3 Questions About Jesus: Amy Rozko
Amy Rozko is next to answer our 3 Questions About Jesus: Who is Jesus the Christ? What has he done? And why does it matter? (Previous installments: Jason Coker | Jesse Schroeder | Cari Jenkins | Jason Clark | Ben Sternke | JR Rozko).
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You couldn’t have asked any more important questions. Ever since I met Jesus I’ve made it my goal to get to know him better and try to be better understand him. I’ve known him over 20 years now, and I have to admit that I still don’t have him completely figured out. Is that so surprising, though?
It would be easy for me to get existential and abstract when talking about Jesus, so let me first talk more concretely about what I know about Jesus. It is undisputed among legitimate historians that a man named Jesus of Nazareth walked the earth approximately 2000 years ago in an area of the world now known as the nation-state of Israel. If you can believe in the historical reality of Julius Caesar or Cleopatra then you can believe that Jesus really lived and walked on this earth. His life was of such significance that we restarted our clocks, so to speak, to mark time before and after his life here on earth.
Jesus was the only person born fully-man yet fully-God. I can’t fully explain what this means but let’s just say that he was absolutely unique. He taught about God and the meaning of life with authority and in a way people could understand. He backed up his teaching with miraculous signs that backed up his claims to be God (the most astounding being that after having been killed for crimes he did not commit he rose to life again). Jesus claimed to be God and Jesus spoke with the power, authority and love of God. So either he is, in fact, God in the flesh, or else he was crazy or else he was a scam artist. The people who knew him best were willing to bet their lives on the fact that he was God and, over the past 2000 years, millions of others (including myself!) have come to the same conclusion about Jesus.
Sorry for the monologue. Did I answer all of your questions? I’m sure I didn’t. I actually hope you have even more questions. I’d love to keep exploring who Jesus is with you.
PS – I’d encourage you to begin reading the Gospel of John before we talk again if you’re curious– some great stuff about Jesus life and teachings written by one of Jesus’ very best friends.
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Amy and her husband of just over a year, JR, live in Elgin, IL (Chicagoland area) where she also works for International Teams US as the Director of Mobilization. They are an active part of Life on the Vine and really excited to be participating in the Third Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization this coming October in Cape Town, South Africa.
