Bible Study: A description of the personality of Jesus

Bible Study: A description of the personality of Jesus

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JESUS: The ESSENCE Of LIFE!

📖John 6:51 I AM THE LIVING BREAD which came down FROM HEAVEN: if any man EAT of this bread, he shall LIVE FOR EVER: and THE BREAD that I will give IS MY FLESH, which I will GIVE FOR THE LIFE OF THE WORLD.

JESUS is the LIVING LOGOS of GOD! He was bold to call Himself that before the Jews and the Sanhendrin (Phareesess, Sadducees and Scribes). *Truly, JESUS' FEARLESSNESS is Worth Emulating.* 

JESUS, calling Himself The LIVING BREAD is more than just 

*A DESCRIPTION of His PERSONALITY* or 

*A DEFINITION of His IDENTITY* 

*AN EXPLANATION of His CAPABILITY* (hence He said, "if any man EAT ME, he shall LIVE forever).

He called Himself the LIVING BREAD in comparison to the MANNA that their ancestors ate in the wilderness. 

📖John 6:49 Your FATHERS did EAT manna in the wilderness, and are DEAD.  

The Patriarchs ATE and DIED because it was GOD'S TEMPORARY SUPPLY. *It had ability to dissipate hunger but it didn't have the CAPACITY to GENERATE life and SUSTAIN it.* 

WHy? Because *JESUS was GOD'S ORIGINAL AGENDA for mankind* (beginning with the JEWS first, that's why He went first unto His own, John 1:11).

*JESUS CHRIST was (and still is and forever will be) GOD'S PERMANENT PROVISION for the PEOPLES of today and for POSTERITY.* See

John 6:50 THIS is the bread which cometh down from heaven, THAT a man may eat thereof, and not die.

      Notice The *THIS* and *THAT*

 

*THIS*:

It's indicative of AUTHORITATIVE SPECIFICITY.

 

JESUS is telling them fearlessly that HE IS (not May Be) The BREAD SENT FROM HEAVEN; in other words, He was the FATHER'S ORIGINAL PROVIDENCE and He had finally arrived. 

There was NO SENSE OF UNCERTAINTY... 

He was SURE yet they were UNWILLING. Thank God WE have accepted This Bread from Heaven. Now, we are alive unto GOD. Hallelujah. 

*THAT*:

It's indicative of PURPOSE, REASON, INTENTION.

 

JESUS is stating here that the Father's reason or purpose or intention for sending Him (The Living Bread ) at this time was *not to SURVEY a planet of people He had created but to SECURE, SUSTAIN and SUPPLY to them the LIFE OF GOD* if they would "EAT HIM" (which means to ACCEPT HIM, Believing solely IN and Relying completely ON Him). 

*You see, if you "live life" outside JESUS you will be "MERELY EXISTING" not "TRULY LIVING",* after all, He wasn't talking to dead bodies; they were listening and responding but they lacked the TRUE ESSENCE OF LIFE which is WHO Jesus is and WHAT He carried in His DIVINE VESSEL (His Flesh). 

  ✒ What does it mean to *"MERELY EXIST"?* ✒ 

It means to go through this physical world and do all that is expected (schooling, working, marrying, fathering, mothering, leading, singing, dancing, acting, governing, presiding, spending etc) yet LACKING the TRUE SATISFACTION, which can only be found in JESUS CHRIST. 

There are those who have made "making and pursuing MONEY " their PRIORITY. It's a pity! 

See what the Scripture says about it:

📖Ecclesiastes 5:10 He that LOVETH silver (money) shall NOT BE SATISFIED with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.

If you think that making and pursuing money will bring you satisfaction ask yourself why most of the world's wealthiest BUSINESS GURUS and ENTREPRENEURIAL TYCOONS are committing suicide. 

It's not wrong to DESIRE money but to make it your PURSUIT and your LIFE'S PRIORITY is to desire DOOM without knowing.

*Making and Pursuing MONEY outside THE MONEY MAKER (JESUS CHRIST 📖Deut 8:18) is tantamount to ENDLESS MISERY and MISFORTUNE. You cannot circumvent JESUS and enjoy True Satisfaction.*

📖Romans 8:5 For they that are AFTER THE FLESH do MIND (focus on) the things of the flesh; but they that are AFTER THE SPIRIT the things of the Spirit. 8:6 For to be CARNALLY MINDED is DEATH; but to be SPIRITUALLY MINDED is LIFE and PEACE. 8:7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.

         ✒ TRUE SATISFACTION ✒ 

You can have RICHES without JESUS (Alhaji Aliku Dangote is the richest man in Africa, yet he's not Born Again) but you can NEVER have REST for your Soul without HIM.

📖Matthew 11:29 Take my yoke upon you, and LEARN OF ME; for I am meek and lowly in heart: AND ye shall FIND REST unto YOUR SOULS.

Do you understand now why JESUS Is The Essence Of Life!??! Another synonym for ESSENCE is FRAGRANCE or PERFUME. 

*Without JESUS Life STINKS!*

*Without JESUS Life has NO ATTRACTION!* 

*Without JESUS Life Is LIFELESS!* 

Beloved, JESUS CHRIST Is The ESSENCE Of LIFE! What does this actually mean?

