WHY JESUS ONLY JESUS BROUGHT GOD TO US

WHY JESUS?

ONLY JESUS BROUGHT GOD TO US

“I and the Father are one. ” (John 10: 30) only Jesus claimed to be God

“Jesus said to him, ‘Have I been so long with you, and yet you have not come to know Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? ” (John 14: 9) only Jesus claimed to be God

“There is no half-way house and there is no parallel in other religions. If you had gone to Buddha and asked him ‘Are you the son of Bramah? ’ he would have said, ‘My son, you are still in the vale of illusion. ’ If you had gone to Socrates and asked, ‘Are you Zeus? ’ he would have laughed at you. If you had gone to Mohammed and asked, ‘Are you Allah? ’ he would first have rent his clothes and then cut your head off. ” CS Lewis, “God in the Dock” only Jesus claimed to be God

“Then the Lord said to me, ‘Out of the north the evil will break forth on all the inhabitants of the land. For, behold, I am calling all the families of the kingdoms of the north, ” declares the Lord; and they will come and they will set each one his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all its walls round about and against all the cities of Judah. I will pronounce My judgments on them concerning all their wickedness, whereby they have forsaken Me and have offered sacrifices to other gods, and worshiped the works of their own hands. ” Jesus made (Jeremiah 1: 14– 16) these claims in a hostile environment

“he introduced into Jerusalem under cover of night military standards bearing the imperial image. . . When day broke, the indignation of the people knew no bounds; they beset Pilate’s residence and followed him back to Caesarea, clamoring for the removal of the images from Jerusalem. Finding that even the threat of slaughter did not dissuade them, and that he was faced with a province-wide rising if he did not remove the images, Pilate, with no very good grace, gave in to their insistence. ” Jesus made FF Bruce, “New Testament History” these claims in a hostile environment

“Jesus said to them, ‘Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was born, I am. ’ Therefore they picked up stones to throw at Him. . . ” (John 8: 58– 59) Jesus made these claims in a hostile environment

They believed because… • Of His signs (Matthew 14. 33) • Of His teaching (Matthew 7. 28 -29) • He lived up to His own teaching (Matthew 5. 44; Luke 23. 34) We can believe because His closest followers did

ONLY JESUS BROUGHT GOD TO US