Philippians 4:19 () 19 And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus. #Bible http://mydailybible.org/dv/esv/2014-02-01.htm

John 15:12-14 () 12 This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. 13 Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. 14 You are my friends if you do what I command you. #Bible http://mydailybible.org/dv/esv/2014-01-31.htm

Psalm 139:7-10 () 7 Where shall I go from your Spirit?Or where shall I flee from your presence? 8 If I ascend to heaven, you are there!If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there! 9 If I take the wings of the morningand dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, 10 even there your hand shall lead me,and your right hand shall hold me. #Bible http://mydailybible.org/dv/esv/2014-01-30.htm

LORD JESUS

• Who is the most outstanding personality of all time?
• Who is the greatest leader?
• Who is the greatest teacher?
• Who has done the most good for mankind?
• Who lived the holiest life anyone has ever lived?

Visit any part of the world today. Talk to people of any religion. They will have to admit that there has never been a man like Jesus of Nazareth. He is the most unique personality of all time.

Jesus changed the direction of history. Even the date on your morning newspaper testifies to the fact that Jesus of Nazareth lived on earth nearly 2,000 years ago. B.C. means "before Christ"; A.D. Anno Domini, "the year of our Lord".

His coming foretold 

Hundreds of years before Jesus' birth, Scripture records the words of the prophets of Israel predicting His coming. The Old Testament, written by many people over a period of 1,500 years, contains more than 300 prophecies describing His coming. All of these details came true, including his miraculous birth, His sinless life, His many miracles, His death and His resurrection.

The life Jesus led, the miracles He did, the words He spoke, His death on the cross, His resurrection, His ascent to heaven - all point to the fact that He was not merely man, but more than a man. Jesus claimed, "I and the Father are One", "He who has seen Me has seen the Father", and "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father except through Me."

HIS LIFE AND MESSAGE BRING CHANGES

Look at the life and influence of Jesus of Nazareth, the Christ, throughout history and you will see that He and His message always produce great changes in the lives of men and of nations. Wherever His teachings and influence have gone, the holiness of marriage, women's rights and voice in society have been acknowledged; schools and universities of higher learning have been established; laws to protect children have been made; slavery has been abolished, and a multitude of other changes have been made for the good of mankind.

Who is Jesus of Nazareth to you?

Your life on this earth and for all of eternity is affected by your answer to this question.

Take Jesus Christ out of Christianity, and there would be nothing left. Biblical Christianity is not just a philosophy of life, nor an ethical standard or obedience to religious ritual. True Christianity is based on a vital, personal relationship with a risen, living Saviour and Lord.

A risen founder

Jesus of Nazareth was crucified on a cross, buried in a borrowed grave, and three days later was raised from the dead; Christianity is unique in this regard.

REASONS FOR BELIEF

The resurrection is central to the Christian faith. There are several reasons why those who study the resurrection believe it is true:

Foretold

First, Jesus Himself foretold His death and resurrection and His death and resurrection came about exactly as He had predicted.

The empty grave

Second, the resurrection is the only plausible explanation for His empty grave. A careful reading of the biblical story shows that the grave where they laid the body of Jesus was closely guarded by Roman soldiers and sealed with an enormous boulder.

Personal encounters

Third, after His resurrection, Jesus appeared at least ten times to those who had known Him. The Lord proved that these appearances were not hallucinations: He ate and talked with them, and they touched Him.

Birth of the Church

Fourth, the resurrection is the only reasonable explanation for the beginning of the Christian Church. The Christian Church is by far the largest institution that exists or has ever existed in the history of the world.

Transformed lives

Fifth, the resurrection is the only logical explanation for the transformed lives of the disciples. They deserted Him before His resurrection; after His death they were discouraged and fearful. They did not expect Jesus to rise from the dead.

Yet after His resurrection and their experience at Pentecost, these same discouraged, disappointed men and women were transformed by the mighty power of the risen Christ. In His name, they turned the world upside down.

No-one who has honestly considered the overwhelming evidence proving the Deity and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth can deny that He is the Son of God, the promised Messiah.

A living Lord

Jesus Christ lives today and faithfully blesses and enriches the lives of all those who trust and obey Him, including many who have greatly influenced the world.

French physicist and philosopher Blaise Pascal spoke of man's need for Jesus when he said, "There is a God-shaped vacuum in the heart of every man, which only God can fill through His Son Jesus Christ."

