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Who is Jesus, really?

emptytomb

emptytomb

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The following tract is one that I wrote to be given out with a Dvd. On the tract it will have an invite to a Gospel presentation. The Dvd will have 3 messages of the Gospel:

1. Paul Washer "What is the Gospel" (10 min.)
2. Jonathan Sims "No Greater Love" (30 min.)
3. haven't settled on one yet, but looking for a 60 minute video that is a good overall presentation of the Gospel

This is the tract:

Who Is Jesus, Really?

　

Do you know who Jesus is?

In our western culture almost everyone has heard his name. We have all learned about him through Christmas, Easter and perhaps other Christians. But, do you really know who Jesus is?

Jesus lived 2,000 years ago. This has been historically established as fact. He was given another name, Immanuel. Which means God with us. In the New Testament the first four books are witness accounts of the ministry of Jesus and his life. They are called the gospels. The Gospel means the good news.

What is the Gospel?

Jesus of Nazareth, the Immanuel, lived a perfect life. This means without sin. We know about sin through the law of the ten commandments. This is where societies’ morality was born out of. Jesus living a perfect life without sin fulfilled the law. Having fulfilled the law and fulfilling all the former prophecies of the Prophets as well. Everything in the Bible (The Holy Scriptures) points to him in past, present and future tenses.

This Jesus of Nazareth having fulfilled all of the law, sinless and pure became the atonement for all. You see, all of us, ( the whole human race) are sinners. We couldn’t keep the law, not even in our actions let alone our thoughts. We needed to be redeemed to God. We could never be cleansed from our sin by anything we could do. God sent Jesus, his begotten, to be our sacrifice in order for us to even consider reconciliation.

This Reconciliation happens through the faith in Jesus Christ dying on the cross, taking our sins and God’s just wrath for us. He (Jesus) who knew no sin, became sin for us. Having died on the Cross, which fulfilled prophecy, he then was buried. Jesus laid in the tomb for 3 days, then God resurrected his son. Only by the power of God the father is this possible. Now that God, having raised Jesus back to life justified us. The sacrifice of Jesus on the Cross had finished the atonement and God accepted it.

　

Now because of the tomb being empty, and Jesus being glorified means that by faith in what he accomplished as the Christ we can be free! This is accomplished in believing that Jesus of Nazareth bore your sins and died for you so that you could be before God after you die.

Behold today is the day of salvation. Jesus is the only way to God the Father. Jesus is the only one that God resurrected and did not die again. Only His tomb is empty. The final proof of our redemption, no other religion comes close to this love demonstrated on the cross. The only true information about God is in the Bible.

Why the Bible?

True, professing Christians believe that the Bible is the only authoritative description of the knowledge of God. The Bible is the only book that defines: who God is, what God has done, what God is doing and what God is going to do.

The Bible is actually 66 books compiled in what is known as canonical. The Bible is historically accurate, scientifically accurate, prophetically accurate and Spiritually accurate.

There is only one thing in the 3500 year history of the Bible that may be considered inaccurate. It is the fact that God would give inadequate humans his perfect gift of immeasurable grace!

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I would like some feedback. Thanks for reading. God Bless!
 

Jesus fulfilled all of the former prophecies ONLY about Himself and ONLY up to this time.

IMO, you should tell your story using mostly Scripture. See below.
The word will not come back void, but your words might.

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Verse-2

Statement-2
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etc.

Good Luck ... and allow the Spirit to guide you.
 
The Gospel message will implement the scriptures qualified in the tract. The tract is for those who either have no bible or don't know what the scriptures say. So in fact the sermon will present the way you replied. First the statement then the scriptural reply and then expound it.

I pray that my words are from the Holy Spirit, and then are not in fact mine but His. Romans 10 verses 14 to 15 are the motivation here.
 
I believe Jesus is God in flesh. God wanted to come to earth in the form of a human being, so he did so as Jesus Christ.
 
Jesus was the word made manifest .

Jesus was also the biggest pain in the side of the self righteous .

Jesus was disappointed at acts indicating a lack of faith and overly impressed when he saw true acts of faith

Jesus was a friend to the outcasts of society

Jesus expereanced human emotions and even possibly anxiety

Jesus loved the innocents of children

Jesus suffered terribly for us

Jesus didn't make excuses
 

This idea came to me recently …

The Word (Logos) was originally clothed in Heaven with an incorruptible body.
After He came to earth, He became flesh (clothed in a corruptible body).
After this body died, He returned to Heaven in His incorruptible body.
The Word (Logos) now lives again in Heaven in His incorruptible body.

And IMO, the Word (Logos) has always been the Second Person of the Holy Trinity.
 

The Word (Logos) was originally clothed in Heaven with an incorruptible body.
After He came to earth, He became flesh (clothed in a corruptible body).
After this body died, He returned to Heaven in His incorruptible body.
The Word (Logos) now lives again in Heaven in His incorruptible body.

IMPORTANT CORRECTION to the above follows:

The Word (Logos) was originally clothed in Heaven with an incorruptible body.
After He came to earth, He became flesh (clothed in a corruptible body).
He returned to Heaven IN BODILY FORM (Luke 24:51) ... but with what kind of body?
The Word (Logos) now lives again in Heaven with what kind of body
(corruptible or incorruptible)?
 
John Zain said:
The Word (Logos) was originally clothed in Heaven with an incorruptible body.
After He came to earth, He became flesh (clothed in a corruptible body).
After this body died, He returned to Heaven in His incorruptible body.
The Word (Logos) now lives again in Heaven in His incorruptible body.

