Jesus is more than a prophet, a wonderful teacher and a godly man. Jesus is the Son of God. The Jesus I know is simply incredible. He is extraordinary in the Bible, just as he is in my life. My Jesus changes people's lives in ways I can only imagine. We can read countless times in the Bible where Jesus stood out in a way that didn't really please those around him. Today, like yesterday, people don't know how to take it. He turned water into wine. It ignores any type of social and racial gender. He is the way, the truth and the life. And He is the exact reason why I can have something much greater than I deserve. No matter how many scars others around me may see from the hurts I have suffered and continue to suffer, my God is an AWESOME God and without Him in my life I don't know how I could function. In fact, I have no idea how I functioned before He saved me from myself. Jesus' suffering and death on the cross atone for the sins of the entire world, original and current. There is no other ground of salvation from sin than this alone. This atonement is sufficient for every individual of our race and thus He provides salvation from sin. Hebrews 9:22-23 says: In fact, the law requires that almost everything be cleansed with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness. It was therefore necessary that the copies of heavenly things should be purified by these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves by better sacrifices than these. The sacraments of the Old Testament were never part of God's ultimate plan. It is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to wash away sins. (Hebrews 10:4) Hebrews tells us that once and for all, at the culmination of the ages, sin must be abolished by the sacrifice of itself. Roman crucifixion is one of the most painful deaths imaginable. How do we contemplate the price Jesus paid for us? Watch the Passion of Christ? This is the pain that Jesus willingly endured for those