Jesus Manifesto: Restoring the Supremacy and Sovereignty of Jesus Christ
Jesus Manifesto presents a fresh unveiling of Jesus, seeking to restore the supremacy and sovereignty of Christ in a world—and a church—that has lost sight of Him.
Christians have made the gospel about so many things—things other than Christ. Religious concepts, ideas, doctrines, strategies, and methods that begin to eclipse the beauty, the glory, and the reality of the Lord Jesus Himself.
We know a lot about our Lord, but we don't know Him very well. We know a lot about trying to be like Jesus, but very little about living by His indwelling life. Jesus Manifesto provides clarity on the most important points of our faith. It is a prophetic call to restore the supremacy and sovereignty of Christ in a world and church that has lost sight of Him.
This manifesto emphasizes ten crucial areas of restoring the supremacy of Jesus Christ, noting:
- Christians don’t follow Christianity; they follow Christ
- Christians don't proclaim themselves; they proclaim Christ
- Christians don’t point people to core values; they point people to the Cross
- Christians don't preach about Christ; they preach Christ
Read this book to see your Lord like you've never seen Him before and restore the sovereignty of Jesus in your life.
Top Highlights
“If the church does not reorient and become Christological at its core, any steps taken will be backwards.” (source)
“To faithfully represent Jesus in our time requires re-presenting Him” (source)
“God is not so much about fixing things that have gone wrong in our lives as He is about finding us in our brokenness and giving us Christ. When Christ is not central and supreme in our lives, everything about life shifts out of orbit and moves out of kilter. So for Christians, our first task is to know Jesus. And out of that knowing, we will come to love Him, adore Him, proclaim Him, and manifest Him.” (source)
“Jesus did not come to make bad people good. He came to make dead people live.’” (source)
“We have made conversion primarily about ourselves, a finding of ourselves and a fulfilling of ourselves. We’ve made it a journey of self-discovery rather than a journey of God discovery. Yet conversion is not about us, but about God’s overture of love, without which we are devoid of sufficient motive or power to change and be changed. True ‘conversion’ is to lay hold of Christ, or rather, as Paul corrected himself, to allow Christ to lay hold of us.20 True ‘conversion’ is directed toward the one to whom we convert, the one to whom we turn. It is a life of ‘fullness,’ in which the ‘fullness’ is Christ.” (source)
Product Details
- Title : Jesus Manifesto: Restoring the Supremacy and Sovereignty of Jesus Christ
- Authors:
- Sweet, Leonard
- Viola, Frank
- Publisher: Thomas Nelson
- Publication Date: 2010
- ISBN: 9781418560355
