Thousand Oaks Baptist Church

Jesus Is Jehovah

JESUS IS JEHOVAH - CONCLUSION

 

In conclusion, we must declare that the Lord Jesus Christ is recognized in the Bible as Jehovah God.

 

He has the attributes of deity.  He exercises the offices of deity.  He exercises the prerogatives of deity.  He is repeatedly identified with the Old Testament Jehovah God.  He has names that fully imply deity.  He is specifically called "God" at least seven times in the New Testament.  His relationship with the Father (as Son) proves His deity.  Worship properly rendered only to God has been and is rendered to and accepted by the Lord Jesus Christ.  Jesus Christ's own consciousness of Who He was and His public and private claims prove His deity.

 

And what it all boils down to is this:  Both Scripture and logic demand that we accept the Lord Jesus Christ as the Jehovah God of the Bible.  The only way we can deny that Jesus is God is to deny the clear statements of the Scriptures, either through gross ignorance or through sheer unbelief.  And if you’ve come this far in this study, you can’t claim to be ignorant!

 

And if Jesus really is God, then what does that do to the way we study our Bibles?  What does this do to the way we obey His commands?  What does this do to the way we love Him?  What does this do to the way we spend our years and months and weeks and days and hours and minutes and seconds?  What does this do to our thinking, to our emotions, to our love for each other, to our music, to our recreation, to our work, to everything we think and say and do?

 

What does this do to the realization that the Lord Jesus Christ - Jehovah God Himself - dwells within each true Christian believer by the Holy Spirit, Who is also Jehovah God?  In a very real and wonderful and vital sense, Jehovah God Himself is living and working in each of us who is a truly born-again believer.  He is working in us to will and to do of His good pleasure (Phil. 2:13).

 

What is His good pleasure?  It is God's good pleasure to give us His kingdom (Lk. 12:32) by adopting us as His children (Eph. 1:5).  It is God's good pleasure to love in and through us, just as He loves.  It is God's good pleasure for us to know and do His will (Eph. 1:9).  It is God's good pleasure for us to be holy and just and righteous and separate from sin, just as He is holy and just and righteous and separate from sin.  It is God's good pleasure for us to walk worthy of His calling, to fulfill His goodness, and to do the work of faith with power (2 Thes. 1:11).

 

What will you do with Jehovah-Jesus?  Will you accept Him as your own personal Savior and Lord, and have all of your sins forgiven, and spend eternity in the peace and joy and satisfaction of Heaven?  Or will you reject Jehovah-Jesus, and spend eternity in the Lake of Fire, in the conscious torment of body and soul and spirit that you will then know and admit that all of us deserve?  Choose life.  Choose Jesus.  Choose now!

 

If you have never yet received Jesus Christ as your own personal Savior and Lord, why not accept Him into your heart and life right now?  If you would like to do that, why not bow your heart before the Lord right now, and pray this simple prayer, meaning it with all of your heart:

 

"Lord, I confess that I am a lost sinner.  I confess that I can never earn my way to Heaven through my own good works.  I know that I am on my way to Hell, without Jesus Christ.  But right now, the best I know how, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Lord Jehovah, and I believe that He died in my place, taking the punishment for my sins upon Himself.  And I believe that He rose literally and bodily from the grave three days later. 

I am repenting of my sins, I am turning from my life of sin, and I personally receive Jesus Christ as my Savior and Lord right now.  Please come into my heart, Lord Jesus, and save me now!  Thank You for saving me.  The best I know how, I will now make You the Lord of my life.  In Jesus' name, Amen!"

 

If you just prayed this prayer, repenting of your sins and asking Jesus Christ to save you, He has promised to do so immediately, and He already has, if you were sincere in your prayer. 

 

If you would like help in knowing more about what you have just done, and would like help in beginning to live your new Christian life, please contact Pastor Glen Sjoerdsma at Thousand Oaks Baptist Church or the webmaster of this website.  We’ll be more than happy to help you.

 

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