Who Is Jesus?

Jesus said to the Jews:                                                                               
"Amen, amen, I say to you,
whoever keeps my word will never see death." 
So the Jews said to him,
"Now we are sure that you are possessed.
Abraham died, as did the prophets, yet you say,
'Whoever keeps my word will never taste death.'
Are you greater than our father Abraham, who died? 
Or the prophets, who died?
Who do you make yourself out to be?" 
Jesus answered, "If I glorify myself, my glory is worth nothing; but it is my Father who glorifies me,
of whom you say, 'He is our God.'
You do not know him, but I know him.
And if I should say that I do not know him,
I would be like you a liar.
But I do know him and I keep his word. 
Abraham your father rejoiced to see my day;
he saw it and was glad."  So the Jews said to him,
"You are not yet fifty years old and you have seen Abraham?"
Jesus said to them, "Amen, amen, I say to you,
before Abraham came to be, I AM."
So they picked up stones to throw at him;
but Jesus hid and went out of the temple area.

Jesus gave them what they wanted but they refused to believe what He said.  Jesus spills the apple juice when He tells them that "before Abraham came to be, I AM."  To His listeners, he had committed a great crime, that of blasphemy and they picked up rocks to stone him to death.  He walked away.  

Our world today hardly believes that Jesus is Lord.  We can see it in the way our world operates.  This being the time set aside for the mid-term elections, I am surprised to see how many candidates have surrendered to immorality and have made it part of their platform.  For example, in Illinois, where I live, the newly vetted democratic candidate for governor attained the nomination by being loudly and proudly pro-abortion.  I shake my head in confusion about what is going on in this country.  It seems we can either have a pro-life party in power and have an idiot as president or we can have a pro-abortion party in power and have saner people in power that find nothing wrong with killing babies.  I think that we are victims of the same malady that the Jews had with Jesus in that we do not recognize Him for who He is. 

Who is Jesus to you?  Be honest.  Do you believe that Jesus is the Son of God?  Do you believe that He came into this world to save us from our sins?  Do you believe that He gave us His Word to guide us?  Do you believe it when Jesus says that before Abraham came to be "I AM?"  Well, if you believe these things, how is it that we have abortion in this world and your voice does not condemn it?  Why is it so hard for you to follow what Christ demands of us?  Who is Jesus to you?  You need to decide before even one more hour in your life passes and you have to act on that information today.