1. The Evidence for Jesus John 5:31-47 “By myself I can do nothing… for I seek not to please myself but him who sent me.” Jn. 5:30

2. 1. John the Baptist (Jn.5:33) “He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all might believe. He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light. The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world.” Jn. 1:7-9

3. The Father who sent me has himself testified concerning me Jn. 5:37 “the works that the Father has given me to finish—the very works that I am doing.” Jn. 5:36 Scriptures “testify about me” Jn. 5:39

4. 2. ‘The works I am doing’ (Jn.5:36) changing water into wine clears the temple precincts spoke to a religious leader in Jerusalem engaged with an outcast woman restored to full health, son of a royal official healed the invalid man in Jerusalem

5. St Paul’s cathedral ‘Reader, if you seek his monument, look around’

6. 3. These are the very Scriptures that testify about me (Jn.5:39) “From Noah to Moses to King David, every story whispers his name; Jesus is like the missing piece in a puzzle – the piece that makes all the other pieces fit together.”

7. 3. These are the very Scriptures that testify about me (Jn.5:39) “How foolish you are, and how slow to believe all that the prophets have spoken! Did not the Messiah have to suffer these things and then enter his glory?” And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself.” (Luke 24:26,27)

8. 3. These are the very Scriptures that testify about me (Jn.5:39) “My God, My God, why have you forsaken me” Ps. 22:1 “But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed” Isa.53:5

9. 3. These are the very Scriptures that testify about me (Jn.5:39) “But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times”? (Micah 5:2) “Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion! Shout, Daughter Jerusalem! See, your king comes to you, righteous and victorious, lowly and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.” (Zech.9:9)

10. 4. Moses (Jn.5:46) “If you believed Moses, you would believe me, for he wrote about me.” John 5:46 “The L ORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your fellow Israelites. You must listen to him.” Deut.18:15

11. 4. Moses (Jn.5:46) “Day after day every priest stands and performs his religious duties; again and again he offers the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. But when this priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God.” Heb.10:11,12

12. 4. Moses (Jn.5:46) Jesus accuses his listeners of never having heard God’s voice or seen God (v.37) they do not have the love of God in their hearts (v.42) they have not really believed what Moses wrote (v.47)

13. Lord, Liar or Lunatic? Josh McDowell

14. Lord, Liar or Lunatic? “I know men; and I tell you that Jesus Christ is not a man. Superficial minds see a resemblance between Christ and the founders of empires, and the gods of other religions. That resemblance does not exist. There is between Christianity and whatever other religions the distance of infinity…

15. Lord, Liar or Lunatic? “Everything in Christ astonishes me. His spirit overawes me, and his will confounds me. Between him and whoever else in the world, there is no possible term of comparison. He is truly a being by himself.” Napoleon Bonaparte

16. The Evidence for Jesus John 5:31-47 “Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life.” John 5:24