By this we mean that *JESUS is "THAT THING" that makes life TRULY successful, TRULY satisfying and TRULY secured.*

📖Matthew 11:28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest (life's utmost vitality). 

        ✒ JESUS: Life And Light! ✒ 

Apostle John, The Beloved, in his Epistle said:

📖1 John 5:11 And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 5:12 HE THAT HATH THE SON HATH LIFE; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.

In other words, *HAVING JESUS means you have what makes life TRULY satisfying, TRULY successful and TRULY secured.* 

IN JESUS CHRIST 

*We Have TRUE SUCCESS* 

*We Have TRUE SATISFACTION* 

*We Have TRUE SECURITY* 

Apostle John in his Gospels had initially stated that:

📖John 1:4 IN Him (JESUS CHRIST) was LIFE; and the life was the LIGHT OF MEN.

    ✒ What was the duty of this LIGHT? ✒ 

📖John 1:9 That was the TRUE LIGHT, which LIGHTS every man that cometh into the world.

Have you asked yourself why Apostle John wrote that? He gave us the answer in his first Epistle:

1 John 5:19 And we know that we are of God, and (but) the WHOLE WORLD LIETH IN WICKEDNESS (DARKNESS).

See how the Amplified Translation puts it:

AMP: We know [positively] that we are of God, and the whole world [around us] is under the power of the evil one.

Do you know what this means? 

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*It simply means without JESUS no one stands a chance in this world.* Because though the devil has been defeated yet the world (having refused JESUS) is still under the INFLUENCE of the devil. 

📖2 Cor 4:4

AMP: For the God OF THIS WORLD (Satan) has blinded the unbelievers’ minds [that they should not discern the truth], preventing them from seeing the illuminating light of the Gospel of the glory of Christ (the Messiah), Who is the Image and Likeness of God.

*This is why ABBA FATHER came as JESUS to be the LIGHT (HOPE) of the World because He (JESUS) is the ONLY ONE that darkness cannot COMPREHEND or SUBDUE or OVERCOME or OVERTHROW or , OVERPOWER, or CONTEND with.*

📖John 1:5

AMP: And the Light shines on in the darkness, for the darkness has never OVERPOWERED it [put it out or absorbed it or appropriated it, and is unreceptive to it].

This is why JESUS said "You MUST Be Born Again" (📖John 3:7). Why? Because when a person gets Born Again by BELIEVING, ACCEPTING and CONFESSING the LORDSHIP OF CHRIST, JESUS become the LIGHT that lights up both the PERSON and his SPHERE OF CONTACT.

In other words,

*If you MUST be Truly Successful* 

*If you MUST be Truly Satisfied*

*If you MUST be Truly Secured* 

Then, *JESUS Is THE WAY To Go!* 

There's a song that says: *"Christ Is Enough For ME"!* Beautiful song.... But please don't just let it be a mere RHYTHM to you, let it become a REALITY! 

          ✒ The CONCLUSION ✒ 

*Why JESUS gave His FLESH for the LIFE of the world!*

📖John 6:51 I AM the LIVING BREAD which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and THE BREAD that I will give IS MY FLESH, which I WILL GIVE FOR THE LIFE OF THE WORLD.

Isn't that amazing? This is worth celebrating. But how can you truly rejoice if you don't understand what it means? So let ME CONSTRUE ( To interpret or explain the meaning of something).

When GOD, through JESUS, by the Spirit, made the world and everything in it, He made MAN in his image and gave him DOMINION (📖Gen 1:26-28)

What this means is that *EVERYTHING was supposed to RESPOND to MAN. Everything was supposed to be at man's beck and call.* But Man committed high treason in disobedience to GOD and in direct obedience to the devil (📖Gen 3). *Therefore, whatever used to RESPOND to Man CEASED TO RESPOND.* 

The WORLD as it were had become "DEAD" (unresponsive). So for any man to DESIRE and DEMAND for anything this world (safety, success, security, supply, etc) he would need to SACRIFICE a LAMB so that the "Dormant" Forces of the World would awaken to respond accordingly. 

*However, GOD had a BETTER HOPE (JESUS CHRIST) in mind* (📖Heb 9:17). So when John The Baptist declared that JESUS was the LAMB OF GOD (📖John 1:19) *he was announcing GOD'S PERMANENT REMEDY.*

GOD, then, deliberately delivered JESUS for our offences (which started in Adam and Eve) and raised HIM up again for our JUSTIFICATION (📖Rom 4:25).

Jesus TOOK AWAY the SIN and DEATH that entered this world through Adam (📖Rom 5:12), that thing that DEADENED and WEAKENED the World and made it UNRESPONSIVE to Man. 

*So now that JESUS (being The Lamb of God) has given His Flesh (The BREAD that is LIVING) on the CROSS, the world MUST OF NECESSITY RESPOND to those who BELIEVE in JESUS CHRIST.* 

Take these Scriptures:

📖1 Corinthians 3:21 Therefore let no man glory in men. For "ALL THINGS" ARE YOURS

📖Mark 9:23 Jesus said unto him, If thou canst BELIEVE, "ALL THINGS" are POSSIBLE to him that believeth.

*From today, make BOLD declarations USING the NAME of JESUS and EXPECT Life and the World to RESPOND to you. This is your INHERITANCE in Christ Jesus!* 

 

📖2 Timothy 2:7 Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things.