The Uniqueness of Jesus Christ M GIDEON GANESH

The Uniqueness of Jesus Christ M. GIDEON GANESH GRADUATE-COIMBATORE Union of Evangelical Students of India

Outline §General Questions §Who is Jesus Christ? §What Bible told about JESUS CHRIST? § Unique in his birth § Unique in his life and teaching § Unique in his death § Unique in his resurrection §What Others in Bible told about JESUS CHRIST? §What Hindu Vedas told about JESUS CHRIST? §What world famous leaders told about JESUS CHRIST? §Video : Historical evidence for Jesus §Reference 12/3/2020 EVENGESLISTIC CAMP AT ANAIKATTI 2018 Union of Evangelica l Students 2 of India

Who is True God? 12/3/2020 EVENGESLISTIC CAMP AT ANAIKATTI 2018 Union of Evangelica l Students 3 of India

List out the characters of True GOD? 12/3/2020 EVENGESLISTIC CAMP AT ANAIKATTI 2018 Union of Evangelica l Students 4 of India

Who is Jesus Christ? Ø Jesus Christ is the subject of more than 300 Old Testament prophecies Ø His birth nearly 2, 000 years ago and events of his life had been foretold by many prophets during a period of 1500 years Ø History confirms that even the smallest details happened just as predicted. Ø It confirms beyond a doubt that Jesus is the true Messiah, the son of God and Savior of the world Ref: Colo 1: 13, 14, 15 Union of Evangelica l Students 5 of India

The following chart lists some of the amazing predictions concerning JESUS CHRIST, together with the record of their CHRIST fulfillment 12/3/2020 EVENGESLISTIC CAMP AT ANAIKATTI 2018 Union of Evangelica l Students 6 of India

Birth line of JC from the line of Adam’s son Seth (Genesis 4: 26) through Noah’s son Shem (Genesis 9: 26– 27) and Abraham (Genesis 12: 3; 15: 5) He would come through the tribe of Judah (Genesis 49: 10) and would be the son of David (2 Samuel 7: 12 f) 12/3/2020 EVENGESLISTIC CAMP AT ANAIKATTI 2018 Union of Evangelica l Students 9 of India

UNIQUE IN HIS LIFE AND TEACHING First miracle of Jesus at Cana (marriage function) John 2: 11 Intervention with Nicodemus John 3: 2 Jesus showed him to the people through miracles Acts 2: 22 Opened the eyes of the blind John 9: 7 Lazarus raisin from death John 11: 39 Authority in teaching Luke 4: 22, 33, 36 & mark 1: 22, 27 12/3/2020 EVENGESLISTIC CAMP AT ANAIKATTI 2018 Union of Evangelica l Students 13 of India

ØWalked on water (Matthew 14: 25), ØMultiplied bread (John 6: 11 f), ØMade the lame to walk (Mark 2: 3 f) ØCast out demons (Mark 3: 10 f. ), ØHealed all kinds of sicknesses (Matthew 9: 35), ØIncluding leprosy (Mark 1: 40 -42), and even raised the dead to life on several occasions (Mark 5: 35 f. (ruler of the synagogue's house); Luke 7: 11– 15(city called Nain) ; John 11: 43 -44(Lazarus). 12/3/2020 EVENGESLISTIC CAMP AT ANAIKATTI 2018 Union of Evangelica l Students 14 of India

His Crucifixion Old Testament Prophecy: Psalm 22 Fulfillment in Jesus: Matthew 27 Union of Evangelica l Students of India

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What others talks about Jesus Christ "Jesus was one of the great teachers of mankind, " Mahatma Gandhi wrote in the letter to Christian religious elder in the United States, Milton Newberry Frantz. “A man who was completely innocent, offered himself as a sacrifice for the good of others, including his enemies, and became the ransom of the world. It was a perfect act. ” — Mahatma Gandhi, Indian political leader (1869 -1948) 12/3/2020 EVENGESLISTIC CAMP AT ANAIKATTI 2018 Union of Evangelica l Students 32 of India

“Jesus Christ was an extremist for love, truth and goodness. ” — Martin Luther King Jr. , American civil rights leader (1929 -68) 12/3/2020 EVENGESLISTIC CAMP AT ANAIKATTI 2018 Union of Evangelica l Students 33 of India

Jesus Christ was God — the Personal God become man. He has manifested Himself many times in different forms and these alone are what you can worship. God in His absolute nature is not to be worshipped. Worshipping such God would be nonsense. We have to worship Jesus Christ, the human manifestation, as God. You cannot worship anything higher than the manifestation of God. The sooner you give up the worship of God separate from Christ, the better for you. " In the famous lecture Christ, the Messenger (delivered at Los Angeles, California in 1900) Vivekananda told— If I, as an Oriental have to worship Jesus of Nazareth, there is only one way, that is, to worship him as God and nothing else. 12/3/2020 EVENGESLISTIC CAMP AT ANAIKATTI 2018 Union of Evangelica l Students 34 of India

I know men and I tell you that Jesus Christ is no mere man. Between Him and every other person in the world there is no possible term of comparison. Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne, and myself founded empires; but what foundation did we rest the creations of our genius? Upon force. Jesus Christ founded an empire upon love; and at this hour millions of men would die for Him. ” — Napoleon Bonaparte (French General, Politician and Emperor (1804 -14). 1769 -1821) 12/3/2020 EVENGESLISTIC CAMP AT ANAIKATTI 2018 Union of Evangelica l Students 35 of India

