Who is Jesus?—Incarnate Word and Sovereign King or Super Gandhi?
Whenever anyone says or implies that theology is unimportant and says, “just give me Jesus,” they need to be asked “who is Jesus?” With that one question we’ve taken the conversation directly to the most important theological question that can ever be asked. As an example of what Christianity understands from Scripture about Jesus Christ, I’m going to borrow the text from a randomly selected14 church Web site’s page entitled “Who Is Jesus Christ?” Jesus Christ is central to everything we are, as well as everything we do. We believe that Jesus Christ is God, the 2nd Person of the Trinity. He is the Son of God; fully man, yet fully God. He was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary. Though begotten, Jesus was not made. He lived the perfect holy life that we could not live; then Jesus died the substitutionary death on the cross, as an atoning sacrifice for the sins of the elect. Jesus actually physically rose again from the dead on the 3rd day, and after validating His resu
