Jesus Manifesto Review

Jesus Manifesto by Leonard Sweet and Frank Viola do a great job at restoring the Supremacy and Sovereignty of Jesus Christ.  At, times I felt this book lacked a flow from chapter to chapter.  It made up for in in Chapter 3 titled, If God Wrote your Biography.  For the rest of the book, it felt like I have read this all before.  I enjoyed the way it was written and felt that Leonard Sweet and Frank Viola did justice of Jesus’ Supremacy and Sovereignty in layman’s terms.

If there was any reason to read this book it would be because of chapter 3, titled, If God Wrote your Biography.  Leonard Sweet starts by saying, “We open this chapter by making an incredible statement: If God were to write your biography, it would be Jesus Christ.”  I think that living in a culture where life is all about me, this is such a radical concept.  Our life is Christ.  We make it about everything else, my possession’s, my health, security, ect.  Life isn’t about that, it really is about Jesus Christ.  They the author moves on to ask a question, “How would your biography read if God were to write it?”  That is a great question.  I think that takes more than a chapter to think about.  We are so focused on ourselves.  We think that we are inviting God into our stories, but we really God is inviting us into his.  It isn’t about us.  This was a hard chapter to read in a society that I live in.  I think that this book is worth it just for this one chapter.

Do you really need another book on the Supremacy and Sovereignty of Christ?  Maybe you really love Leonard Sweet?  I would recommend this book to a friend in ministry because of chapter 3.  I enjoy Leonard Sweet’s books in the past, and I enjoyed this one.  I give this book 4 out of 5 review.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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