My hope is that this book becomes more for you than just a book, but a living tool in the belt of your life, serving not only to help you meet Jesus but as a guide whereby one day, you might be able to help someone else do the same.

As previously mentioned, the purpose of this book is not solely to provide you with information about Jesus but rather to invite you into the true transformation that is possible through personal relationship with Him.

My commitment to you is that we will always stay within the confines of Scripture. While I will talk more about this in the first chapter, it is my position that the Bible is our baseline for all truth and knowledge of God. Therefore, we will go where the Bible takes us, and we will not go where it does not.

My encouragement to you is that you go through this book with someone. If you can, find someone that you can partner with to embark on this journey of meeting Jesus. Learning about Jesus is great when we do it by ourselves but becomes enriched when we do it with others.

Maybe you have a spouse, parent, child, other family member, friend, co-worker, or somebody else who you're close enough to who will agree to read this book with you. If so, tag them in, and let’s get going.

However, if you prefer to go through this book by yourself or don't have anyone that you feel comfortable enough to go on this journey with, I would like to invite you to go through it with me.

Alongside this book, I have recorded an audiobook as a companion. Not just so that you would have another option to navigate the contents of this book (as I really think this is a book that needs to be read methodically and meditatively if possible), but so that no matter what, you will have someone to embark on this journey with, even if it’s only me.

There will be places throughout this book where we will do a “word study,” which is where we take the English translation of the Bible and visit the original language from where the English text was translated. In doing this, we will be able to magnify the depth, richness, and meaning of the verses of Scripture that we are reading. Scripture is dense, deep, and full of so much great revelation. This process of unearthing deeper meaning of the words in our Bible is not an attempt to find “hidden” messages or even to discount the English translations of the Bible that we read, but to simply mine out the richness of the text provided to us in the Bible the best that we can. Writers choose certain words for a reason, as unique words convey unique thoughts. Examining the word choice of the writers helps us understand more about what they were trying to convey.

At the end of each chapter, a few reflection questions are included that you can use to journal on your own or to talk through with your discipleship partner if you are going through this book with someone. Alongside the reflection questions at the end of each chapter is a video that you can watch via QR code, where I will pray with you and share any additional information that may be helpful.

Again, we seek to not just approach this book with an academic mind to acquire information, but with a genuine spiritual hunger and humility, knowing that Jesus is so much more than a God to be known about, but a God to be known personally.

As you read this book, I want to encourage you not to skip ahead. Each chapter of this book has been written to be read progressively, layer by layer, unearthing truths that reveal who Jesus is and how we meet Him. Just like in building a house, it is important not to skip certain stages. Similarly, I would encourage you not to skip ahead as you read.

At the end of this book, you will receive a challenge to take what you know about meeting Jesus and help somebody else meet Him too. I encourage you, as you read this book, to prepare your heart to be open to accepting this challenge. Not simply because it comes from me, but because it is a challenge that comes from Jesus Himself, as we venture together toward meeting Him and then creating spaces for other people to do the same.