Sunny George
All categories of people have different views about Jesus and most of them do not have any idea about his contribution to the science world. Many people think that he was a carpenter before he started public ministry. Was he really a carpenter? Was there a need for him to be a carpenter? How did he make his living? What did he provide to our present day life? All these questions need answers. By going through the pages of this book, any reader should be able to find the answers to these questions and they will come to the amazing knowledge of his contribution to the modern technologically advanced life, which we enjoy today. When we examine the life of Jesus, we will come to the remarkable understanding that he was neither poor nor worked as a carpenter, contrary to the common belief. He brought freedom for those who sweat in labor and it is evident when we look at the modern scientific development all around us.
Mankind lost their privileges by enjoying the fruit of the forbidden tree in the Garden of Eden and Jesus regained their position by sweating in agony in the Garden of Gethsemane and hanging on a tree (the cross). Even though Adam and Eve committed the sin, Jesus suffered the pain. Now whoever believes in him and uses this provision that God has provided through Jesus and draws close to him receives salvation and various blessings of God in all areas of their life. Now you can see people are enjoying the sweat free life everywhere in the world, regardless of race, religion, or nationality. All these are the results of the work Jesus Christ had accomplished on the cross by removing the curse and its punishment, sweat for food.
Sunny George was born in a Christian family. From childhood, he showed much interest in spiritual matters and was involved in many spiritual leadership activities. He served the Lord in youth ministries, campus ministries, and various other church activities from a very young age. After high school, he chose to study in the field of chemistry and worked as a research chemist in the field of polymeric chemistry, and later on worked as the technical manager for several years. While he was working as the technical manager, God called him to be in the ministry, and he continues that in various capacities. He started the International Christian Assembly in the Detroit area. He is a preacher and teacher of the word of God and serves the Lord in various capacities.
Millions of people in the world today know that Jesus Christ is the Son of God; he came from heaven to Earth to save the human race, which was lost. He lived a perfect life and then gave his life as an offering on the cross for the redemption of mankind. Those who received the saving grace, abundant and eternal life from God through Jesus, now have the real understanding of who Jesus is and what he did—and can do—for human beings. They enjoy various blessings of God that Jesus Christ regained for human beings by dying on the cross. All the blessings and privileges that man (Adam) and woman (Eve) lost by disobeying God and enjoying the forbidden fruit of the tree in the Garden of Eden, Jesus regained for mankind through his suffering and death on the cross.
At the same time, there are millions—even though they received the saving grace of God through Jesus Christ—who are not enjoying many blessings that were lost and are now available, due to the lack of knowledge of the word of God. As Prophet Hosea says:
“My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge” (Hosea 4:6).
They are not aware of all the things Jesus achieved for them through the cross. They do not even know the kind of life that Jesus lived when he was in this world. They are so naïve about the life of Jesus that they think and even believe that Jesus worked as a carpenter to make his living before he entered into public ministry. This thinking has led many to look at Jesus in an incorrect perspective, and the divinity of Jesus has gone from the minds of thousands, if not millions of people in various ways. It has gone to the extent that even many dedicated, spiritual Christians stayed away from enjoying the physical blessings in this world, which God has graciously granted to them. They think that Jesus was poor and had to work as a carpenter to make a living, so they also want to stay poor, work hard with their body to sweat, and follow the example of Jesus. Many of them denounced most, if not all, of the material blessings that were available to them. Of course, there is nothing wrong if someone chooses to live that way, but it is wrong if they choose it because they believe that Jesus was very poor and he did physical labor as a carpenter to make his living. By careful study of the Bible under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, we will come across very interesting and significant information about the life of Jesus contrary to this belief.
Then there is a third group of people who never knew or experienced the saving grace of God through Jesus Christ. They view Jesus from a worldly prospective and have never understood his divinity. They think he was just another religious leader who might have been smarter than many other people of his day. They think he created a religion, he provided some good teachings, and finally, was killed by the Romans because he was a revolutionist—and that is the end of his story.
All the above categories of people had different views about Jesus, and most of them agree on one thing: He was a carpenter before he started public ministry. Let us look into it from various angles to know the truth of the matter. Was he really a carpenter? Was there a need for him to be a carpenter? How did he make his living? All these questions need answers. I believe by going through the pages of this book, any reader should be able to find the answers to these questions. It is true that Jesus lived with his earthly parents and submitted to them while growing up. He might have helped them in many different ways before he entered into the public ministry. As a human being, he needed some source of income to survive in this world. Then we wonder, how did Jesus receive the means to sustain and later do his public ministry? To find the answer to this very prominent question, we should examine his life, which is recorded in the Bible. Then we will come to this remarkable understanding, contrary to the common belief that he was neither poor as people think, nor worked as a carpenter during his life on the Earth as a human being, but was doing the will of his Heavenly Father.
