The Biography of Jesus

Granite Creek’s Mission Statement is “Relationship not Religion”. It’s simple, easy to remember, and to the point of what we do. It’s also the hardest thing we do. Fostering personal relationships within a church, a family, or with friends is hard. I find it even harder developing a “personal relationship” with an unseen person…Jesus. In researching for this article I found myself questioning my perceptions of Jesus by noticing how many different depictions humans have created over the centuries. Just when you think you know a guy, you are forced to look again. Jesus is never changing, but our relationship with him does.

In our upcoming Sunday Series, The Biography of Jesus, I want to unpack the historical Jesus, and understand him better through the context of His culture. I want to piece together the strands of scripture that highlight His personality. What would Jesus’ Myers Briggs Personality score reveal about Him? I would like to get a better understanding of His decision-making process and why certain situations prompted different responses and why He treated people differently depending on their unique interactions. And yes, I want to know what He actually looked like. I believe we can get a pretty accurate depiction. Can’t wait to share that with you!

My goal is to know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death, Philippians 3:10

It could easily take a lifetime of study to accurately catch a glimpse of the life, times, and personality of Jesus. Knowledge of who Jesus is and attempting to model our lives after Him is critical during these “end of days’ scenarios that we literally have found ourselves living in. But, there is something even more important than knowing who Jesus is…. And that is in the form of a very cliche statement that I actually hate to hear…. “ Do you have a personal relationship with Jesus?