All About Jesus

God and Creation It is important to remember who God really is-an eternal being that knows everything, is present everywhere, is beyond time and space, and is complete perfection.  God is distinct from creation and in fact created the universe out of nothing.  Moses writes in Genesis the following: "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth" (Genesis 1:1 ESV).  Everything in this universe is owned by God and He reigns over every aspect of it.   In fact, at the beginning of creation everything was considered good.  Moses writes, "And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day" (Genesis 1:31). There was no sin in the world at that time which involved the world being perfect, that is, until Adam and Eve came into the picture. The Fall God told Adam and Eve not to eat of the fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil.  Eve was tempted by the devil where the devil said

"And one of the scribes came up and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that He answered them well, asked Him, 'Which commandment is the most important of all?' Jesus answered, 'The most important is, ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these'" (Mark 12:28-31 ESV). Quoting from the Old Testament The religious leaders were debating what the most important commandment was, and one of the scribes asked Jesus about it.  Jesus actually responded with quoting the Old Testament.  In Deuteronomy, it states, "Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might" (Deuteronomy 6:4-5). For the second p

  "A nd in the fourth watch of the night He came to them, walking on the sea. But when the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were terrified, and said, 'It is a ghost!' and they cried out in fear. But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, 'Take heart; it is I. Do not be afraid.' And Peter answered Him, 'Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the water.' He said, 'Come.' So Peter got out of the boat and walked on the water and came to Jesus. But when he saw the wind, he was afraid, and beginning to sink he cried out, 'Lord, save me.' Jesus immediately reached out His hand and took hold of him, saying to him, 'O you of little faith, why did you doubt?'  And when they got into the boat, the wind ceased" (Matthew 14:25-32 ESV). In this story, Jesus' disciples were on a boat in the Sea of Galilee.   This is a boat that the fishermen in Jesus' time used, so their boat would be similar to this one.   It was