Who is Jesus?

Earlier this week, Representative Steve Cohen of Tennessee said "I submit to you, Mr. Speaker, that the parties have differences. But if you want change, you want the Democratic Party. Barack Obama was a community organizer like Jesus, who our minister prayed about. Pontius Pilate was a governor. Thank you, Mr. Speaker." We have heard in the news various people said "Jesus was a community organize, Pontius Pilate was a governor." Now I do not exactly know what a community organizer is. I have heard lots of people say the words, but haven't heard anyone define the term. But I do know who Jesus was.

Jesus Christ is God. John 1 tells us that in the beginning was The Word and The Word was with God, and The Word was God. The Word became flesh and dwelt among us. Jesus says that he and The Father are one.

Jesus Christ was a man. He was born like all humans are. He was miraculously conceived by the Holy Spirit.He had flesh and bone like all of us. He died like all of us. He hungered, suffered, was temperted, and lived like us.

Jesus Christ died for our sins. When he died, he was crucified on the cross. Hardly a place for a sacrifice to be made. But a sacrifice was made. Jesus Christ, the perfect sacrifice, freely gave his life for us. By the spilling of His blood, a sacrifice was made to forgive all sins. Sins that have, are, or will occur.

Jesus Christ is a priest for us. In the Old Testament, the priest was someone who was an go-between for the people and God. Jesus does the same thing for us. He is of the priesthood of Melchizedek, meaning that he isn't a priest because he was born of a certain lineage, but because he was anointed by God to be a priest. He sits in Heaven today, acting as a go-between for us and The Father. We cannot approach God because of our sins, but because of the sacrifice made by Christ, we can.

I do not know what a community organizer is, but I do know who Jesus Christ is, he is God.