R Who Was Jesus?

Was He a Fraud?

Was He a Liar?

Or Was He The Son of God?

WHO REALLY WAS JESUS OF NAZARETH?

“Who do men say that I am?” ~ Mark 8:27 “Who do men say that I am?” ~ Mark 8:27

“Some say John the Baptist, some Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” (Matthew 16:14)

REMARKABLE BIBLE CLAIMS ABOUT JESUS

He Was the Prophesied Messiah

E E A PROPHET LIKE MOSES “I will raise up for them a Prophet like you from among their brethren, and will put My words in His mouth, and He shall speak to them all that I command Him. And it shall be that whoever will not hear My words, which He speaks in My name, I will require it of him.” (Deuteronomy 18:18-19)

E E BORN IN BETHLEHEM “But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of you shall come forth to Me the One to be Ruler in Israel, whose goings forth are from of old, from everlasting.” (Micah 5:2) ~ Jesus was born in Bethlehem (Matthew 2:1)

E E FROM TRIBE OF JUDAH “The scepter shall not depart from Judah, Nor a lawgiver from between his feet, Until Shiloh comes; And to Him shall be the obedience of the people.” (Genesis 49:10).) ~ Jesus was of the tribe of Judah (Matthew 1:2)

R Jesus Said He Was the Messiah

“…Again the high priest asked Him, saying to Him, ‘Are You the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?’ Jesus said, ‘I am. And you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power, and coming with the clouds of heaven.’” (Mark 14:61-62)

R His Apostles Said He Was the Messiah

“Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ.” (Acts 2:36)

He Rose from the Dead

“For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures, and that He was seen by Cephas, then by the twelve. After that He was seen by over five hundred brethren at once...” (1 Corinthians 15:3-5)

“They pierced My hands and My feet” (Psalm 22:16) ~ Both Jesus’ hands and feet were pierced in His crucifixion (Luke 24:39)

“They divide My garments among them, And for My clothing they cast lots” (Psalm 22:18) ~ The Roman soldiers cast lots for Jesus’ clothing as He died (Matthew 27:35)

“He was oppressed and He was afflicted, Yet He opened not His mouth; He was led as a lamb to the slaughter, And as a sheep before its shearers is silent, So He opened not His mouth.” (Isaiah 53:7) ~ Jesus was silent during most of His trial (Matthew 26:63)

“And they made His grave with the wicked--But with the rich at His death, Because He had done no violence, Nor was any deceit in His mouth.” (Isaiah 53:9) ~ Jesus was crucified between robbers (Luke 23:32)

“And they made His grave with the wicked--But with the rich at His death, Because He had done no violence, Nor was any deceit in His mouth.” (Isaiah 53:9) ~ Buried in the donated tomb of a rich man (Matthew 27:57-60)

“He was cut off from the land of the living” (Isaiah 53:8) “He shall prolong His days” (Isaiah 53:10) ~ Jesus died, but rose and appeared for forty days (Acts 1:3)

He Was God in the Flesh

“Then He said to Thomas, ‘Reach your finger here, and look at My hands; and reach your hand here, and put it into My side. Do not be unbelieving, but believing.’ And Thomas answered and said to Him, ‘My Lord and my God!’” (John 20:27-28)

“From everlasting” (Micah 5:2).

E E VIRGIN CONCEPTION “…Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel.” (Isaiah 7:14) ~ Jesus was born to a virgin woman before she was intimate with her betrothed husband (Matthew 1:18), who conceived through the Holy Spirit (Matthew 1:20).

E E CALLED IMMANUEL Immanuel means “God with us” (Matthew 1:23)

R His Apostles Affirmed His Deity

“For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily” (Colossians 2:9)

“…The brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power…” (Hebrews 1:3)

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God” (John 1:1).

“The Word became flesh and dwelt among us” (John 1:14).

He is the Only Way to Salvation

“Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.” (Acts 4:12)

“Simon Peter answered and said, ‘You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.’” (Matthew 16:16)

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