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Who Jesus Really Is: The Cross, the Resurrection, and Why Jesus Is Lord
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Series: The Ashford Biblical Theology, Book 7
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ISBN13: 9798254108429
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Mar 29 2026
Pages: 306
Weight: 0.91
Height: 0.64 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Mar 29 2026
Pages: 306
Weight: 0.91
Height: 0.64 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Who is Jesus, really? In Who Jesus Really Is, Samuel Ashford turns to the center of the Christian faith and the center of the biblical story. Christianity does not merely include Jesus as one subject among many. It stands or falls on Him. This book presents Him not merely as a moral teacher, an inspiring figure, or a spiritual example, but as Scripture presents Him: crucified, raised, exalted, and declared both Lord and Christ. If the earlier volumes established creation, the fall, judgment, covenant promise, deliverance, and prophetic expectation, this book shows where the whole story arrives. Jesus is not an interruption in the Bible. He is its fulfillment. The categories of sacrifice, kingship, promise, prophecy, covenant, and redemption all converge in Him. He is the center that cannot be moved, the hinge of history, and the one through whom God's saving purpose is made clear. Written with doctrinal seriousness and pastoral clarity, Who Jesus Really Is argues that the Christian faith cannot survive on admiration for Jesus alone. Respect is not enough. Moral appreciation is not enough. The question is not whether Jesus is impressive, but whether He is Lord. This volume shows why the cross had to stand at the center, why the resurrection is indispensable, why the exaltation of Christ changes everything, and why the gospel announced by the apostles demands repentance, baptism, faith, and allegiance. Inside this book, readers will explore:
- why Jesus stands at the center of the biblical story
- fulfillment, not interruption
- the Word made flesh in the full story of God
- why the cross had to stand at the center
- the Lamb, the curse, and the atoning death
- It Is Finished and the finality of Christ's saving work
- why the resurrection is indispensable
- vindicated by the Father
- victory over death
- exalted to the right hand of God
- why God has made this Jesus both Lord and Christ
- the gospel the apostles announced
- What shall we do? and the call to respond
- baptized into a new allegiance
- forgiveness in His name
- salvation in no one else This book is for readers who want more than general Christian language detached from the actual gospel. It is for those seeking a deeper Bible study on Jesus Christ, the cross, the resurrection, and the apostolic message. It is especially useful for readers interested in biblical theology, Christology, the meaning of the cross, the resurrection of Jesus, Acts 2, repentance and baptism, forgiveness of sins, and the lordship of Christ. As Book 7 in the Ashford Biblical Theology Series, this volume stands at the center of the full sequence. Everything before this point moves toward Jesus Christ. Everything after this point flows from Him. Without a clear understanding of who He is and what He has done, the whole biblical story loses coherence. This book therefore shows why Jesus is not merely connected to Christianity. He is Christianity's center of gravity. Remove Him, and the unity of Scripture weakens. Diminish Him, and the gospel becomes thin. See Him rightly, and everything else begins to take its proper place. In a culture that often prefers a softened Jesus, a symbolic Jesus, or an inspiring Jesus without lordship, Who Jesus Really Is calls readers back to the full apostolic witness. It helps them see that the cross was not a tragic accident, the resurrection was not a symbolic survival story, and the exaltation of Christ was not a metaphor. God has acted in history through His Son, and the proper response is not casual admiration, but faith, repentance, obedience, and worship. If you are looking for a clear, Scripture-rooted, and theologically serious Christian book on who Jesus is, why the cross matters, why the resurrection matters, and why Jesus is Lord, Who Jesus Really Is is the central volume in the serie
- fulfillment, not interruption
- the Word made flesh in the full story of God
- why the cross had to stand at the center
- the Lamb, the curse, and the atoning death
- It Is Finished and the finality of Christ's saving work
- why the resurrection is indispensable
- vindicated by the Father
- victory over death
- exalted to the right hand of God
- why God has made this Jesus both Lord and Christ
- the gospel the apostles announced
- What shall we do? and the call to respond
- baptized into a new allegiance
- forgiveness in His name
- salvation in no one else This book is for readers who want more than general Christian language detached from the actual gospel. It is for those seeking a deeper Bible study on Jesus Christ, the cross, the resurrection, and the apostolic message. It is especially useful for readers interested in biblical theology, Christology, the meaning of the cross, the resurrection of Jesus, Acts 2, repentance and baptism, forgiveness of sins, and the lordship of Christ. As Book 7 in the Ashford Biblical Theology Series, this volume stands at the center of the full sequence. Everything before this point moves toward Jesus Christ. Everything after this point flows from Him. Without a clear understanding of who He is and what He has done, the whole biblical story loses coherence. This book therefore shows why Jesus is not merely connected to Christianity. He is Christianity's center of gravity. Remove Him, and the unity of Scripture weakens. Diminish Him, and the gospel becomes thin. See Him rightly, and everything else begins to take its proper place. In a culture that often prefers a softened Jesus, a symbolic Jesus, or an inspiring Jesus without lordship, Who Jesus Really Is calls readers back to the full apostolic witness. It helps them see that the cross was not a tragic accident, the resurrection was not a symbolic survival story, and the exaltation of Christ was not a metaphor. God has acted in history through His Son, and the proper response is not casual admiration, but faith, repentance, obedience, and worship. If you are looking for a clear, Scripture-rooted, and theologically serious Christian book on who Jesus is, why the cross matters, why the resurrection matters, and why Jesus is Lord, Who Jesus Really Is is the central volume in the serie
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