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Jesus - was He a
Liar, Lunatic or Lord
Acts 1
:3
Jesus claims to be God’s
actual Son
Two Alternatives
His claims
were false
Two Alternatives
His claims
were true
He didn’t know
they were falseHe knew they
were false
Jesus claims to be God’s
actual Son
He’s a fool because He
died for a lie
He becomes a
demon
If He is a liar
He’s also a hypocrite
That makes Him
a liar
He made a deliberate
mis-representation
He knew His
claims were false
That made Him
a lunatic
That made Him
sincerely deluded
He didn’t know
His claims were false
You can REJECT Him
as Lord of your life
You can ACCEPT Him
as Lord of your life
Two Alternatives
He is the Lord
He knew His
claims were TRUE
Jesus claims to be God’s
actual Son
Either way…you can’t
IGNORE Him
Acts 1:3 - NIV
3 After his suffering, hepresented himself to themand gave many convincingproofs that he was alive. Heappeared to them over aperiod of forty days andspoke about the kingdom ofGod.
Acts 1:3 - NIV
3 After his suffering, hepresented himself to themand gave many convincingproofs that he was alive. Heappeared to them over aperiod of forty days andspoke about the kingdom ofGod.
Jesus claims can be
proved
three different ways…
1) The words contained in the Bible
2) Fulfilled Prophecy
3) Through the resurrection
Matthew 6
25 “Therefore I tell you, do notworry about your life, whatyou will eat or drink; or aboutyour body, what you will wear.Is not life more important thanfood, and the body moreimportant than clothes?
Could a Liar or
a Lunatic
teach like this?
Mark 10: 17 As Jesus started on his way, a manran up to him and fell on his knees before him.“Good teacher,” he asked, “what must I do toinherit eternal life?” 18 “Why do you call megood?” Jesus answered. “No one is good—except God alone. 19 You know thecommandments: ‘Do not murder, do not commitadultery, do not steal, do not give falsetestimony, do not defraud, honor your fatherand mother.’ 20 “Teacher,” he declared, “all theseI have kept since I was a boy.” 21 Jesus looked athim and loved him. “One thing you lack,” hesaid. “Go, sell everything you have and give tothe poor, and you will have treasure in heaven.Then come, follow me.” 22 At this the man’s facefell. He went away sad, because he had greatwealth.
Could a Liar or
a Lunatic
teach like this?
Luke 8: 26-2826 They sailed to the region of theGerasenes, which is across the lake fromGalilee. 27 When Jesus stepped ashore, hewas met by a demon-possessed manfrom the town. For a long time this manhad not worn clothes or lived in a house,but had lived in the tombs. 28 When hesaw Jesus, he cried out and fell at hisfeet, shouting at the top of his voice,“What do you want with me, Jesus, Sonof the Most High God? I beg you, don’ttorture me!”
Could a Liar or
a Lunatic
teach like this?
Fulfilled Prophecy
נבואהDiscourse emanating
from divine inspiration
and declaring the
purposes of God,
revealing things
hidden; especially by
foretelling future
events
Fulfilled Prophecy
- Contained in the Old
Testament are over 330
prophecies fulfilled through the
life of Jesus
- The Old Testament was
completed 450 years before the
birth of Jesus
Fulfilled Prophecy
eg - Zechariah 9:9 says...
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!
Shout, daughter of Jerusalem!
See your King comes to you, righteous
and having salvation, gentle and riding
on a donkey
Critics would say that Jesus
manipulated events so it would
look like He was fulfilling
prophecy
Fulfilled Prophecy
(5:1) As for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah,
seemingly insignificant among the
clans of Judah—
from you a king will emerge who will
rule over Israel on my behalf,
one whose origins are in the distant
past.
But how did Jesus manipulate
this prophecy in Micah 5:2?...
Jesus hadn’t been born by then
Fulfilled Prophecy
Facts about Psalm 22 and 34
• They predict Jesus crucifixion
• David wrote these 750 years
before the birth of Jesus
Facts about crucifixion
• Crucifixion wasn’t invented as a
means of capitol punishment
until 63BC
700 years after these Psalms were written
Fulfilled Prophecy
Facts about Psalm 34
• It predicts how Jesus would die20 He protects all his bones; not one of them is broken.
John 19: 31-3331 Now it was the day of Preparation, and the nextday was to be a special Sabbath. Because theJewish leaders did not want the bodies left on thecrosses during the Sabbath, they asked Pilate tohave the legs broken and the bodies takendown. 32 The soldiers therefore came and brokethe legs of the first man who had been crucifiedwith Jesus, and then those of the other. 33 Butwhen they came to Jesus and found that he wasalready dead, they did not break his legs.
Obviously He couldn’t
manipulate it
So maybe, it was coincidence
.
40 x 39 x 38 x 37 x 36 x 35
6 x 5 x 4 x 3 x 2 x 1
____________= 3,838,380
Chances of winning Lotto through probability
Chances of one man from then to now being
able to fulfil just six of these prophecies is:
1 chance in 10 to the 157th power
1 chance in 3,838,380
Obviously He couldn’t
manipulate it
So maybe, it was coincidence
.
1 chance in 10 to the 157th power
looks like this:
1 chance in 10 00,000,000,000,000,000
00,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
00,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
00,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
00,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
…and that’s called coincidence…
The Resurrection
What would it take to prove
someone had been resurrected?
• An empty tomb won’t prove itas the body could have been removed
Critics say…
It wasn’t a resurrection
because Jesus fainted…
The Resurrection
The proof would need to be that the one
who dies, would need to reappear in the
same body that they died in
WHO DID JESUS APPEAR TO? REFERENCE
Mary Magdalene Mk 16:9 – John 20:14
To the women returning from the tomb Matt 28:9-10
Peter later in the day Lk 24:34 - 1Cor 15:5
To the Emmaus Disciples Lk 24:13-33
To the Apostles without Thomas Lk 24:36-43
To the Apostles with Thomas John 20:26-29
To the seven at the Lake of Tiberias John 21:1-23
To 500+ on a Galilean Mountain 1Cor 15:6
To James 1Cor 15:7
To the Eleven Matt 28:16-20
At the ascension Acts 1:3-12
To Paul Acts 9:3-6
To Stephen Acts 7:55
To Paul in the Temple Acts 22:17-21
To John at Patmos Rev 1:10-19