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God-nature. We have seen extraordinary things today (5.26).A
Sample of Biblical Passages
The notion that the post-apostolic church voted, and
thereforeendowed Jesus with divinity, is completely foreign to the
biblicaldocuments. For example, He is prophetically called the
Everlasting
Father (Isa. 9:6), a Hebrew idiom meaning that he has an
eternalexistence (Micah 5:2; John 1:1; Jackson, Isaiah 25). Jesus
is Immanuel,which means God with us (Matt. 1:21-23).
Again, the apostle John sets the stage for his Gospel by
appealing tothe Creation event of Genesis 1.1 where God created the
heavens andthe earth. John 1:1-3 recounts that the Word (logos), as
God (theos),as the agent by which the universe began (1 John 1.1).
Becoming humanis part of the plan to bring salvation through the
cross (Phil. 2:5-10).
Finally, Paul affirms in Colossians 1.17 that in Jesus the
universestands in "perfect equilibrium" (sunistemi). If Jesus is
the unifying force othe universe, should we be surprised that Jesus
incorporated themiraculous in his ministry? No. In fact, these
signs led many to seek himas a teacher come from God (John 3.1-2).
But he is more than a teacher.
C.S. Lewis and Jesus
We conclude this piece with a look at a passage from C.S. Lewis
in hwork, Mere Christianity. Lewis goes into considerable length in
callingattention to a problem of viewing Jesus as a great moral
teacher andrejecting His claim to be God (53). As Lewis sees
it:
A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus
said[in his teaching and about himself] would not be a great
moralteacher. He would either be a lunatic - on a level with the
man whosays he is a poached egg - or else he would be the Devil of
Hell. Youmust make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the
Son of Godor else a madman or something worse. You can shut Him up
for afool, you can spit at Him and kill Him as a demon; or you can
fall atHis feet and call Him Lord and God. But let us not come with
anypatronising [sic] nonsense about His being a great human
teacher. Hhas not left that [option] open to us. He did not intend
to. (C.S. Lewi2001, Mere Christianity, 53; emphasis added)
Lewis offers three basic options when it comes to Jesus: He is
either (1) alunatic, (2) a liar, or (3) the very Lord and God
revealed in the documen
of the New Testament.Conclusion
The biblical accounts leave the issue clear that Jesus
pre-existedbefore coming to minister on this soil. From the
outside, he looked andlived as a human; but, inwardly and also
through demonstrationsshowed himself to be the Divine Word (John
1.1-3).
So what will you do with Jesus? How will you view his teaching?
Hiclaims to Divinity? His claim to be your Redeemer? You will make
adecision either way and that decision will ripple its effects in
the deepescrevices of your life. Give Him one real, genuine
inquiry. He will not
disappoint you.
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Jesus, More than a Good Teacher (continued)
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