Proving Who You Are!

How would you prove who you really are? We have to do it all the time at stores, or on applications, even amongst our friends at times. Whether it’s proving our name and address, or our ability to do what we claim, it’s a regular part of life.

What if you claimed to be the son of God? How would you prove that? Obviously, that might get us checked into some kind of hospital if we went around claiming that, but think about what Jesus had to go through to get people to believe that He really was the son of God who came to earth to redeem all of mankind from their sins that separates them from the creator of the universe. It may sound like a daunting task—unless it's true.

John came as a “forerunner” for Christ to testify that what He said and did was from God (John 1:34, John 3:31-36). Jesus said of Himself in John 5:31-47, “If I testify about Myself, My testimony is not true. There is another who testifies in My favor, and I know that His testimony about Me is true. You have sent to John and He has testified to the truth.… I have testimony weightier than that of John. For the works that the Father has given Me to finish—the very works that I am doing—testify that the Father has sent Me. (47) If you believed Moses, you would believe Me, for he wrote about Me. But since you do not believe what he wrote, how are you going to believe what I say?”

Nearly every prophecy given in the Old Testament pointed to the Promised One—Jesus. Ultimately, that’s how the Apostles could prove that what Jesus spoke was from God, because God had already given us enough evidence even from the Old Testament to trust in His son.

The Apostle John says of Jesus’ miracles in John 20:30-31, “Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of His disciples, which are not recorded in this book. But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in His name.”

Every word and every action pointed to His authority. But the pinnacle of the evidence was revealed on what He did on the cross. It was not just His death, but more powerfully, His resurrection that set Him apart from any person before or after Him. Paul spent 58 verses in 1 Corinthians 15 illustrating how much our entire faith would be pointless if Jesus hadn’t been able to conquer the grave. His dominance over death gave us the hope that everything else He said and did was indeed from God.

As you study the bible, Bake time to be amazed at how Jesus took advantage of difficulties, fears, and obstacles to prove God’s supreme power—then praise God for caring enough about us to prove His love for us. John 3:16, “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”