1. Running Head: JESUS AS GOD AND SAVIOUR 1
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2. I. Introduction
There are basic questions that need to be answered by a searching soul if one has to really
discover the core of Christianity. If one is to say that he is really a follower of Christ, the first
thing that one needs to answer is this: Did Jesus claim that He is God? Yet to answer this
question, words and reasons alone will not suffice. One has to learn to accept and abandon
oneself in the light of faith to the tenets of Christian religious teachings. Without faith, one
cannot really be sure about salvation. The Bible speaks about the second coming of Jesus Christ
where all the might and power of God’s Kingdom would be fully realized. This was the faith that
kept the fires of evangelism alive in the first apostles. More than 2,000 years have passed since
then. The question still nags the believers: How can we be sure that Jesus will really come again?
If one can answer this question affirmatively, a following question will arise. Can I be saved?
How sure am I that I would be included in the list of the saved? This paper is an attempt to
answer these nagging questions and an effort to further brighten the light of our faith. When
doubts and questions arise, we turn to the Bible and we turn to God for enlightenment and grace
to keep us on the right path to salvation.
II. Did Jesus Claim to be God
Jesus didn’t walk around Judea’s hills saying, “I am God!” He didn’t do a public procession
saying, “I am the Messiah”. Yet His disciples called Him Master way and they also called Him
“Lord”. In the Gospel, a story is written about the Transfiguration of Jesus where Jesus was seen
in his shining light and where the voice of God was heard by the apostles saying that Jesus is his

3. beloved son. During Jesus’ baptism by John, there was also a voice from heaven that said the
same message.
It is clear in the New Testament that Jesus is the son of God sent from heaven to the earth to
serve as a bridge to salvation. Jesus himself says that He is the way, the truth and the light and no
one comes to the Father except through him. And yet Jesus temporarily set aside his glory,
power and honor, in accordance to God’s will, to become a helpless baby like a normal person
on earth. Jesus worked as a carpenter, experienced joy and hunger and also suffered from pain
and death. Although divine, Jesus is also human in every way.
At the age of 30, Jesus began to preach the public ministry. Some of the words that Jesus had
spoken reflect his limitations as a man and reveal his humility. On the other hand, on other
circumstances Jesus also said that there things that he can’t do and only God could make
(Towns, 2007). God has shared 30 years of his life here on earth as a human, like us. He also
experienced the process and cruelty of life here on earth and underwent the sufferings of a
normal human being in full obedience to the Will of the Father. In the Bible, Jesus affirmed that
He and God the Father are one (John 10:30). This attests to the divinity of Jesus. When Peter said
that Jesus is the Christ is the son of the living God, Jesus told Peter not to tell this to anybody.
Thus without claiming publicly that he is also a God, Jesus affirmed to Peter that He is God
because he is the son of God.
III. How can we be confident that Jesus is returning?
Even though we believe that Jesus is God, how confident are we that he will come back to save
us and usher in God’s Kingdom in all its power and glory? Considering the situation of the world

4. today where many are living in sin and poverty, the world really needs a savior. We need the
Messiah to bring us out from the darkness that we find ourselves in.
The book of Matthew 1:21 mentioned, “and she shall bring forth a son and thou shalt call his
name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins” (The Holy Bible, 1984). Jesus was
born to save humanity from sins. God sends him for us to be saved. The Bible mentions of a
second coming where Jesus will return and God’s Kingdom will rule over the earth.
In the eyes of faith, we are assured that Jesus is coming back. The Bible is the word of God and
it is filled with enough assurance that indeed Jesus will come again. Only those who have little
faith have room for doubt. For one, the fact that Jesus rose from the dead means that Jesus is
very much alive today in the flesh. The fact the Jesus ascended into heaven means that he can
also reveal himself in person to anybody. I sincerely believe in the Second Coming of Jesus not
only because the Bible speaks of it but because Jesus is alive in me even now. Although I await
the second coming where God’s Kingdom will finally reign, in my heart Jesus is already present
and very much alive. Right now he is continuing to work his miracles and is transforming
peoples’ lives. This is the most tangible proof that Jesus’ work is continuing to change the world.
As Jesus lives in my heart even now, the question whether Jesus is returning or not during the
last days has become secondary. This is because Jesus is already here.
IV. If a person is a Christian, does it matter how they live their life?
Although no one can really merit the Kingdom of Heaven out of his own works alone, the signs
of being a Christian should manifest in our daily lives. All of us have sinned and it is only by
God’s grace that we are saved. No one is worthy of salvation. No one can tell God that he

5. deserves salvation. It is true that by grace, God can choose to save the worst criminal just like
what Jesus did as he was hanging on the cross. However being a Christian does not mean that we
can commit sins here and there because anyway it is not by one’s acts but by grace alone that one
is saved.
Having Christ living in our hearts means that all my words and actions should be attuned to
Christ’s urgings. It means doing the will of God every day of my life (Macarthur, 1998). It
means that my daily life is a manifestation of the Christ that lives in me. Being saved means that
salvation has reached my soul and the light of salvation can be witness by everybody around me.
This means that I am spirit-filled and because of this I am living a sanctified life. Like Jesus I
would have to be submissive to the will of the Father at every moment of my life.
Being a Christian should manifest not only in words but also in deeds. And although deeds and
acts do not really matter as grace is the determining factor of salvation, how I live my life is
evidence if my faith and my Christianity is genuine. Jesus said that a tree is known by its fruits.
Being a Christian should be fruits of love and goodness for all those around me. Jesus said that
we should seek first the Kingdom of God and all these things will follow. Being a Christian
means that we are ready to do God’s bidding every moment of our lives (Macarthur, 1998).
V. Conclusion: Jesus as my God and Saviour
Proclaiming Jesus as your personal God and Savior constitutes a radical overhaul of one’s being
in order to tread faithfully the path of salvation. For one, we need to accept in the light of faith
that Jesus is indeed God. Before Jesus can be able to bring salvation in our lives, we need an
unwavering faith that Jesus is indeed the Son of God. Only then can we be able to accept the
succeeding tenets of Christianity and have the hope that Jesus will come again in all his glory

6. although he is now here inside our hearts. Being a Christian is like a candle being lighted where
darkness is defeated. Our lives should manifest the essence of our faith. Our words and actions
should show to all people that love and goodness reside within us.
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