John 6:27 () 27 Do not labor for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For on him God the Father has set his seal. #Bible http://mydailybible.org/dv/esv/2014-01-29.htm

Romans 6:3-4 () 3 Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4 We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life. #Bible http://mydailybible.org/dv/esv/2014-01-28.htm

Galatians 6:1 () 6:1 Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted. #Bible http://mydailybible.org/dv/esv/2014-01-27.htm

Hebrews 13:5 () 5 Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, I will never leave you nor forsake you. #Bible http://mydailybible.org/dv/esv/2014-01-26.htm

Romans 5:3-5 () 3 More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, 4 and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, 5 and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us. #Bible http://mydailybible.org/dv/esv/2014-01-25.htm

Romans 12:1 () 12:1 I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. #Bible http://mydailybible.org/dv/esv/2014-01-24.htm

Proverbs 25:21-22 () 21 If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat,and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink, 22 for you will heap burning coals on his head,and the Lord will reward you. #Bible http://mydailybible.org/dv/esv/2014-01-23.htm

Isaiah 43:2 () 2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you;and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you;when you walk through fire you shall not be burned,and the flame shall not consume you. #Bible http://mydailybible.org/dv/esv/2014-01-22.htm

John 6:51 () 51 I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh. #Bible http://mydailybible.org/dv/esv/2014-01-21.htm

2 Thessalonians 3:5 () 5 May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God and to the steadfastness of Christ. #Bible http://mydailybible.org/dv/esv/2014-01-20.htm

Matthew 18:21-22 () 21 Then Peter came up and said to him, Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times? 22 Jesus said to him, I do not say to you seven times, but seventy times seven. #Bible http://mydailybible.org/dv/esv/2014-01-19.htm

Matthew 28:18-20 () 18 And Jesus came and said to them, All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age. #Bible http://mydailybible.org/dv/esv/2014-01-18.htm

2 Timothy 3:16-17 () 16 All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work. #Bible http://mydailybible.org/dv/esv/2014-01-17.htm

Titus 3:4-7 () 4 But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, 5 he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, 6 whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, 7 so that being justified by his grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life. #Bible http://mydailybible.org/dv/esv/2014-01-16.htm

Galatians 6:2 () 2 Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. #Bible http://mydailybible.org/dv/esv/2014-01-15.htm

Isaiah 50:10 () 10 Who among you fears the Lordand obeys the voice of his servant?Let him who walks in darknessand has no lighttrust in the name of the Lordand rely on his God. #Bible http://mydailybible.org/dv/esv/2014-01-14.htm

Psalm 32:1-2 ()A Maskil of David. 32:1 Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven,whose sin is covered. 2 Blessed is the man against whom the Lord counts no iniquity,and in whose spirit there is no deceit. #Bible http://mydailybible.org/dv/esv/2014-01-13.htm

Psalm 30:11-12 () 11 You have turned for me my mourning into dancing;you have loosed my sackclothand clothed me with gladness, 12 that my glory may sing your praise and not be silent.O Lord my God, I will give thanks to you forever! #Bible http://mydailybible.org/dv/esv/2014-01-12.htm

1 Peter 5:10 () 10 And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you. #Bible http://mydailybible.org/dv/esv/2014-01-08.htm

1 Peter 3:12-13 () 12 For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous,and his ears are open to their prayer.But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil. 13 Now who is there to harm you if you are zealous for what is good? #Bible http://mydailybible.org/dv/esv/2014-01-11.htm

Psalm 121:7-8 () 7 The Lord will keep you from all evil;he will keep your life. 8 The Lord will keepyour going out and your coming infrom this time forth and forevermore. #Bible http://mydailybible.org/dv/esv/2014-01-10.htm

Galatians 5:24 () 24 And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. #Bible http://mydailybible.org/dv/esv/2014-01-09.htm

1 Peter 5:10 () 10 And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you. #Bible http://mydailybible.org/dv/esv/2014-01-08.htm

John 14:18 () 18 I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. #Bible http://mydailybible.org/dv/esv/2014-01-07.htm

John 3:16-17 () 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. #Bible http://mydailybible.org/dv/esv/2014-01-06.htm

Proverbs 16:3 () 3 Commit your work to the Lord,and your plans will be established. #Bible http://mydailybible.org/dv/esv/2014-01-05.htm

1 John 4:4 () 4 Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. #Bible http://mydailybible.org/dv/esv/2014-01-04.htm

Acts 2:36 () 36 Let all the house of Israel therefore know for certain that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified. #Bible http://mydailybible.org/dv/esv/2014-01-03.htm

Proverbs 18:24 () 24 A man of many companions may come to ruin,but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. #Bible http://mydailybible.org/dv/esv/2014-01-02.htm