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(Jesus)?
"BEHOLD, THE VIRGIN
SHALL BE WITH CHILD
AND SHALL BEAR A SON,
AND THEY SHALL CALL HIS
NAME IMMANUEL," which
translated means, "GOD
WITH US.“
Matthew 1:23
"I am trying here to prevent anyone saying the really foolish
thing that people often say about Him: I’m ready to accept
Jesus as a great moral teacher, but I don’t accept his claim
to be God. That is the one thing we must not say. A man
who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus
said would not be a great moral teacher. He would either
be a lunatic — on the level with the man who says he is a
poached egg — or else he would be the Devil of Hell. You
must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the
Son of God, or else a madman or something worse. You
can shut him up for a fool, you can spit at him and kill him
as a demon or you can fall at his feet and call him Lord and
God, but let us not come with any patronizing nonsense
about his being a great human teacher. He has not left that
open to us. He did not intend to."
— C.S. Lewis (Mere Christianity)
The question of Yeshua’s
(Jesus’) identity is one of
the crucial core
understandings of the
purpose God has for all
people – Jews and
Gentiles.
Let us start with
who Yeshua
(Jesus) said he
was.
He said he was
Humble and
Gentle
"Take My yoke upon you
and learn from Me, for I
am gentle and humble in
heart, and YOU WILL
FIND REST FOR YOUR
SOULS.
Matthew 11:29
He said he was
the Door of the
Sheepfold
So Jesus said to them again, "Truly,
truly, I say to you, I am the door of the
sheep. 8"All who came before Me
are thieves and robbers, but the sheep
did not hear them. 9"I am the door; if
anyone enters through Me, he will be
saved, and will go in and out and find
pasture.
John 10:7-9
He said he was
the Good
Shepherd
"I am the good
shepherd; the good
shepherd lays down
His life for the sheep.
John 10:11
He said he was
the Light of the
World
Then Jesus again spoke to
them, saying, "I am the Light
of the world; he who follows
Me will not walk in the
darkness, but will have the
Light of life.“
John 8:12
He said he was
the Bread of God
that came from
heaven
For the bread of God
is He who comes
down from heaven
and gives life to the
world.”
John 6:33
He said he was
the Vine.
"I am the vine, you are the
branches; he who abides
in Me and I in him,
he bears much fruit, for
apart from Me you can do
nothing.
John 15:5
He said he was
the way and the
truth and the
life.
Jesus answered, “I
am the way and the
truth and the life.
John 14:6 a
He said he
was the
Resurrection
and the Life
Jesus said to her, "I am
the resurrection and
the life; he who
believes in Me will live
even if he dies,
John 11:25
He said he
was the
Messiah
The woman said to Him, "I
know that Messiah is coming
(He who is called Christ);
when that One comes, He
will declare all things to us.“
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Jesus said to her, "I who
speak to you am He.”
John 4:25-28
Then the high priest stood up before them
and asked Jesus, “Are you not going to
answer? What is this testimony that these
men are bringing against you?” 61But Jesus
remained silent and gave no answer. Again
the high priest asked him, “Are you the
Messiah, the Son of the Blessed One?” 62 “I
am,” said Jesus. “And you will see the Son
of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty
One and coming on the clouds of heaven.”
Mark 14:60-62
He said he
was sent by
God to save
the world.
"For God so loved the world, that He gave
His only begotten Son, that
whoever believes in Him shall not perish,
but have eternal life. 17"For God did not send
the Son into the world to judge the world,
but that the world might be saved through
Him. 18 "He who believes in Him is not
judged; he who does not believe has been
judged already, because he has not believed
in the name of the only begotten Son of
God.
John 3:16-19
He said he
was the
Lord
Ye call me Master and
Lord: and ye say well; for
so I am. If I then, your
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