Jesus the Son of God
by Phillip Hayes
Html version edited by Phil Maxwell
Originally published in the "Trumpet Messenger" (No.84), a monthly
publication by World Outreach For Christ, Inc., P.O. Box 350, Pleasant Hill, TN
38578. HTML reproduction by Phil Maxwell and published at the internet
home of ScatteredSheep.com, a ministry of Simple Truth Ministries, Kansas City,
Missouri (USA), and presented here with permission of the author. May be
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And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of
the Living God.
And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona:
for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee,
but my Father which is in heaven. [Matthew 16:16-17]
For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man
Christ Jesus. [1Timothy 2:5]
Till we all come in the unity of the faith,
and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man,
unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: [Ephesians
4:13]
Introduction
The Lord has shown me that the truth is available to all that will receive it, but we
must understand that real Truth is revealed only by the Spirit of God. Many today will ask
the question, "Are you in the truth?" "Are they in the truth?" And
most will make the statement, "I've got the truth." Or, "Our church
preaches the truth."
Have you ever heard anyone say....? "We don't have the truth." OR perhaps,
"Our church doesn't preach the truth." Of course not! Everyone believes they
have the truth: Pentecostal, Charismatic, Baptist, Methodist, Catholic, everyone.
The Lord has shown me that we all have the truth! Because the Word of God is the Truth,
and the only Truth there is. If you have a Bible in hand, you have the Truth! The problem
is when men and women take the truth and pervert it, misrepresent it, disbelieve it, or
disallow it. The fact remains, we are without excuse. Most everyone can read, and almost
everyone that professes Christ also professes to have the Holy Ghost, and Jesus said the
Holy Ghost would lead us into ALL TRUTH!
Now these are the facts, whether we will receive it or not. Man has twisted and
privately interpreted the Word of God instead of simply accepting the Word as THE REVEALED
WILL OF GOD. And because men and women have refused to accept the Bible for what it says
and clearly reveals, we find Christianity extremely cultist; split into thousands of
denominations, organizations and such, each believing all the others are on their way to
hell, and that they are the only ones that are saved.
This article deals with a subject of great importance: "What did the Apostles
preach concerning salvation through Jesus Christ?"
Today, among believers we hear much about who Jesus is. We here terms such as
"Trinity," "Oneness," "Twoness," "Jesus Only," and
so on. Did the Apostles preach any of these doctrines, and if so, which one did they
preach?! We know that we will be judged by the Apostle's doctrine, and also, we understand
that the only place we can find exactly what they preached concerning how to be saved is
found in the book of Acts. There should really be no argument as to what their doctrine
was, and is concerning Christ and salvation.
However, as we look at the arguments among the various groups, we find much division
concerning this very subject. How could this possibly be, given the fact, we only have on
Bible? And, we all proclaim the belief in ONE GOD!? How can thousands of groups of people
confessing the same Lord, reading the same Bible, be so divided over the very Person they
have committed their souls to?
I believe it is because man continues to interpret what needs NO interpretation! The
Bible we all have in hand, IS THE REVEALED TRUTH; it speaks for itself, and means exactly
what it says!
Now I know this is probably going to offend some of you, but please, hear me out, for
God has spoken to me, as He did to Peter; concerning His Son, Jesus Christ.
Frankly, the majority of Christians have been following the doctrines and teachings of
men.
What I am going to show you, with God's help, is the Truth concerning Jesus Christ,
that is already REVEALED BY GOD in the written Word of God, which we all have in our
possession. Remember, Jesus said, "For flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto
thee, but my Father which is in heaven." And the Truth that was revealed by the
Father was, "Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God." This is the
true revelation of who Jesus is!
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