Jesus Christ- God, man, or con-artist

[tyke]

.During his earthly ministry Jesus claimed to be God in human flesh. Either he is God as he claimed or the greatest con-artist that ever existed. No one has ever created more controversy and disagreement as he did. Before his claim can be denied there are some things that has to be accounted for. Such as: His virgin birth, His holy sinless life, His many  miracles, and His death, burial, and resurrection.    Father in Jesus name I pray that you open the eyes of unbelievers and believers to the whole truth of who you are and to the fact that you are everything you claimed to be. AMEN and AMEN  The God nature of Jesus Christ is well established in the New Testament by eye witness accounts. He is called God by John (John 1:1) and Thomas (John 20:28). He was even called God by God the Father (Heb.1:8). He claimed to be God in that he was with the father before creation existed and before Abraham was created (John 17:5 and 8: 51-59).He was worshipped and only God is to be worshipped, and He forgave sins and only God can forgive sins ( Matt. 14:3 and Mark 2:5-11). He is creator , sustainer, and maker of all things, only God can control the universe ( Col.1:16 and Heb. 1:3). He also said that he has all power in heaven and on the earth, and only God has all power ( Matt. 28:18).  He raised the dead , walked  on water, gave sight to the blind, hearing to the deaf, and cast out demons. Quite a lot of impossible things for just an ordinary man.  His human side is seen in that his mother was human flesh (Matt. 1:18-25). He was subjected to all the sinless infirmities of his human nature such as: He was hungry (Matt 4:2), thirsty, got tired, cried ( John 19:28 , 4:6 , and 11:35) and was tempted ( Heb. 14:15). Jesus wasn't  God and man but the God-man. He is God in human flesh. His two natures are put together in such a way that the two become one, having a single consciousness and will. His virgin birth has never been duplicated in all human history. It was by the virgin birth that God became man, two natures : one nature being that of Almighty God, and the other nature being man. The union of the two natures became the God-man Christ Jesus. The authors of the books of the Bible tells us that we have undisputed evidence of the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. So lets take a look at some of these facts: He appeared to Peter (Luke 24:34), To the apostles, Thomas not being there (Luke 24: 36-43), Again to the apostles, Thomas present ( John 20: 24-29), to Mary Magdalene (John 20: 11:18) , to James (1 Cor. 15:7), to Paul on his way to Damascus (Acts 9:3-6), to the women returning from the sepulcher (Matt.28 5-10), to the eleven apostles again (Matt. 28: 16-20), to the seven by the sea of Tiberias  ( John 21: 1-23), to Stephen the first martyr ( Acts 7:55), and to 500 believers who saw him all at the same time and all at the same place ( 1 Cor. 15:6).  When Jesus was arrested in the Garden of Gethsemane his disciples forsook him and ran away (Matt. 26:56). From this time until after his resurrection the disciples lived in total fear: dejected, discouraged, and defeated. Now, How do we account for there fearlessness and great courage that came into the lives of the disciples three days and three nights later, after the resurrection of Jesus Christ ? They rejoiced when persecuted (Acts 5: 40=42), and most of them died martyrs' deaths believing in the resurrection of Jesus Christ rather than denying him (Heb. 11:35).  Now, lets look at some other evidence. If Jesus is not alive, then what happened to his body that was in the empty tomb ? The Roman guards were paid to say that his disciples came during the night and took the body while we were sleeping (Matt. 28: 11-35). First, the disciples didn't have the courage and if they did take the his body then how do we account to the fact that they all suffered and most died martyrs' deaths ? In the face of death one of them would have told where the body was to save his own life. Second, if the disciples stole the body then they would have woke up the guards rolling away the stone that covered the grave. Third, how did the guards know that it was the disciples since they all said that they were sleeping. Fourth, the Roman army was so strict that the guards would have been put to death for sleeping on duty. Fifth, no one was ever arrested for stealing the body of Jesus. It's evident that the government offical's didn't believe the story of the guards. Sixth, had the enemies of Jesus stolen the body they could have produced it and put an end to Christianity; and they would have. Seven, when the apostle John entered the tomb he saw the grave clothes folded the same way as when they were wrapped around Jesus body (John 20: 1-20).   Jesus came out of the clothes, and they collapsed without disturbing the folds. The were left there by the Lord as evidence of his resurrection. Even the stone that was rolled away from in front of the tomb by the angels is evidence that the Lord wanted men to see the grave clothes. The death of Jesus Christ was supernatural. Jesus said: No man taketh life from me, I lay it down to myself (John 10: 17,18). Only Almighty God could die a supernatural death. Jesus Christ is coming back to this world. Even so, come quickly Lord Jesus (Rev. 22:20).

 

 

 

[Guest]

This was so hard to read. Perhaps a little formatting? Paragraphs maybe? If you want people to actually read it.

[Guest]

It wasn't for me. I read it, but perhaps some others didn't because of the lack of readability.

[HAZARD]

Seven, when the apostle John entered the tomb he saw the grave clothes folded the same way as when they were wrapped around Jesus body (John 20: 1-20). 

John 5:6-7,  v 5, And he stooping down, and looking in, saw the linen clothes lying; yet went he not in.
    v 6, Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into the sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes lie,
    v 7, And the napkin, that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself.

The cloths were lying there, the napkin that was about His head was not lying with the linen cloths by wrapped together, (folded) in a place by itself. Who did this? Jesus or an attending angel.