Buddha, Mohammed, Confucius, Jesus

These were all great moral teachers, but one is different to the others, Jesus is different and unique because of the following reasons.

But it is important to note that Jesus is not merely “different” than these men: He is King of kings and Lord of lords.? Here are some more reasons why Jesus is more than just a great teacher.

1. Jesus is the Son of God

In Matthew 3, Jesus was baptized by in the Jordan by the prophet John the Baptist.? As He came out of the water, the heavens opened and His Father spoke saying, “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.” (Matthew 3:16). There is no other person in human history whom God refers to as His Son.

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2. Jesus was born of the Virgin Mary

Jesus is the only One who was conceived by the Holy Spirit.? In Luke 1, the Angel Gabriel appears to the Virgin Mary and declares to her that she had been chosen to give birth to the Son of God.?

3. Jesus died for ME

2 Corinthians 5:21 tells us that “He who knew no sin became sin for us, that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him.”? Jesus is the only One who was willing and able to give His life for you and for me.? And it is His blood, and His blood alone that makes atonement for sin and makes us right with the living God.??

4. Jesus rose from the dead

Jesus is the only One who rose the dead.? Confucius, Mohammed, and Buddha died and they are still dead.? In Matthew 28, we have one of several accounts of Christ’ resurrection.? Mary goes to the grave of Jesus, expecting to anoint His body to slow the pace of decomposition.? However, she is met by an angel who tells her that He is not there, but that He is risen from the dead.? She then meets her Saviour who is resurrected!? Her sorrow over the death of Christ is immediately replaced with the joy of knowing that He has risen. And it is His resurrection that sets Christianity apart from every other religion on earth.

?5. Jesus is the only way to God.

There are some that say there are several ways to get to God.? Jesus says in John 14:6, “I am the Way, the Truth and the Life, no man comes to the Father, except they come through me.”? If you want to know God, you must go through Christ.? How do you do that?? By asking Him to forgive you of your sins, repenting of your sin, realising that you can't save yourself and throw yourself on his mercy and grace.

How does God save us?? He saves us by grace through faith.? Ephesians 2:8-9 say, “For by grace are you saved through faith, and not the of yourselves.? It is the gift of God, not of works lest any man should boast."

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What will you receive when God saves you?

You will receive life in abundance, you will have God's Spirit living inside you as you go through life to guide and comfort you. You will have a new Christian family and you will have the assurance of heaven and eternal life. That abundant life starts here on earth as you have fellowship with God as your relationship with Him has been restored. There are millions across China and across the world, who have made this commitment and as someone who made it 40 years ago, it is the best thing I have ever done.

Are you ready to receive Jesus?? Say this simple prayer:

Father God, I realise that I am out of fellowship with You, because of my sin and I come before You, to ask that You would forgive my sin, because of the shed blood of your precious Son on the cross. I repent from every evil way and give my life over to You to use in any way You see fit. Thank You for making me a child of God and I will live for You and You alone. In Jesus name, amen

If you prayed that prayer, here is what you should do next:

Pray... Talk to God about everything.

Read the Bible. Start in the Gospel of John.

Fellowship... join with your brothers and sisters in the faith on Sunday and during the week.

Share... tell others what has happened to you.

Baptism... be immersed in water.

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16 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “You may surely eat of every tree of the garden, 17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat[ of it you shall surely die.”

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And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden, 3 but God said, ‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.’”

’” 4 But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. 5 For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

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LUKE 10:18

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18 And he said to them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven."

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ISAIAH 14:12-15

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12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!

13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:

14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.

15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.

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THE FALL GUY

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Why did the serpent or devil hate God so much? ?Why did he influence them to disobey God?

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Satan could have left Adam and Eve to their own devices. What did they ever do to hurt him? To understand Satan’s role in the fall of man, we must go back to pre-creation. God the Trinity was existed before anything was created. He is before all things. ?He is above all things.?

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Before creation there was war in heaven. Lucifer, one of the chief angels, rebelled against God and was cast out of heaven; Satan was so influential that a third of the angels of heaven followed him to his new home…hell. Satan hates God, but he can't hurt God, so who does he go after? Man, the pinnacle of God's creation.

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Jesus said that the devil is the father of lies; he told lies to the angels he led into the rebellion in heaven. ?He fell because of his lust for power. ?And now he uses the desire for power to entice Eve. ?After Eve told Satan that she was forbidden from eating the fruit from the Tree of Life, Satan responds with the words, "Has God said?" Satan knew exactly what God had said. Remember, he doesn't change his tactics, he seeks to contradict God and his word and tell us that what God has said is not true.

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Satan is the fall guy. And through deception he played a role in the fall of man. ?Another example of Satan being the fall guy, is in the book of Job. God says to Satan, "Where have you been?” How ironic. ?God knew who Satan was and where he had been. Satan was wandering around the world. The Bible says he roams around like a roaring lion; he is like a bear with a very sore head. After the first two chapters of Job, he is not mentioned. He is defeated through the testimony and faithfulness of Job. Again, he is the fall guy.

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At the cross, he suffered a terminal defeat. The power of Satan was completely destroyed, his weapons of death and sin were smashed. Finally, at the end of time, Satan will be the ultimate fall guy, when he is sentenced to eternal punishment, him and his rebellious angels, who will have their own sentence of death.

Satan chose to rebel; he made the wrong choice; he sought power; he was proud. And he will pay…big time!

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Remember that we have the weapons to defeat Satan: 2 Corinthians 10:4-5, Romans 16:19-20 and Ephesians 6:10-18. We cannot be like the sons of Sceva, who sought to fight him in their own strength. As a young Christian, I sought to answer the devil in my own power, but he defeated me, I was often left in tears and my faith in tatters.

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How did Jesus defeat him? ?By speaking and using the word of God (see Matthew 4:1-11). Remember, the tactics of Satan are the same, the truth sadly is that they often are successful. But when he comes to tempt us, we have the Armor of God.?

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When Satan tempts Jesus, he misuses the Word of God; he misquotes Scripture; he takes verses out of context; How do we answer him? ?We don’t. We ignore him. ?Satan can only do what God allows him too. He is on a very short lease. We have the victory over him, by the power of the Holy Spirit and also when we praise God. ?Worship is a powerful weapon.

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JAMES 4:6-8

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6 But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.

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7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

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8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

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How do we submit to God? We humble ourselves; we denounce our pride; we cannot fight the devil on our own; we have to submit to the Lordship of Jesus Christ. If we are submitted to God, we can resist the devil, and he has no option but to flee. Why? Because when he tries to tempt us, he meets not us, but Jesus who lives in us, by the Holy Spirit.

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Don’t be the fall guy…trust God and let Him fight your battles.

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