Who is Jesus Christ, the central figure of Christianity

1. Who is Jesus Christ?

2. Jesus Christ
• Who is this man who
claimed to be God?
• What were the major
events in Jesus
Christ’s life on Earth?
• Was Jesus Christ
truly the Savior of the
world?
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3. Jesus Christ
• Jesus is the central figure of
Christianity.
• “For God so loved the world that
he gave his only son, so that
everyone who believes in him
may not perish but may have
eternal life.
Indeed, God did not send the
Son into the world to condemn
the world but in order that the
world might be saved through
him.”
John 3:16 – 17)

4. Jesus Christ
• Jesus is the Son of
God. Because Jesus is
God and came among
us as a human
being, we then state that
Jesus has two natures:
divine and human.
• Therefore, Christians
believe that Jesus is
both God and man at
the same time.

5. Jesus Christ
Though there have
been many great
teachers
throughout
history, none of
them have claimed
to be divine (God)
as Jesus
claimed.

6. Why did God (Jesus) become man?
(CCC 456-460)
1. He came to save us from our sins.
2. He came so that we might know God’s love.
3. He came to be our model of holiness.
4.He became man in order that we could share in
His divine nature.
C. S. Lewis said it well: "The Son of God became a
man that men might become sons of God."
God became a man so that you might become
God's child.
Now that is something worth celebrating!

7. Who is Jesus Christ? Humble
Beginnings
He is God's only
begotten son, the
eternal Word, yet He
came from the throne
of His Father to the
womb of a
woman, the Blessed
Virgin Mary. He
became Son of Man
that we might become
sons of God.

8. The First Thirty Years
• He was conceived by
the Holy Spirit, and
born of the Virgin
Mary. He lived in
simplicity, a carpenter
by trade and was
unknown outside of
his homeland. He had
neither wealth nor
influence.

9. Jesus at the synagogue at
Nazareth

10. He calls others : His disciples,
His Apostles.
“I will make you fishers of men”

11. Who is Jesus Christ?
Public Life
He could have had
riches and power, yet
for our sakes chose to
establish His
Kingdom among the
ordinary people.
He associated with
the poor, the
sinners, the ones at
the margins of
society.

12. Who is Jesus Christ?
Public Life
• He travelled unceasingly teaching and preaching
about the Kingdom of God.
• He slept in another's stable; He rode another's
donkey; He was buried in another's grave

13. Who is Jesus Christ?
Miraculous Ministry
• In manhood, He
ruled the elements
and quieted the
raging sea. He
healed
miraculously,
and fed thousands
from a boy's lunch.
• Even demons
obeyed Him and He
gave back life to
those who were
dead.

14. Jesus heals

15. Who is Jesus Christ?
He died for us.
• He was despised and
rejected by men who
were unable to
receive His message
of
love, meekness, humi
lity.
• He suffered and
sustained in body and
soul the wages of sin
- the sin of the whole
human race

16. He was crucified on a cross.
• Though He was
innocent, He was
condemned by His
own people and
their rulers and
sentenced to death
on a cross.
• After hours of
extreme physical
anguish, He died.

17. He won our salvation
• By His suffering and
death, He paid completely
for the sins of humanity.
He set us free from the
certain judgment and
eternal condemnation that
was to fall on all of us.
• Having fully satisfied God's
perfect justice, He
conquered death and rose
on the third day as He said
He would.

18. Who is Jesus Christ?
His dying and His rising is the
heart of Christian life.
Somehave given their lives for
others, and great men have
come and gone, yet JesusChrist
lives on.
Herod could not kill Him. Satan
could not stop him. Death could
not destroy Him. Thegrave could
not hold Him.

19. His Legacy

20. Jesus Today
• Two thousand years after he walked the
earth, Jesus of Nazareth remains one of
those most talked-about and influential
people who has ever lived.
• People from all walks of life have studied
his life, character, teachings and followers.
He has been
quoted, misquoted, filmed, reported
on, worshipped and argued over.
• Most of all, He is loved.

21. Jesus Today
• One third of the world’s population are
Christians.
• More than a billion of them are Catholics.
• We, His Church, are the face of Jesus in the
world today.
• How we as Christians live our lives as followers
of Jesus makes His presence real amidst the
darkness of our days and times.

22. Who do you say I am?
Matthew 16:13-17
When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked
his disciples, "Who do people say the Son of Man is?"
14They replied, "Some say John the Baptist; others say
Elijah; and still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets."
15"But what about you?" he asked. "Who do you say I
am?"
16Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of the
living God."
17Jesus replied, "Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for
this was not revealed to you by man, but by my Father in
heaven.

23. • And
so, the
question
now is
“Who is
Jesus
Christ to
me?”

24. HE IS!
When you are the neediest, He is the most sufficient.
• When you are completely helpless, He is the most
helpful.
• When you feel totally dependent, He is absolutely
dependable.
• When you are the weakest, He is the most able.
• When you are the most alone, He is intimately present.
• When you feel you are the least, He is the greatest!
• When you feel the most useless, He is preparing you.
• When it is darkest, He is the only Light you need.
• When you feel the least secure, He is your Rock and
Fortress.
• When you are the most humble, He is most gracious.
• When you say that you cannot, remember that He can!
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25. Jesus taught us to pray…
Our Father, who art in
heaven,
Hallowed be thy name,
Thy Kingdom come, Thy will
be done,
On earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily
bread,
And forgive us our
trespasses,
As we forgive those who
trespass against us.
And lead us not into
temptation,
But deliver us from evil,
Amen.