When we say the word ‘Jesus’ what are some of the things that come to our mind. If we are to list them it would be something like,
God
Church
Gospel
Worship
Christianity
Christian
Deity
And more ideas similar to what I have listed here. All of the above-listed ideas and things do tell something about Jesus and is a part of who He is and what He does. google identifies Jesus as
A statue
A statement
A movie
Maybe some book
And much more if we scroll further
Even the bible tells a lot about Jesus from start to finish. What people would tell about Jesus differs from person to person and cannot be questioned. But, today I am going to talk some of the practical, real-life definitions of Jesus, which is why I have named this blog as Jesus v2.0. i believe that these definitions or forms or a version of Jesus is far more relevant to any human who is living on this big round earth.
So, without further explanation let me get into what I have to say. If you will direct your focus to these names of God that is recorded in the bible. I have given biblical references as to where each of these names are found in the bible. Also, I have given with it, the meaning of the name of God.
These are just some of the names of God, not all. We would have heard people preach and teach on these names of God. But today I am not about to preach and teach on the names of God but rather tell you a secret that is hidden in plain sight regarding these names of God. If we pay close attention to the names of God we will find some of the following,
Love
Peace
Mercy
Father
Recompense
Provide
Righteousness
Joy
Truth
Help
Faith and so on
Most of the time we only focus on God being the above-listed attributes and some others too. Which is so very true. but, there is also something else. It says in all these that ‘God is’ or ‘God of’ and not ‘God only is’. What does this mean, it means that whenever we exhibit the same characteristic of God to anyone or in any situation we are basically sharing God in that place, we are allowing God to move in that place, we are basically sharing the gospel. Because what is the gospel, it is the good news that there is someone called Jesus who saves us and when we share the attributes of God to others we are showing in real life to the people who this Jesus is and our life is proof of his work in us.
I think we have this mindset that if we are to bring people into salvation we must give tracks or invite them to church or talk about Jesus or have a testimony to share with them. I am not saying that these things shouldn’t be done or is wrong, but what I am saying is that this isn’t the only way or means by which someone can meet Jesus in their life. When we introduce Jesus to people who don’t have the knowledge of Christ for them, everything we say would probably be like Greek and Latin cause the things we say are not the things of this world and it is hard for them to grasp such big concepts into their life and embrace it the way we do.
But what we can do is instead of jumping right into heavenly things, we have to show things like love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, faithfulness and other positive emotions that they can understand with their mind they already have, not in a context of God but in a context of being humane. What I mean is this, we need to show the fruits of the holy spirit without any ‘catch’. Let’s not do good to people and because we want them to come to our church or because there is some sort of satisfaction for us, rather lets show the fruits of the holy spirit as a result of our relationship with Jesus. When we do this, we are essentially introducing God to them but they don’t even know it and when we do this we are introducing Jesus in the most basic and simple form that they can understand.
An example would make this clear for you, let’s say you are going to a college and what I am telling here is to go ahead and do good, share love and joy not necessarily in a context of godly things. But in every possible way, help people who are in need and encourage your friends, give them faith to keep moving ahead because when you do it, you are sowing a seed called God in their life without their knowledge. You just have to sow the seed, the holy spirit will take care of the rest, they not necessarily have to come to your church or come to some gospel meeting, they just have to know Jesus. And the best way to do that is to show the fruits of the spirit in our life because that is what Jesus did on this earth. Once your life starts showing a picture of who Jesus is in everything you do, then that is the best form of the gospel you can share. If we are just about sharing the gospel in terms of words and writing and not in your life, then the very gospel loses its meaning. Because the purpose of having Jesus is to share him with our life to others.
If I have to consolidate the whole blog into 1 line then here it is:
YOUR LIFE IS JESUS 2.0