IS JESUS GOD? (1)

                                    IS JESUS GOD?
                                                         (copied from 
               Y-Jesus.com)

Have you ever met a man who is the center of  attention wherever he goes?

Some mysterious, indefinable characteristic sets him apart from all other men.Well that's the way it was two thousand years ago with Jesus Christ. But it wasn't merely  Jesus' personality  that captivated
those who heard Him. Those who witnessed His words and life tell us that something about Jesus of Nazareth was different from all other men.

Jesus' only credentials were Himself. He never wrote a book, commanded an army, held a political office or owned  property. He mostly traveled within a hundred miles of His village attracting crowds who were amazed at  His provocative words and stunning deeds.

 Yet Jesus' greatness was obvious to all those who saw and heard Him. And while most great people eventually fade into the history books, Jesus is still the focus of thousands of books and unparalleled media controversy. And much of that controversy revolves around the radical claims Jesus made about Himself - claims that  astounded both his followers and his adversaries.

It was primarily Jesus' unique claims that caused Him to be viewed as a threat by both the Roman authorities and the Jewish hierarchy.  Although He was an outsider with no credentials or political powerbase, within three years, Jesus changed the world for the next twenty centuries. 

  Other moral and religious    leaders have left an              impact, but nothing like        that unknown carpenter's    son from Nazareth.

   What was it about Jesus      Christ that made the            difference?

Was he merely a great man or something more?

These questions get to the heart of Who Jesus really was. Some believe He was merely a great moral teacher, others believe He was simply the leader of the world's greatest religion, but many believe something far more. Christians believe that God has actually visited us in human form.

And they believe the evidence backs that up.
After carefully examining Jesus' life and words, former Cambridge professor and skeptic 
 C.S. Lewis, came to a startling conclusion about Him that altered the course of his life.

So Who is the real Jesus?  many will answer that  Jesus was a great moral teacher. As we take a deeper look at the world's most controversial Person, we begin by asking " could Jesus have been merely a great moral teacher?"

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