I am truly disturbed.
I am almost fully convinced that He was what He said He was: the Son of the Living God. And that scares the crap out of me.
I
did not surmise this by means of how I feel or intuition, but I deduced
it according to historical evidence and simple logic. The historical
evidence varies from the gospel writings to the secular writings of
Tacitus, Suetonius, Thallus, and, of course, Josephus.
To summarize my research, I am displaying the following:
The Claims of Jesus:
He has always existed- John 8:58
He is sinless- John 8:46
He has authority on heaven and earth- Matthew 28:18
He has authority to forgive sins- Mark 2:7-10
He was prophesied in the Scriptures- Luke 24:25-27
He is from heaven- John 8:23
He will judge the world- John 5:22-30
He is the Son of God- Matthew 16:16, Matthew 26:63-64, Mark 14:61, Luke
22:70, and John 1:49 (Hint: To find more easily, look up each gospel
when Jesus is arrested and brought before the Sanhedrin. They always
ask if he is the Son of God.)
-Conclusion: He was not merely a
great moral teacher. He was either falsified through his followers, a
liar, a lunatic, or exactly what he claimed to be.
The
legend of Jesus is disproven fairly easily. Despite what Bertand
Russell claimed in “Why I am not a Christian,” he was a real person. To
verify why I believe so, refer back to my first paragraph.
If
he was real, could his disciples just exaggerate his life and claims?
Well, all four of the gospels were written within the same generation
that witnessed the crucifixion of Christ, so it seems unreasonable that
they would start a worldwide missionary expedition and become martyrs
for a legend they knew was indeed false. In 2 Peter 1:16, Peter
testifies that the disciples weren’t following cleverly invented
stories. Indeed, they died for what they believed was the truth.
Could he be a liar? Why would he do that? His ministry only developed
over a few years, so he couldn’t of had that much power. Apparently he
was poor and had no home either. On top of that, he willfully went to
the cross, which leads to my next point.
Was he mad? Apparently
not since he was self sacrificing, yet joyful, unworldly, yet not
antisocial, dignified, yet humble. There are no signs of instability. He
was more sane than you or I will ever be.
So you tell me, what was he?”
