His significance

• He is the most famous person in history. 

• The centuries are dated by his coming into the world. 

• His birth is the reason for the season celebrated around the world every December. 

• His teachings have been the foundation upon which many countries have built their laws. 

• Every Easter Christians celebrate his death and resurrection. 

• Many people wear a cross around their necks in remembrance of his sacrifice. 

• Every Sunday more people gather in churches across Britain, than attend football matches on a Saturday, to worship the lord. 

• The book about his life history, the bible, is still the world’s number 1 best seller. 

• More people have been martyred this century around the world for following him, than in all the other centuries put together.

Jesus is the centre of our life and worship here at Parkstone Baptist church; above all other, he is the One we want to introduce to you.

His Profile

“No man can deny the fact that Jesus existed, nor that his sayings are beautiful. No man can read the gospels without feeling the actual presence of Jesus. His personality pulsates in every word. I am a Jew, but I am enthralled by the luminous figure of the Nazarene.” Albert Einstein in an interview.

Jesus has always been a controversial person; consider the facts of his story.

Although he was bon in a stable in Bethlehem, a backwater of the Roman Empire, as the child of a peasant woman, his birth was foretold over 700 years previously. 

It was announced by angels to Shepard’s in nearby villages; wise men traveled hundreds of miles to worship him.

Considering the impact he had, it is amazing to think that Jesus’ ministry lasted for little more that three years. His teaching had an authority that had not been known, either before or since. What is more Jesus embodied his own teaching; not even his enemies could fault with him. 

His message was authenticated by the miracles he performed; he healed the sick; gave sight to the blind;  raised the dead;  fed the multitudes;  calmed the storm and turned water to wine.

When Jesus died on the cross, 29 Old Testament prophecies were fulfilled. His death was not a tragic end, but the very purpose for his coming into the world. Jesus said of himself, “For the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many.” (Mark chapter 10 v 45)

Jesus promised his disciples he would raise from the dead three days later, and he is alive today. Many people have questioned the facts of the resurrection story, but it is based on a great deal of verifiable evidence. On this evidence, Lord Darling, a former Lord Chief Justice, commented some time ago, “No jury in the world would fail to declare the resurrection story of Jesus is true.”