I Believe in Jesus Spoken Word David Bowden

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I believe in Jesus. This is the central claim of the Christian faith. Christians believe that the historical person of Jesus was fully God and fully man, born of a virgin by the will and power of God. Jesus came as the savior God had been promising throughout history to his people the Israelites recorded in the Hebrew Scriptures (what Christians call the Old Testament). Humanity needed a savior because all people have rebelled against God, ruined his good creation, and refused to acknowledge him as Lord of all. Therefore, this good God, not letting evil go unpunished, must judge all mankind. • That is why Jesus came. Jesus is God in human flesh. He came to live the perfect life we couldn’t live so that, though he didn’t deserve it, he could die the death we did deserve in our place. Therefore, all the punishment our sin deserved was poured out on Jesus. Jesus died the death we should have died. But he also rose from the dead to show us that death has no power over those who believe in him. So now, anyone who believes this truth claim – that Jesus is God who died for our sins and rose from the dead – can be reconciled to God, not as his enemy, but as his son or daughter. • We invite you to make this simple claim: “I believe in Jesus.” • -- • To support our Gospel mission visit: http://www.joinspokengospel.com • “I Believe in Jesus” poem written and performed by David Bowden (http://spokengospel.com) • Footage provided in partnership by Lumo Project (http://lumoproject.com). • I Believe in Jesus (lyrics) • I believe in Jesus - the firstborn of all creation • The prelude to Adam, the author of Eden • By all, in all, through all, Genesis’ reason • The husband of the newborn bride • I believe Earth is • One of His love’s brightest beacons • I believe in Jesus - the infant king • Ruler of the heavens, the universe’s spring • Yet He took the frailest of forms • The weakest of things • For our mighty God was not too proud • For the stable and trough of Bethlehem’s sting • I believe in Jesus - the forgiver of men • Since man would not come to God • God came to them • Though we spit in His face • Through our arrogance and sin • Holiness became flesh • So that it might be forgiven • I believe in Jesus - the perfection of the law • For creation was doomed • By the requirements it scrawled • But He came not to abolish correction • But succeed where we did fall • And wrote a new law on our hearts • Love God and love all • I believe in Jesus - the horribly betrayed • Unknown by the world He • Himself had made • Handed over to death by a follower • To whom silver was paid • Disowned by a friend three times in one day • I believe in Jesus - the suffering servant on the cross • To save the lives of the sinful • He considered His own life lost • Endured the torture of man • Whips and nails in His flesh were embossed • Received the righteous wrath of God • The judge bearing our judgment - the ultimate cost • I believe in Jesus - the flesh in the tomb • He bore the end of a normal human • As He was born of a human’s womb • He died a criminal’s death • And was buried in another man’s room • God the Son lay dead, the lifeless groom • But I still believe in Jesus • And the body of His resurrection • For He redefined life in death’s final rejection • Showed holes in hands • To over 500 of His own selection • So that humanity would not be able to raise an objection • To the fact that Jesus Christ is God the Son • And has made the ultimate connection • So I believe in Jesus • And the commissioning of his ascension • He ascended to God’s right hand, forever in intercession • Leaving His truth in the hands of a few • The first to be called His Christians • His hands and feet are now the Church • His boundless reconciling expression • This is our heritage • They are our relatives • And this • This is our confession • We believe in Jesus Christ • HisDeath • Burial • And resurrection

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