by j.d. stegall

Created on: May 14, 2008

Who is Jesus and what did his life here on Earth mean to us? If you went to any movie theatre, work place or setting where people gather socially, the name, Jesus, means nothing more to most than just a five letter curse word at the worst, a good enlightened thinker with novice ideas at best.

Either he was exactly who he said he was or a raving lunatic, who has up to this point in history, deceived billions. Lets look to the facts to determine the truth.

Real leaders are not fence-setters, they come to bring an important message, not worrying about political correctness, trends or traditions, only the accuracy of leading others to truth that changes a particular group for the greater good. Jesus was clear on which side he was on and demanded the same of his followers. He did not
come to bring peace, but a sword you're either on my side or the other, good or evil, light or darkness.

Claim To Divinity

Jesus believed he was the Son of God. In the Jewish tradition of that time, it was unthinkable for anyone to ever sware by himself or treat himself as his "own witness". Only God could do this. Any new teaching had to be verified with two or three witnesses, but whenever Jesus made an important claim, he would say, "Truly, truly, I tell you." This was considered blasphemy because he never brought forth witnesses to back up his claims. By doing this, Jesus was clearly stating that he needed no witness because he was himself, God, was his "own" witness.

In the Old Testament of the bible it's written, (1a) " The Lord our God is one God". Not only did the Jewish traditions of that day say that God was one God, but that you couldn't know him personally because his name was too holy and righteous to even pronounce, let alone have a close relationship with him. Man could not even look upon the face of God without dying, because of the sinfulness and evil condition of man's heart. Jesus was the first to declare God as, our Abba Father, meaning personal and close relationship, shattering the notion of an impersonal God.

Jesus claimed to be the Son of God equal to God, the exact representation of his being God in human flesh, Savior of the world. He said, "I and my Father are one." He told Niccodemus, the Pharisee, (2b) "God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever would believe in him', should never die, but have eternal life." The word theanthropist or the doctrine and union of divine and human natures, especially the manifestation of God as man in

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