If I am getting to know someone, one of the first things I ask them is, ‘Who are you?  Tell me about yourself“.  I’d like to do the same thing here – look at what Jesus Christ told us about himself.  

Who Was/Is Jesus?

The Bridegroom
And Jesus said to them, “Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.”
Matthew 9:15

Who is the bride?  The Church – those who belong to the Bridegroom, Jesus.

The One who Gives Us Rest
“Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.”
Matthew 11:28,29

The One Who Has ALL Authority in Heaven and in Earth
And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, “All power is given unto me in heaven and in the earth.”
Matthew 28:18

The Christ (the Anointed One, the Messiah, the Son of God) and the One Who is Coming Back
Again the high priest asked him, and said unto him, “Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?” And Jesus said, “I am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.”
Mark 14:61,62

The One About Whom the Prophets Wrote in the Old Testament
“Then He took the twelve aside and said to them, “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of Man will be accomplished.“
Luke 18:31

The One Who Grants Us Eternal Life and Who Will Raise Us Up With Him on the Last Day
“And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him may have everlasting life; and I will raise him up at the last day…Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me has everlasting life.“
John 6:40,47

The One Who Satisfies Our Thirsty Souls
Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink.”
John 7:39

He is From Above and Not of This World.  He Qualifies Us to Live Instead of Die in Our Sins. 
And he said unto them, “Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world…I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.”
John 8:23,24

He was Sinless
“Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me?“
John 8:46

The Door for the Sheep (all His children) 
“Most assuredly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.”…“I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.”
John 10:7,9

The One Who Can Resurrect Us and Give Us Life
Jesus said unto her, “I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?”
John 11:25-26

The Only Way to the Father.  The Truth.  The One Who Gives Us Life.
Jesus saith unto him,” I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father but by me.”
John 14:6

The One Who Came From the Father into the World and Returned to the Father.  
“I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.”
John 16:28

One with the Father – in Him and the Father in Him.
“That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.”
John 17:21

Why Did He Come to Earth?

Jesus came to earth to establish His Kingdom.  He could only accomplish this by death and resurrection. This is what the bible tells us about why Jesus came to earth.

To Fulfill the Law
Jesus said, “I did not come to abolish but to fulfill (the Law).”
Matthew 5:17

To Preach the Gospel 
[Jesus] said to them, “Let us go somewhere else to the towns nearby, so that I may preach there also; for that is what I came for.“
Mark 1:38

To Pay the Price for Our Sins
“For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.”
Mark 10:45

To Find and Save Those Who Are Lost
Jesus said, “For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”
Luke 19:10

To Give Us Eternal Life If We Believe
“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him“.
John 3:16,17

To Give Us Life
Jesus said, “I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.”
Jon 10:10

To Die for Our Sins
Jesus said, “For this purpose I came to this hour. Father, glorify Your name.”
John 12:27

To Tell Us the Truth
Jesus answered, “For this I have been born, and for this I have come into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice.”
John 18:37

To ‘Passover’ Our Sins So We are Justified Before God
God put [Christ] forward . . . to demonstrate His righteousness, because in the forbearance of God He passed over the sins previously committed; for the demonstration, I say, of His righteousness . . . so that He would be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.
Romans 3:25,26

To Save Sinners
“Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners.”
1 Timothy 1:15

To Destroy the Works of Satan
“The Son of God appeared for this purpose, to destroy the works of the devil.”
1 John 3:8

To Become Flesh so that When He Died as a Man and was Resurrected as God, He Defeated Satan and Death and Free Those Under Satan’s Power of Death
“Since the children share in flesh and blood, He Himself likewise also partook of the same, that through death He might render powerless him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, and might free those who through fear of death were subject to slavery all their lives.”
Hebrews 2:14

What Did Jesus Do While He Was On Earth?

Jesus was born in 33 BC.  History is built around Jesus.  Everything after His death resurrection, and return to the Father is AD.  As of the writing of this article, Jesus left this earth 2023 years ago and we are waiting patiently for His return.  While Jesus was here on earth, He demonstrated what a man filled with the Spirit of God can and should do.  Those who have accepted Jesus’ sacrifice for our sins are expected to do the same things Jesus did.  This is what Jesus did.  

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