Most people are willing to accept Jesus Christ as a great moral teacher, prophet, heck maybe even call him a messiah. But when it comes to crediting Him as God incarnate, and accepting His death and ressurection as the one true path to forgiveness and salvation, a line is drawn.
The Gospels record that Jesus made many claims to divinity, either explicitly ("I and the father are one." — John 10:30*) or implicitly, by assuming authority only God could have ("…the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins…" — Matthew 9:6*). There are MANY other references from Jesus' words and actions - feel free to read through the Gospels and investigate. Keeping this in mind, one of the three following must be true:
1. Jesus was telling falsehoods and knew it, and so he was a liar.
2. Jesus was telling falsehoods but believed he was telling the truth, and so he was insane.
3. Jesus was telling the truth, and so he was divine.
You cannot argue Jesus was merely a great moral teacher because his moral teachings would be invalidated either by his lying or his insanity. On the other hand, if number three is correct, he must clearly be what He claims to be.
Currently reading: Mere Christianity By C. S. Lewis Release date: By 05 February, 2001
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