IMPORTANT CORRECTION to the above follows:

The Word (Logos) was originally clothed in Heaven with an incorruptible body.
After He came to earth, He became flesh (clothed in a corruptible body).
He returned to Heaven IN BODILY FORM (Luke 24:51) ... but with what kind of body?
The Word (Logos) now lives again in Heaven with what kind of body
(corruptible or incorruptible)?
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Then we both agree with Inspiration in Heb. 1
[1] God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
[2] Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
[3] Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
 
emptytomb said:
I would like some feedback. Thanks for reading. God Bless!
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What is hard to explain is, "Who was the Elijah in 32AD?"



John specifically said he was not.

John the Baptist Denies Being the Elijah

19 Now this was John'shttp://www.biblestudytools.com/john/1.html#cr-descriptionAnchor-33 testimony when the Jewshttp://www.biblestudytools.com/john/1.html#cr-descriptionAnchor-34 of Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him who he was. 20 He did not fail to confess, but confessed freely, "I am not the Christ.http://www.biblestudytools.com/john/1.html#fn-descriptionAnchor-g "http://www.biblestudytools.com/john/1.html#cr-descriptionAnchor-3521 They asked him, "Then who are you? Are you Elijah?"http://www.biblestudytools.com/john/1.html#cr-descriptionAnchor-36 He said, "I am not." "Are you the Prophet?"http://www.biblestudytools.com/john/1.html#cr-descriptionAnchor-37 He answered, "No."
 
Jesus was a great teacher and the beginning of a new chapter in the world it needed.

He was who he said he was.
 
emptytomb said:
I would like some feedback. Thanks for reading. God Bless!
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Not really sure who your audience is... I understand that if you are trying to reach those who haven't heard the gospel that you would start with something rudimentary and over-simplified, but you also have to be consistant.

In some parts, you speak as if you are telling someone who has never heard anything of Jesus and in other parts you speak as if your audience is already familiar with him.


Bottom line: You are addressing several groups of people, which is inconsistant. If you are going to write a tract that is meant specifically for Christians, you should be giving us more than the Sunday school stuff. If you are writing for people who don't know the gospel you should leave out things that you haven't provided context for.
 
Chris. said:
Jesus was a great teacher and the beginning of a new chapter in the world it needed.

He was who he said he was.
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2X

He said he was The Truth, personified as an ideal and a general concept that can save man from the lies and errors that make him his own worst enemy.




6 I, (as the personification of the concept,Truth), am the way (men ought be lead), and The Truth (about our Reality), andthe life (eternal for our species):
no man cometh unto the Father, (almighty Reality), butby me, (Truth).
 
Adam said:
Not really sure who your audience is... I understand that if you are trying to reach those who haven't heard the gospel that you would start with something rudimentary and over-simplified, but you also have to be consistant.

In some parts, you speak as if you are telling someone who has never heard anything of Jesus and in other parts you speak as if your audience is already familiar with him.


Bottom line: You are addressing several groups of people, which is inconsistant. If you are going to write a tract that is meant specifically for Christians, you should be giving us more than the Sunday school stuff. If you are writing for people who don't know the gospel you should leave out things that you haven't provided context for.
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Thanks for the feedback. The particular audience is those who know something of Jesus but not the truth of Him. The context of scripture however is going to be detailed in a Gospel presentation. This tract is intended for those who want to know more and there will be an invitation on the tract. Also there are three presentations on the dvd of the Gospel. I'm hoping that they would either watch the dvd first then read the tract or vice versa.

If you have any specifics on how you would change it or any other advice, please feel free to respond.
 
Well, it lloks like you've got 3 tracks in one.

You might want to focus on each division as a seperate track and that way you can give a little meat to each subject while still keeping it short and to the point.


I would break it up and give a teaser, like "in the next installment: the Gospel" which would lead to the second tract.
 
The importance of doing a tract or a DVD is to keep it basic in it's understanding that even a child will know what is being said. Give the facts backed up with scripture for support. If this is intended for those who have little or no knowledge of Christ then give them Jesus message to Nicodemus in John 3. The three basics are:

1. Salvation
2. Faith
3. Holy Spirit

anything else above this will only confuse the unlearned mind. If you go to my website at www.ourchurch.com/member/m/ministering you will see how I formatted each of the classes I teach starting with the basic (milk) then going into the (meat) for the more advanced in the word. The most important thing is to allow the Holy Spirit speak to you as what to write.

God bless your endeavor.
 
I thought about doing the 3 tracts for handing out on the street. The purpose of this on singular tract is to give an overview and then expand it with a "Gospel Night." The tract would have the invitation on it. We are going to focus in on one area of Edmonton per "Gospel Night." So in the future the tracts given out to residents of the focus community may change. In fact I'm re-working the tract right now and will post it up here.

I enjoy the feedback. It has helped and I would like more of it. Thanks for the responses!
 
I wouldn't hand out tracts to random people. Most people who take them do so to be polite. Then they just throw them away. Nearly all the bibles that get handed out at colleges end up in the trash at the end of the day. It isn't very efficient or resourceful.

In 2012 there are much better marketing tools than this approach. I recommend only handing out tracts to people who attend the event.
 
The singular tract is to bring people to the event. it will be given out along with the dvd. This is done by handing it out door to door. The Gospel event will expound upon the tract. After the message, we will give out free Bibles with an invitation for a follow up seminar to be given. The seminar is a presentation of Justification (by Pastor Jeff Noblit of Anchored in Truth Ministries) which we would watch and teach upon it.

The reason why it may look like three separate tracts is because these three are the overview of the message. There shouldn't be a need to give out tracts at the event. I suppose I could write up some pamphlets to coincide wiith the event though.
 
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