Introduction

Some may have asked this logical question, "Who is Jesus Christ and what is His
mission to the world?”. We live in an age of religious pluralism and moral relativism.

He changed the world in only 30 years on earth, and no one has had more of an impact
on this planet than Jesus Christ. This is, after all, His planet.

Psalms 97:1-6 says, "The LORD reigns, let the earth be glad; let the distant shores
rejoice. Clouds and thick darkness surround him; righteousness and justice are the
foundation of his throne. Fire goes before him and consumes his foes on every side. His
lightning lights up the world; the earth sees and trembles. The mountains melt like wax
before the LORD, before the Lord of all the earth. The heavens proclaim his
righteousness, and all the peoples see his glory."

There is no surer sign of Christ's divinity than 2000 years after His death people and
demons still tremble at His name. Many shudder upon hearing His powerful name; there
is no other name that has power like that of Jesus.

The Bible attributes this phenomenon to the fact that Jesus is God. His message is love,
and as 1 John 4:8 tells us, God is love. Although His message and His acts were selfless,
His teaching focused on Himself. "Follow me;" "I am the light;" "I am the way the truth and
the life, and no one comes to the Father except through me."

Christ claimed to be God. Even in the Bible, people asked, "Who is Jesus?"

"I tell you the truth," Jesus answered, "Before Abraham was born, I AM!"

Proclaiming He was God was not Jesus' mission. What is His mission to the world? His
three-year mission was not to convert people to His cause. Although Christ ministered to
many people, John the Baptist was better known throughout the Roman Empire. The
Apostle Paul influenced thousands to follow Jesus, compared to Jesus Himself who only
had 120 supporters shortly after His death.

The mission of Jesus was prophesied in Isaiah 7:14-15: "Therefore the Lord himself will
give you a sign: The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call him
Immanuel. He will eat curds and honey when he knows enough to reject the wrong and
choose the right."

Jesus was also fully human. Jesus became tired, hungry, sad, and angry. He went to
work as other men, and most importantly, He was tempted. Immanuel means "God with
us." Jesus came to experience humanity, so as a human He could pay the price for the
crimes of humanity. Our sins have been nailed to the cross, and we bear them no more.
God is the judge, and humanity is the offender. The judge is the only one who can name
the penalty, and the offender is the only one who can pay the atonement. Therefore, in
order to pay the atonement on behalf of humanity, God had to become human. The
penalty has been paid in full, and the decision to accept the payment on your behalf is
yours.
Thousand years ago, Jesus of Nazareth, called Jesus Christ, taught a ministry of only a
few years, yet it has affected millions upon millions of people interested in Christianity all
over the world since then. Jesus Christ came to earth with a purpose and to fulfill that
purpose he became one of the greatest teachers ever known.
Jesus’ early life until he reached the age of nearly thirty is virtually unknown. But at about
that time of his life, he was called to his life’s work by John the Baptist.

The grace of Jesus Christ can be understood, as was discussed before, in terms of
salvation. Jesus Christ, or the Son, who can be understood in a Trinitarian sense as God
appearing in the form of a man, came down to Earth in order to physically participate in
the world’s greatest battle; that of Good versus Evil. It was necessary, according to the
commonly accepted argument among Trinitarians, that God came to Earth in human form
and then sacrificed that human form in order to save human kind from sin and evil. The
three beings of the Trinity are the following:

The Father (God)

The Son (Jesus Christ)
The Holy Spirit
God, or the Father, provides eternal love (sometimes, He is proclaimed to be love) for His
human creation. God loved His creation and gave humans free will so that they might
love Him in return. The title of the Father is bestowed amongst God because the Bible
considers Him the Father of all human kind and Christians have an eternal relation with
Him.

The Holy Ghost, or Holy Spirit, is also a person of the Trinity; a co-equal with God and
Jesus. The fellowship of the Holy Spirit can be understood in terms of the theology that
believes that the Holy Spirit leads believers towards God. The Spirit is believed to dwell
inside all “true” Christians, and therefore, it joins them together in fellowship in order to
worship God. According to some, the Holy Spirit also provides fellowship in a number of
“gifts”, including healing and speaking in tongues, which can only be performed by
Christians under the guidance of this Spirit.

