Jesus Christ Is The Son Of God Matt. 22:42 16:1618

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Jesus Christ Is The Son Of GodMatt. 2242
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• Proposition Defined
• Facts Admitted
• He Lived
• In Palestine
• In The First Century
• Was a Religious Teacher
• Alternatives

• Jesus As The Christ
• Claims
• Virgin Birth
• Prophecies
• Unnatural Sayings Deeds
• Miracles
• Resurrection

• Jesus As The Imposter
• Suppositions
• Ordinary Jew
• Limited Education
• Jewish Prejudices Hatred
• Worldly Ambition
• A Conscious Liar Fraud

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Which One Shall we Choose

• He was the Son of God.
• He was a lying imposter.
• He was just a good man and moral teacher.
• He was insane.

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Facts Concerning ChristThat None Can Deny

• Jesus Lived.
• He lived in Palestine.
• He lived at the beginning of the first century.
• He was a religious teacher.

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Jesus Christ In Secular History

•  he falsely charged with the guilt, and
  punished with the most exquisite tortures, the
  persons commonly called Christians, who were
  hated for their enormities. Christus, the founder
  of the name, was put to death by Pontius Pilate,
  procurator of Judea in the reign of Tiberius but
  the pernicious superstition, repressed for a time
  broke out again, not only through Judea, where
  the mischief originated, but through the city of
  Rome also. -Cornelius Tacitus, Annals XV. 44,
  excerpt on Nero (Tacitus was a Roman historian
  born in 52 A.D.)

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Fulfilled Prophecies of Christ
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Fulfilled Prophecies of Christ
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The Claims of Christ

• He claimed to be sinlessly perfect
• He claimed to be equal with God.
• He claimed he would rise from the dead.
• He claimed that all men everywhere should obey
  him.
• He claimed he was the fulfillment of prophecy.

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Unnatural Attitudes Of Jesus

• He had no worldly ambition.
• He never expressed doubt on any subject.
• He had no prejudice or hatred.
• He was fearless in his teaching.
• He was not vindictive toward enemies.
• He was completely unslefish.

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Did Jesus Perform Miracles?

• He said he did.
• His disciples said he did.
• His enemies said he did.
• The Bible records them as facts.
• To falsely make this claim would have been a
  disaster for an imposter!

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Facts About The Resurrection

• Jesus Lived.
• Jesus was crucified by the Jews and Romans.
• He was buried in a sealed tomb.
• His tomb is empty.
• The Bible says he was raised from the dead.

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Explanations For The Resurrection Of Christ

• The Swoon Theory.
• His enemies stole his body.
• His disciples stole his body.
• The Hallucination Theory.
• He rose from the dead.
• If the resurrection is true, every claim of Jesus
  is true.