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