Jesus, Salvation and the idea of the Trinity that incorporates both of those ideas into
Christian thought are the three most important concepts of the biggest religion in the
world. Their understanding is vital to Christian belief, and yet, their understanding is
largely absent from the majority of the world. A common understanding has never, and
may never, be achieved on any of the three subjects. A basic definition of all three,
however, can provide a proper groundwork for one who wishes to conduct his or her own
study into the ideas of Christianity. While this study only scratched the very edge of the
surface of these ideas, perhaps it has the power to inspire the deeper understanding.
- The Public ministry of Jesus (mission)
Who is jesus?( salvation)
Good news to the poor
Prayer
- Conflict
- Death, Resurrection,coming of jesus
Scriptures

hen studying the synoptic Gospels it becomes quite apparent that God is eager to
establish a personal, loving relationship with all people through His Son, Jesus
Christ. And Jesus is patiently waiting for all the people of the earth to accept His
invitation: “I have been standing at the door and I am constantly knocking. If
anyone hears me calling him and opens the door, I will come in and have fellowship
with him, and he with me.” (Rev. 3:20) This passage illustrates Jesus as a door
through which we all must enter. And also that Jesus is willing to accept all people
who turn to Him. Man or woman, rich or poor, empowered or enslaved, Jesus was
sent here by God so that anyone who hears His message and believes in Him will
be saved.

One of the key points of Jesus’ ministry was how the Kingdom of God is accessible
to all people. This underlying theme is especially apparent in parables like “The
Good Samaritan”, “A Lost Sheep”, and “A Lost Son”. These parables are used to
explain how Samaritans, the lost, and sinners all can find their way back to God,
and how they will be greeted and embraced by a loving Jesus. These stories
illustrate one of Jesus’ main teachings, that all people who have faith in Him, will
be accepted and embraced by God in heaven.

Jesus accepted all different types of people to be a part of His table fellowship.
Many of His early followers were Gentiles, women, sinners, and tax collectors. The
Pharisees often tried to call Jesus on this fact, asking him why he would surround
himself with such people if he were truly the Son of God. Jesus replied to them,
well people do not need medicine, but those who are sick do. Jesus Christ is willing
to accept all people regardless of their sins. That is why He visited the home of the
hated tax collector and promises eternal life to the dying criminal. Jesus is
forgiving, and loving, and he came to save all the people of the world.

Even before Jesus’ birth, John the Baptist was announcing Jesus’ coming as,
“Here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world” (John 1:29). Again
Jesus’ universality is proved, it is the sin of the world that John the Baptist
mentions, not the sin of the Jews. Through the constant usage of “the world” in
these bible scriptures it becomes even more evident that Jesus Christ was sent to
“the world”; to be a Savior and a Redeemer for both the Jews and the Gentiles.
Jesus Christ broadened God’s acceptance of people. These new Christians, did
not need to become Jewish, or obey “the law” in order to be accepted as a
Christian, rather all they had to do was accept that Jesus was Christ and Lord, and
that he died to redeem the world of its sins. This is the key to finding salvation in
Christianity.
Jesus’ sermon, which appears in two Gospels make it clear that all people are
blessed. It is notable the both the “poor” and “the poor in spirit” are mentioned. In
Luke’s Gospel it meant the materialistic definition of the term, but in other Gospel
refers to the “poor in spirit” meaning the Jews. The monotheistic people that still
only believe in God, and not Jesus, and this makes them poor ideologically. But
yet, this sermon goes on to bless all the different types of people, especially those
who have had a hard life. Jesus is saying to have faith in God as He knows your
needs and your troubles, and all will be taken care of in the Kingdom of God.

This theme that was recurrent throughout Jesus’ life and ministry becomes even
more apparent after His crucifixion and resurrection. It is the resurrected Jesus
who sends out the disciples with the Word for all the nations to hear. The Gospels
of Matthew, Mark and Luke all close with Jesus sending His disciples on a mission.
Luke’s gospel concludes that “All people of every nation must be told in My name”.
Mark’s Gospel closes with “Go and preach the good news to everyone in the world.
Anyone who believeth in me and is baptized will be saved”. Matthew quotes the
risen Jesus as saying, “I have been given all authority in Heaven and on Earth! Go
to the people of all nations and make them my disciples”. When considering the
repetition and placement of these verses within each Gospels , the main theme of
both Jesus’ message becomes strikingly evident. Even the resurrected Jesus was
concerned with saving the world. And that is why He sent out the disciples to all
the nations.

