Who is Jesus?
Short answer
Jesus is the Son of God who became human, lived a perfect life, died for the sins of the world, and rose again. Christians believe he is both fully God and fully man, the center of all of history and faith.
Deeper answer
The Christian faith is not first a set of rules or ideas — it begins with a person. Jesus of Nazareth lived in the first century, taught with unmatched authority, performed miracles, was crucified under Roman rule, and according to his followers, rose bodily from the dead three days later.
Christians believe Jesus is the long-promised Messiah of the Old Testament — God himself entering the world he made. He came to reveal God's character, to take on the weight of human brokenness, and to make a way for people to be restored to God.
To know Jesus is to know God. Everything else in Christianity flows from this.
From the Bible
John 1:1, 14
NIV“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. … The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.”
Colossians 1:15–17
NIV“The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible … all things have been created through him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.”
Philippians 2:6–8
NIV“Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death — even death on a cross!”
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