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Josh McDowell

Family

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“Jesus was viewed

by His followers as a

mortal prophet…”

Claim

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“…a great and powerful

man, but a man

nonetheless.”(The DaVinci Code, pg. 233)

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Claim

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Matthew 16:13-17“Now when Jesus came into the

district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples,

‘And they said, ‘Some say John the Baptist, others say…

‘Who do people say that the Son of Man is?’

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Matthew 16:13-17

‘…Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.’, He said to them,

‘But who do you say that I am?’

Simon Peter replied,

‘You are the Christ the Son of the living God.’ D29

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Matthew 16:13-17

“…And Jesus answered him,

‘Blessed are you,Simon Bar-Jonah!

For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who

is in heaven.’”D30 D16

Matthew 27:37-43

So also the chief priests, with the scribes and elders, mocked him, saying,

‘He saved others;…

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Matthew 27:37-43

…he cannot save himself. He is the King of Israel; let him come down now from

the cross, and we will believe in him…

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Matthew 27:37-43

…He trusts in God; let God deliver him now, if he

desires him.

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And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the

paralytic,

‘Son, your sins are forgiven.’…

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…Now some of the scribes were sitting there, question in their hearts, ‘Why does this man speak like that? He is

blaspheming!

Who can forgive sins but

God alone?’

Isaiah 43:25

“I–yes, I alone–will blot out your sins for

my own sake.”

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The Trials of Jesus

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Mark 14:60-62

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“Then the high priest stood up before the others and asked

Jesus, ‘Well, aren't you going to answer these charges?

What do you have to say for yourself?”…

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…Jesus made no reply. Then the high priest asked him, ‘Are you the Messiah, the Son of the blessed God?’…

Matthew 26:62-63

“…said to Him, ‘ I adjure You by the

living God, that You tell us whether You are the Christ, the Son of God.’”

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Mark 14:62

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…Jesus said,

‘I Am.’

Mark 14:63-64

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“And the high priest tore his garments and said, ‘What further witnesses do we need? You have

heard his blasphemy. What is your decision?’…

Mark 14:63-64

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... And they all condemned him as deserving death.”

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John 5:15-18

“The man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made

him well.For this reason the Jews were

persecuting Jesus , because He was doing…

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John 5:15-18

“…these things on the Sabbath. But Jesus answered them,

‘ My Father is working until now and I Myself am working.’

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John 5:15-18

“For this reason, therefore, the Jews were seeking all the more to kill him, because He was not only breaking the

Sabbath, but…

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John 5:15-18

“ …also was calling God his own Father, making

himself equal with God.”

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John 10:27-33

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‘… I and the Father are one.’

The Jews picked up stones again to stone him. Jesus answered them,

‘I have shown you many good works from the Father…’

John 10:27-33

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… for which of them are you going to stone me?’

The Jews answered him,

‘It is not for a good work that we are going to stone you but for blasphemy…

John 10:27-33

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…because you, being a man, make yourself God.’”

“Jesus was viewed

by His followers as a

mortal prophet…”

Claim

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“…a great and powerful

man, but a man

nonetheless.”(The DaVinci Code, pg. 233)

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Claim

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John 1:1-2

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“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the

beginning with God….”

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John 11:21-27

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‘…Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and

everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die.

Do you believe this?’

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John 11:21-27

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…She said to him, ‘Yes, Lord; I believe that you

are the Christ, the Son of God, who is coming into the

world.’”

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John 1:47-49

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…Jesus answered him,

‘Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.’

Nathanael answered him,

‘Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!’” D39

Acts 7:55-56

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“‘Behold, I see the heavens opened, and

the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.’”

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Hebrews 1:8

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“To His Son he says, ‘YOUR Throne, O God,

endures forever and ever.’”

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John 20:25-29

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Then he said to Thomas, ‘Put your finger here, and

see my hands; and put your hand, and place it

in my side.Do not disbelieve…

John 20:25-29

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…but believe.’Thomas answered him, ‘My Lord and my God!’

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Titus 2:13

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while we look forward to that wonderful event when

, will be revealed.

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“…being the

first-begotten

Word of God, is

even God.”

“Jesus is ‘both

God and Lord.’”

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(177 A.D.)

“…our Lord and our God.”

(Against Heresies, book 1, chapter 10)

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Clement of Alexandria

“…He was His son.”

(Exhortation to the Heathen, chapter 10)

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(153-217 A.D.)

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Ignatius of Antioch

“…God, existing in flesh

…even Jesus our Lord.”

(Letter to the Ephesians, chapter 7)

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(110 A.D.)

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Ignatius of Antioch

(110 A.D.)

“…God, incarnate…God

Himself appearing in the form of man.”

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“There is one

Lord, only of

the only

God of God...

True Son of True

Father.”(Declaration of Faith)

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(213-270 A.D.)

Gregory Thaumaturgus

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Melito of Sardis

“He was man, yet He is God.”

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(177 circa A.D.)

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Pliny the Younger

To the Emperor Trajan:

The early Christians

“were in the habit of

meeting on a certain

fixed day when they

sang a hymn to Christ,

as to a god.”

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(a non-Christian around 112A.D.)

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“I AM THE ”

John 14:6

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“I AM THE WAY,

AND THE TRUTH,

AND THE LIFE”

John 14:6

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“I have fidelity to the original.”

Jesus Said:

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“I am the same or equal to the original.”

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Jesus Said:

John 14:1

“Do not let your heart be troubled; he who believes in God, believes

also in Me.”

