Who was Jesus?

Let us look at Jesus. It is a historical fact that Jesus of Nazareth existed, preached, and was executed by the Romans at the insistence of the Jewish leaders. Secular history says this much. All Jesus would have had to do to avoid being executed in the most torturous way humans have ever come up with was to say He was not God. That is all. Yet He went to the cross with the words "I am (God)" on His lips.


Mark 14:61 “Again the high priest asked him, and said unto him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed? And Jesus said, "I am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven."


Why would He do this? There are only two possibilities. He either was God or He was not. There is no in between. I am either God or I am not (I will tell you right now that I am not!). You are either God or you are not. The chair I am sitting in is either God or it is not. There is no in between.


If Jesus was not God, He either knew He was not or He did not know He was not. Again, there is no in-between. He was either a liar, a lunatic or really Lord.


Liars- con-artists- are capable of convincing large numbers of people that they are divine. But they all have one thing in common: a strong sense of Self Preservation. A liar of the magnitude Christ would have had to be to pull off the things He did, would have been able to work out a deal with the Jews to avoid being crucified. The fact that He didn't even try shows that the man actually believed what He was saying. Anyone who honestly believes He is God (enough to go to the Cross for that belief) is either coo-coo or God. No alternatives.


The level of insanity that convinces a man He is God (strongly enough to override the self preservation instinct) is called Complex, Paranoid Schizophrenia. We have many examples of this disease available for study. Charles Manson is the most famous modern case, probably. I once saw a filmed interview of the man. No doubt about it. He is NUTS. He couldn't carry one thought to completion. He changed subjects in the middle of every sentence. All victims of Complex, Paranoid Schizophrenia have one thing in common; they are very violent. Charles Manson committed his crimes (slaughtering a houseful of people) trying to start a race war that would allow him to take over the world.


He who lives by the sword shall die by the sword.
Love your neighbor as yourself.
Do good to them that wrongfully use you.
Turn the other cheek.


I could go on and on with quotes from Christ. Do these sound like the rantings of a lunatic? What about the results of His teaching? "You shall know a tree by the fruit it bears." Christianity has been the greatest force for peace and brotherly love all over the world (despite a few very unchristian people who called themselves Christians). Christianity is responsible for the elimination of cannibalism. It has stopped countless feuds and wars. It stopped human sacrifice. Is this the fruit of a Complex, Paranoid Schizophrenia? I don't think so.

"Once you have eliminated all the possibilities, what ever remains, no matter how implausible, must be the truth."(Sherlock Holmes)

If Christ was not a liar; if He was not a lunatic; He must be Lord.

"There is a God, and you are not Him." Andrew Tracy