05.01. Introduction
Introduction Some 700 years before the birth of Jesus Christ, the prophet Isaiah prophesied:
“The Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold a virgin will be with child and bear a son, and she will call His Name Immanuel [meaning GOD with us]” [Isaiah 7:14]
“For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon His shoulder: and His Name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, the Mighty GOD, the Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace.” [Isaiah 9:6]
GOD is love. And, GOD so loved us that He gave His only Son Jesus Christ to pay the price for our sin. GOD vindicated Jesus Christ by raising Him from the dead. And so, through the Testimony of Jesus opened in our hearts – in our free will acceptance of Him through His Testimony - we are set free from sin by GOD. In being set free from sin, we are changed progressively and, opened to the immensity of GOD’s promises in the Bible. In developing the many propositions of Scripture in us and through us, GOD is inviting us to discover the reality and wonder of Him.
GOD’s love is packaged in Jesus Christ for personal revelation into our heart; and, from our heart into a personal call, purpose and destiny – in GOD - in eternity.
Through Jesus Christ, GOD has set His desire on creating a new man in the image [Romans 8:29] and fullness [John 1:16-17] of Jesus Christ. And, this is because Jesus Christ is the exclusive blueprint for a new man – having overcome sin and death on behalf of all mankind. No one else has overcome death.
Through Jesus Christ GOD has purposed to create a people who will progressively become a people after GOD’s own heart, who will do GOD’s will because they want to. The Bible declares that such an outcome is entirely based on Jesus Christ’s Testimony being revealed into our hearts through understanding of the Scripture. In receiving the Testimony of Jesus, we are meant to be created in the image [Romans 8:29] and fullness [John 1:16-17] of Jesus Christ through a process of salvation [Ephesians 2:10; 2 Corinthians 5:17]. This is why Jesus Christ proclaimed that He is the Way, the Truth and the Life. He declared that no one could come to the Father except through Him [John 14:6]. This booklet is written to introduce Jesus Christ to you. This booklet is written to proclaim His mission and His essential importance to each and every one of us.