I am a Jew, but I am enthralled by the luminous figure of the Nazarene. Jesus is too colossal for the pen of phrase-mongers, however artful¡¨. He further added: “No man can read the gospels without feeling the actual presence of Jesus. His personality pulsates in every word. No myth is filled with such life. Theseus and other heroes of his type lack the authentic vitality of Jesus. ” — Albert Einstein – Scientist and Mathematician 12/3/2020 EVENGESLISTIC CAMP AT ANAIKATTI 2018 Union of Evangelica l Students 36 of India

No prophet before Jesus casted out demons, that I can remember, do you remember any of the old prophets casting out demons? Jesus was deep, There was something about the power of his word that demon came out. – Louis Farrakhan, Sr. – Leader of religious group Nation of Islam 12/3/2020 EVENGESLISTIC CAMP AT ANAIKATTI 2018 Union of Evangelica l Students 37 of India

“I commit my soul to the mercy of God, through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I now most solemnly impress upon you the truth and beauty of the Christian religion as it came from Christ Himself, and the impossibility of going far wrong if you humbly but heartily respect it. ” — Charles Dickens, British writer, 1812 -1870 12/3/2020 EVENGESLISTIC CAMP AT ANAIKATTI 2018 Union of Evangelica l Students 38 of India

The ideas I stand for are not mine. I borrowed them from Socrates. I swiped them from Chesterfield. I stole them from Jesus. And I put them in a book. If you don’t like their rules, whose would you use? – Dale Carnegie – American writer and lecture 12/3/2020 EVENGESLISTIC CAMP AT ANAIKATTI 2018 Union of Evangelica l Students 39 of India

“It is a very good thing that you read the Bible… The Bible is Christ, for the Old Testament leads up to this culminating point… Christ alone… has affirmed as a principal certainty, eternal life, the infinity of time, the nothingness of death, the necessity and the raison d’être of serenity and devotion. He lived serenely, as a greater artist than all other artists, despising marble and clay as well as color, working in living flesh. That is to say, this matchless artist… made neither statues nor pictures nor books; he loudly proclaimed that he made… living men, immortals. ” — Vincent van Gogh 12/3/2020 EVENGESLISTIC CAMP AT ANAIKATTI 2018 Union of Evangelica l Students 40 of India

“The foundations of our society and our government rest so much on the teachings of the Bible that it would be difficult to support them if faith in these teachings would cease to be practically universal in our country. ” — Calvin Coolidge, 30 th President of the United States 12/3/2020 EVENGESLISTIC CAMP AT ANAIKATTI 2018 Union of Evangelica l Students 41 of India

“Jesus was not a white man; He was not a black man. He came from that part of the world that touches Africa and Asia and Europe. Christianity is not a white man’s religion and don’t let anybody ever tell you that it’s white or black. Christ belongs to all people; He belongs to the whole world. ” — Billy Graham (born November 7, 1918) Christian evangelist 12/3/2020 EVENGESLISTIC CAMP AT ANAIKATTI 2018 Union of Evangelica l Students 42 of India

“I never seen, heard and read in Hinduism like Jesus Christ Who came in to this world and died for my sin and had risen and now He is living in my heart. One day I will see Him as like He is. ” — Gideon Ganesh (born February 19, 1983) Coimbatore Graduate 12/3/2020 EVENGESLISTIC CAMP AT ANAIKATTI 2018 Union of Evangelica l Students 43 of India

“Jesus was the first socialist, the first to seek a better life for mankind. ” — Mikhail Gorbachev (born 1931) Jesus Christ is to me the outstanding personality of all time, all history, both as Son of God and as Son of Man. Everything he ever said or did has value for us today and that is something you can say of no other man, dead or alive. There is no easy middle ground to stroll upon. You either accept Jesus or reject him. ” — Sholem Asch, Jewish author (1880 -1957) Socrates died like a philosopher; Jesus Christ died like a God. ” — Jean-Jacques Rousseau No one else holds or has held the place in the heart of the world which Jesus holds. Other gods have been as devoutly worshipped; no other man has been so devoutly loved. ” — John Knox “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do, he will do also; and greater works than these he will do; because I go to the Father. ” Jesus Christ 12/3/2020 EVENGESLISTIC CAMP AT ANAIKATTI 2018 Union of Evangelica l Students 44 of India

Historical Evidence Øhttps: //www. biblicalarchaeology. org/daily/people-cultures-in-the-bible/jesus-historicaljesus/did-jesus-exist/ Øhttps: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Historicity_of_Jesus Øhttps: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Historical_Jesus Øhttps: //www. nationalgeographic. com/magazine/2017/12/jesus-tomb-archaeology/ Øhttps: //www. allaboutarchaeology. org/evidence-for-jesus. htm Video 1 12/3/2020 EVENGESLISTIC CAMP AT ANAIKATTI 2018 Union of Evangelica l Students 45 of India

Christ is Superior Christ Is Superior to Moses. Hebrew 3: 5 -6 Christ Is Superior to Muhammad. Christ offers a superior message Christ offers a better way of salvation Christ offers a superior model life. Jesus Is Superior to Hindu Gurus. Christ’s teaching is morally superior Jesus gives a superior path to enlightenment. Christ teaches a better way of salvation. Christ Is Superior to Buddha. 12/3/2020 EVENGESLISTIC CAMP AT ANAIKATTI 2018 Union of Evangelica l Students 46 of India

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