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John 14:7

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“If you had known Me,

you would have known

My Father also…”John 14:7

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“…from now on you know Him, and have seen Him.”

John 14:9

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“… He who has seen Me has seen the Father.”

John 14:24

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“… The word you hear is not Mine,

but the Father’s who sent Me.”

John 12:45

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“He who sees Me

sees the One who sent Me.”

John 8:32

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“You will know the truth...

and the truth will set you free.”

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Two Alternatives

His Claims were

His Claims were

Jesus Claimed to be God

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His Claims were

He KNEW His Claims

were

He DID NOT KNOW His

Claims were

Jesus Claimed to be God

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He KNEW His Claims were

He made a DELIBERATE MISREPRESENTATION

He was a LIAR

He was a HYPOCRITE

He was a DEMON

He was a FOOL for He died for it.

Jesus Claimed to be God

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He DID NOT KNOW His Claims were

He was SINCERELY DELUDED

He was a LUNATIC

Jesus Claimed to be God

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His Claims were

Jesus Claimed to be God

He is the LORD

Jesus Claimed to be God

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His Claims were

He is the LORD

Two Alternatives

You can

ACCEPTYou can

REJECT

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Galatians 4:4

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“But when the right time came, God sent His Son, born of a woman,

subject to the law.”

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Luke 24:44

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“Now He said to them,…all things which are written about

Me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms

must be fulfilled.’”

Acts 17:2-3

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As was Paul’s custom, he went to the synagogue service, and for three

Sabbaths in a row he used the Scriptures to reason with the

people…

Acts 17:2-3

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He explained the prophecies and proved that the Messiah must suffer and rise

from the dead. He said,‘This Jesus I’m telling you about is the

Messiah.’”

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500 years BC

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500 years BC 250 years BC

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Jesus of Nazareth

All others born in history come from the seed of a

man.

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Jesus of Nazareth

Genesis 9 and 10 narrows down the address further.

Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

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Jesus of Nazareth

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All the nations of the worldcan be traced back to these three men.

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Lineage of Shem

2000 BC: God called a man named Abraham out of Ur

of the Chaldees.

Jesus of Nazareth

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Lineage of Shem

Descendants of

Abraham129

Jesus of Nazareth

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Abraham had 8 childrenGod eliminates

seven-eightsof lineage of Abraham.

(see Genesis 16:3-4 & 25:1-6)

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Jesus of Nazareth

God selected the second son,Isaac,

to be the progenitor of the Messiah.

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Lineage of Shem

Descendants of

Abraham129

Line of

Isaac 130

Jesus of Nazareth

Isaac had two sons, Jacob and Esau.

(see Genesis 28:1-4; 35:10-12, Numbers 24:17)

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Lineage of Shem

Descendants of

Abraham129

Line of

Isaac 130

Line of Jacob131

Jesus of Nazareth

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Jacob had twelve sons,out of whose descendants

developed the twelve tribes of Israel.

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Lineage of Shem

Descendants of

Abraham129

Line of

Isaac 130Line of Jacob

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Jesus of Nazareth

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“God eliminated all the family lines ,but one…”

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Lineage of Shem

Descendants of

Abraham129

Line of

Isaac 130

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Line of Jacob131 D132

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Jesse had eight sons. God eliminated seven-eights of

Jesse’s family line by choosing Jesse’s son David

(see 2 Samuel 7:12-16/Jeremiah 23:5)

Jesus of Nazareth

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Lineage of Shem

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Descendants of

Abraham129

Line of

Isaac 130

Line of Jacob131 D132

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Psalm 22

1015 B.C.

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Lineage of Shem

Descendants of

Abraham129

Line of

Isaac 130Line of Jacob

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Zechariah 11

Psalm 41

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Lineage of Shem

Descendants of

Abraham129

Line of

Isaac 130Line of Jacob

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In Micah 5:2 God eliminated all the cities of the world and selected Bethlehem, with a population of less than one

thousand people, as the Messiah‘s birthplace.

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Jesus of Nazareth

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Lineage of Shem

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Descendants of

Abraham129

Line of

Isaac 130

Line of Jacob131 D132

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Malachi 3

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Lineage of Shem

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Descendants of

Abraham129

Line of

Isaac 130

Line of Jacob131 D132

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Ezekiel 36:26

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“…I will give you a new heart, and I will put a

new spirit within you.”

2 Corinthians 5:17

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“Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed

away; behold, new things have come.”

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= same chance that one person could have

fulfilled just 48 of the Messianic

prophesies.

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How long would it take to count a 1-inch

line of electrons?

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D1917b

Counting 250 electronsper minute…

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It would take

19,000,000YEARS!!

Yes, 19 MILLION Years!

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Okay math geniuses…

– if it takes 19 million years to

count a 1 inch line of electrons…

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How long would it take to count 1 cubic inch of

electrons?

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19,000,000 YEARS X

19,000,000 YEARS X

19,000,000 YEARS Ezekiel 36:26

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“…I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit within you.”

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Interview with Rabbi Yosef Levanon

“In your opinion, who is Jesus Christ?”

QUESTION:

“He was a good, kind man, but not Lord.”

ANSWER:

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Interview with Rabbi Yosef Levanon

“Then He must have been either a lunatic to think He was the son of God,

or a liar to say so.”

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Interview with Rabbi Yosef Levanon

“No, no, no… He spoke far too well

to be a lunatic, and he was too good of a man to be a liar. But Jesus

Christ was no Lord.”

www.josh.org/joshtalks

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