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Seeker: Is Jesus Christ really God?
Excerpt from C.S. Lewsi, "Mere Christianity"
"I am trying here to prevent anyone saying the really foolish thing that people often say about Him: "I'm ready to accept Jesus as a great moral teacher, but I don't accept His claim to be God." That is the one thing we must not say. 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 a level with the man who says he is a poached egg-or else he would be the Devil of Hell. You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God: or else a madman or something worse. You can shut Him up for a fool, you can spit at Him and kill Him as a demon; or you can fall at His feet and call Him lord and God. But let us not come with any patronising nonsense about His being a great human teacher. He has not left that open to us. He did not intend to. (End)
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If you break down what C.S. Lewis is trying to show, you come up with the following. Maybe with some variations, but the choices are really limited when it comes to Jesus being God.
One: Jesus was lying
A. He knew he was lying.
A. You can accept Him.
B. You can reject Him.
Look at any Red Letter Bible to view His words. See for yourself the who, what, and when of those things that have noted in the chronicles of recorded history. As you can see there are limited views in which one can come to acceptance/denial of the deity of Jesus Christ. If as of yet you are still not sure, consider His communicated words, acts, in total His life and death.
Now has always been a time of decision, on making a choice. Choose wisely for eternity has and is a witness to what you would believe.
I pray that the choice is Jesus. For it is only through Him that you will find, what you've been seeking and be complete as you've never been before.
C4E
You would think that nobody cares. We do.
Come to Jesus beloved!
He is calling!
He is waiting!
For You!
Touch those hardened hearts that they may believe! Lord, have mercy I pray. Amen
Excerpt from C.S. Lewsi, "Mere Christianity"
"I am trying here to prevent anyone saying the really foolish thing that people often say about Him: "I'm ready to accept Jesus as a great moral teacher, but I don't accept His claim to be God." That is the one thing we must not say. 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 a level with the man who says he is a poached egg-or else he would be the Devil of Hell. You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God: or else a madman or something worse. You can shut Him up for a fool, you can spit at Him and kill Him as a demon; or you can fall at His feet and call Him lord and God. But let us not come with any patronising nonsense about His being a great human teacher. He has not left that open to us. He did not intend to. (End)
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If you break down what C.S. Lewis is trying to show, you come up with the following. Maybe with some variations, but the choices are really limited when it comes to Jesus being God.
One: Jesus was lying
A. He knew he was lying.
- He did it on purpose
- He was a fraud
- He was a devil
- He was a fool.
- He died for it.
- He was tricked into thinking he was.
- He was crazy.
- Sadly he died for it.
A. You can accept Him.
B. You can reject Him.
Look at any Red Letter Bible to view His words. See for yourself the who, what, and when of those things that have noted in the chronicles of recorded history. As you can see there are limited views in which one can come to acceptance/denial of the deity of Jesus Christ. If as of yet you are still not sure, consider His communicated words, acts, in total His life and death.
Now has always been a time of decision, on making a choice. Choose wisely for eternity has and is a witness to what you would believe.
I pray that the choice is Jesus. For it is only through Him that you will find, what you've been seeking and be complete as you've never been before.
C4E
You would think that nobody cares. We do.
Come to Jesus beloved!
He is calling!
He is waiting!
For You!
Touch those hardened hearts that they may believe! Lord, have mercy I pray. Amen