1. HE MUST INCREASE, I MUST DECREASE “Jesus Is God” John 1:1-2 1/16/11

2. HE MUST INCREASE, I MUST DECREASE TO A BUDDHIST, JESUS WAS A WISE AND ENLIGHTENED MAN WHO TAUGHT SIMILAR THINGS TO BUDDHA, WHOSE PURPOSE WAS TO TEACH HUMANITY WISDOM AND THE WAY TO ENLIGHTENMENT. TO A HINDU, JESUS WAS ONE OF THE INCARNATIONS OF GOD AKIN TO KRISHNA AND RAMA, COMING TO THE EARTH AT VARIOUS TIMES TO ACCOMPLISH CERTAIN FEATS THAT WOULD PRESERVE HINDU TEACHING.

3. HE MUST INCREASE, I MUST DECREASE TO A CHRISTIAN SCIENTIST, JESUS IS NOT GOD, BUT STANDS ALONE IN HIS MISSION AND PURPOSE AS THE PROMISED MESSIAH. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE TEACHES THAT JESUS EMBODIED THE DIVINITY OF GOD BUT THAT HE HIMSELF WAS NOT DEITY. TO A MUSLIM, JESUS IS JUST A PROPHET SENT BY GOD, BUT SUPERSEDED BY MUHAMMAD, TO REVEAL GOD'S WILL IN A PROGRESSIVE REVELATION THAT ENDED WITH MUHAMMAD.

4. HE MUST INCREASE, I MUST DECREASE TO A JEHOVAH’S WITNESS, JESUS IS THE SON OF GOD, WORD OF GOD, GOD'S FIRST CREATION, SOME EVEN BELIEVING THAT HE WAS THE ARCHANGEL MICHAEL BEFORE COMING TO EARTH. TO A MORMON, JESUS IS THE LIVING CHRIST, THE IMMORTAL SON OF GOD. HE IS THE GREAT KING IMMANUEL, WHO STANDS TODAY ON THE RIGHT HAND OF HIS FATHER. HE IS THE LIGHT, THE LIFE, AND THE HOPE OF THE WORLD. HIS WAY IS THE PATH THAT LEADS TO HAPPINESS IN THIS LIFE AND ETERNAL LIFE IN THE WORLD TO COME.

5. HE MUST INCREASE, I MUST DECREASE John 1:1, New World Translation (Jehovah’s Witness) “In the beginning the Word was, and the Word was with God, and the Word was a god. This one was in the beginning with God.” (emphasis added)

6. HE MUST INCREASE, I MUST DECREASE Jesus is God. He is eternal. 1Lord, you have been our dwelling place in all generations. 2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God. -Psalm 90:1-2

7. HE MUST INCREASE, I MUST DECREASE Jesus is God. He is eternal. pastpresentfuture MAN

8. HE MUST INCREASE, I MUST DECREASE Jesus is God. He is eternal. pastpresentfuture MAN GOD