| Many people across the globe continue to ask | | | | importance of light as the source of energy for all living |
| themselves about the nature of Jesus Christ, the son | | | | things. Primary producers, the plants, obtain their energy |
| of God and what made Him popular across the world | | | | from the sun and the former pass on this energy to |
| in the 33 years that He lived here on planet earth. Was | | | | other living organisms at higher trophic levels such as |
| He a political leader, a magician, a sociologist or a | | | | herbivores and then to the carnivores. Jesus therefore, |
| scientist? This article examines the nature of Jesus | | | | urges His followers to be the source of life to the |
| Christ in relation to science. | | | | whole world and to provide direction to the many who |
| Up to today many are puzzled about the birth of | | | | live in darkness. |
| Jesus Christ by the Virgin Mary who slept with no | | | | The chemistry of salt as a preservative, taste giving, |
| man. Although she had Joseph as her husband, the | | | | wound healing and its importance in the body's |
| Bible says that she did not sleep with him but got | | | | coordinating system was well understood by Jesus |
| pregnant by the power of the Holy Spirit, a situation | | | | Christ. Without the knowledge of Science Jesus would |
| which did not involve the normal biological phenomenon | | | | not have used this example in His teaching. He calls |
| of fertilization. This type of birth, however, is also | | | | upon His followers to be the salt of the |
| biological because biology talks about parthenogenesis, | | | | world-preserve, give taste, heal and coordinate the |
| a type of reproduction that does not involve fertilization | | | | world's activities accordingly in order to bring harmony |
| in certain organisms like aphids. Therefore the birth of | | | | among the people. |
| Jesus was scientific and biological. | | | | What about His many miracles of healing and |
| He changed water into wine- This was the first miracle | | | | deliverance? Can we call Him a doctor? Since He was |
| that Jesus performed at the wedding of Cana of | | | | concerned with the health of individuals, their need for |
| Galilee (John 2:1-9). This is the chemistry of | | | | feeding to prevent them from ulcers and malnutrition |
| fermentation but this time from water and not | | | | as well as their emotional concerns, Jesus can be |
| carbohydrates. Was Jesus therefore a chemist? Why | | | | regarded as a doctor. His love, care and |
| change water to wine and it was served to the | | | | none-discriminative approach are all characteristic of a |
| people at the wedding? This should not be taken | | | | good medical doctor. So Jesus was a real doctor. |
| wholesale because the dangers of alcohol are well | | | | It is therefore; appropriate to call Jesus Christ a |
| known to everyone. Wine was the drink of the time | | | | scientist. Although He did not attend any formal |
| and He did this out of His concern for the good of the | | | | Science-teaching schools and colleges, all He did and |
| people. | | | | the examples He used during His teachings were |
| His first sermon on the mount in Matt 5, Jesus refers | | | | scientific. He was a scientist by nature and all |
| to His followers as the light and salt of the world. Jesus | | | | prospective scientists should pick a leaf from Him. |
| here is ecologically explaining to the world the | | | | |