The truth or a lie?
The apostle John writes,
"That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched—this we proclaim concerning the Word of life.
The life appeared; we have seen it and testify to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and has appeared to us.
We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ.
We write this to make our joy complete." 1John 1:1-4.
John makes it clear that he was writing his letter to tell about all he heard and all he had seen with his own eyes about Jesus.
John in his writings makes it clear he believes Jesus is the Son of God. That he is God incarnate. In his gospel he writes about Jesus whom he calls the Word saying,
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
He was with God in the beginning.
Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.
In him was life, and that life was the light of men....
The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. ” John 1:1-4,14.
According to John Jesus created all things. He makes it clear that “The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us.”
John is clear that the creator of the world became flesh and dwelt among mankind. That he has seen “the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.”
That being said. Here is something to think about.
If what John is saying here is a lie. Then it is the greatest lie ever in the history of humanity. A lie that close to three billion people in the world today believe. And millions if not billions have gone to the grave believing.
For me I believe what a person believes about Jesus has eternal consequences.
As the same time I cannot force what I believe on anyone. Everyone must decide for themselves what they believe about Jesus. All I would ask however is that before anyone makes a decision about Jesus, is that they at least read the New Testament.
Please think about it.
