Tribe of Jesus

Why would you want to be Follower of Jesus?  Well, how much do you know about what Jesus actually said or did?  At times I ask Christians, "Tell me something that Jesus said that causes you to believe in Him."  Most Christians are hard pressed to actually recite any specific statement or teaching from Jesus.  If you're going to trust Jesus with your life now and your spiritual life for eternity, you really need to know what Jesus said. 

     The Jesus you probably know is the Jesus defined and described by your friends, the media, and the "Institutional church".  Isn't it annoying and offensive when people judge you or criticize you when they've never met you or had a discussion with you; Don't pre-judge Jesus either.  I encourage you to read about what Jesus said and did.  I suggest you begin with the scripture of the Gospel of John or one of the other Gospels - Matthew, Mark or Luke.  These writings are first hand accounts of what Jesus did and said.  As your read about Jesus, keep in mind His humanity and what physical, emotional, and social realities Jesus faced during His journey. 

Something else about Jesus that's important, the spiritual and supernatural factor.  I trust my friends and my family, but I also know they're human just like me.  This means that we will fail each other at times as we let our emotional and selfish nature overcome our best intentions and cause one another hurt and pain. 

So why should I trust Jesus with my life if he was just a guy like me and you?  The Tribe of Jesus follows Jesus because we actually believe who Jesus said that he was.  Please take the time to read about the following event in Jesus' life and what he said:

It was now winter, and Jesus was in Jerusalem at the time of Hanukkah.  He was at the Temple, walking through the section known as Solomon's Colonnade.  The Jewish leaders surrounded him and asked, "How long are you going to keep us in suspense? If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly."  Jesus replied, "I have already told you, and you don't believe me. The proof is what I do in the name of my Father. But you don't believe me because you are not part of my flock.  My sheep recognize my voice; I know them, and they follow me.  I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one will snatch them away from me, for my Father has given them to me, and he is more powerful than anyone else. So no one can take them from me.  The Father and I are one."  Once again the Jewish leaders picked up stones to kill him.  Jesus said, "At my Father's direction I have done many things to help the people. For which one of these good deeds are you killing me?"  They replied, "Not for any good work, but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, have made yourself God."  Jesus replied, ... "Why do you call it blasphemy when the Holy One who was sent into the world by the Father says, `I am the Son of God'?  Don't believe me unless I carry out my Father's work.  But if I do his work, believe in what I have done, even if you don't believe me. Then you will realize that the Father is in me, and I am in the Father."   (Found in the writings of John the Apostle in Chapter 10 verses 22-38.)

Jesus did claim to be the one and only Messiah, the Son of God, God in the flesh.

Please let us know about any questions you have about Jesus!  Contact us at tribeofjesus@csbc.com

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