Was Jesus Christ a Legend, Lunatic, Liar, or was He Lord and God?
The Claims Of Jesus
1. He claimed to live a sinless life
2. He claimed to be the ONLY way to God
3. He claimed to have shared the glory of God in Heaven
4. He claimed to be able to forgive sins
5. He claimed to be a Heavenly king
6. He claimed to be able to give everlasting life
7. He claimed that he would die and come back to life
7. He claimed that he would return again to judge the world
How can we be sure about the Bible accounts?
C.S. Lewis makes this statement,
"A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher. He would either be a lunatic--on the level with a man who says he is a poached egg--or he would be the devil of hell. You must take your choice. Either this was, and is, the Son of God, or else a madman or something worse. You can shut him up for a fool or you can fall at his feet and call him Lord and God. But let us not come with any patronizing nonsense about his being a great human teacher. He has not left that open to us."
"A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher. He would either be a lunatic--on the level with a man who says he is a poached egg--or he would be the devil of hell. You must take your choice. Either this was, and is, the Son of God, or else a madman or something worse. You can shut him up for a fool or you can fall at his feet and call him Lord and God. But let us not come with any patronizing nonsense about his being a great human teacher. He has not left that open to us."
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