After the crucifixion and resurrection, the Holy Spirit was sent to the Apostles. This
Spirit was always present to remind the disciples that Jesus came to save both the
Jews and the Gentiles, and that God wants people from every nation and race to
become His children. The work of the Holy Spirit is especially apparent in Acts,
when Phillip took Jesus’ message to Samaria for the first time, and also in the
conversion of Cornelius, a captain from the Roman army. Who has an encounter
with the “Holy Spirit” he was blinded for three days, upon regaining his sight he
knew the truth.

Jesus Christ’s message has now spanned the globe. All countries, all nationalities
have now heard the Word of God. Christianity has become one of the most
dominant religions in the world, and the time for the Kingdom of God draws near.
After studying the Gospels it becomes apparent that God wants all His children to
come home, and so He made obtaining this redemption easily accessible for all
people. To obtain God’s love one must first realize that Jesus Christ is God’s only
provision for man’s sin. It is only through Jesus, that one can come to know God
personally, and experience God’s love. Every person must individually receive
Jesus Christ through faith as Savior and Lord: it is only then that one comes to
know God personally and experience His love; a love that through Jesus Christ
was extended to all the people of the world.

Despite Jesus’ love being so easily obtainable, many people do not accept Him as
the “Son of God”. Most of these people believe Jesus to be a great moral teacher,
but do not accept the divinity of his claim. They do not believe, because they have
no faith. This is increasing evident in our modernized technological society. Faith
has been traded for science. This is even noticeable in our current dating system.
For two thousand years, the humankind used B.C. and A.D. as a timeline for the
world. It was only recently that it was changed to the less secular C.E. (common
era) and BCE (before common era). These latter terms could almost be considered
blasphemous from a Christian perspective. This dating system was not made
simply to show the year of the birth of Jesus of Nazareth, but to illustrate that Jesus
Christ was the most important man that ever lived, and that his very presence
renewed the world. The life and death of Jesus was the basis for our calendar
system for over two millenniums, and now Jesus life and message has been
forgotten by so many.

With the Christmas Season swiftly approaching, people’s lack of faith becomes
ever more apparent. Most of the western world still celebrates this holiday, and it
is still marked on calendars by its traditional name “Christmas”, but the true
meaning of this holiday has been long forgotten over the years. It is a holiday that
had originally celebrated the birth of “Jesus of Nazareth”, “The Christ”. There were
festive songs that rejoiced in His name, “Hark, the Herald angels sings, Glory to
the new born King”. But most of these traditions have come to pass. In Canada,
due to our embracement of multiculturalism we have destroyed our national
religion, Jesus’ religion. Some people are willing to accept some aspects of
Christmas, just not the divinity of the holiday. And thanks to political correctness
no one wants to offend these people, for example, the Canadian Postal Service is
no longer calling December 25th “Christmas”, but rather now have it advertised as
“The Day of Giving”. Day of Giving! And this is from a crown corporation. This is
evident even more locally with the McKenzie Art Gallery’s Festival, in which they
open refuted not to mention the word Christmas, but rather celebrated the Holiday
Season. The western world has made a full circle with the acceptance and rejection
of Jesus Christ. More people are denying him than ever before.

Jesus Christ is for all. This question has been repeatedly answered through Jesus’
life, ministry and message. The question that should really be asked is “Is there
anyone for Jesus?” And how do these people who have turned their back on Jesus
think they will be recognized in Heaven? If you’ve never called on Jesus name,
then why should He know yours. The people of the world must realize that Jesus
is “the way, the truth and the life; no one comes to the Father but through me’. All
that people must do is accept Jesus into their lives, it makes so much sense in our
present day world, a world filled with contempt, with greed, and with faithlessness,
to turn away from technology and look back unto faith for the answers of this life.
As it is only through this faith that people will realize that the story of Jesus of
Nazareth is true, and that he died for all of us. He died so that all people: the young
and the old, the sick and the healthy, the rich and the poor would all have a place
in the Kingdom of God.