (John 10:30).
3. He was sinless, as only God can be:
• Jesus challenged His enemies: "Which of you convicts Me of sin?" (John 8:46).
• Peter testified: "Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps: 'Who committed no sin, nor was guile found in His mouth'" (1 Peter 2:21–22).
• Paul stated: "For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him" (2 Corinthians 5:21).