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Logic provesLogic provesLogic provesLogic proves:

1. TruthTruthTruthTruth exists, and everything that contradicts it is False [If you disagree, then you are actually agreeing by the fact that you are sharing

something else that you believe is true]

2. Truth is KnowableKnowableKnowableKnowable[If you disagree, then you are actually agreeing by saying that you know it is true….

that truth cannot be known.

3. We can know with High Certainty High Certainty High Certainty High Certainty what the Truth is[If you disagree and give several reasons why, then you are actually agreeing by

sharing all the evidence that has led you to high certainty in your opposing

view]

Observation and Logic proveObservation and Logic proveObservation and Logic proveObservation and Logic prove:

• MATTERMATTERMATTERMATTER – If everything we observe that has a beginning has a cause, then since the Universe has a beginning, it likely had a Cause/Creator.

• DESIGNDESIGNDESIGNDESIGN – If everything we observe that has a design has a designer, then since the Universe has a highly complex design, it likely had an

intelligent Designer.

• ETHICSETHICSETHICSETHICS – If every moral law we observe has a Law Maker/Giver, then

since every human has a moral law inside them, there likely is aMoral

Law Giver.


• MIRACLESMIRACLESMIRACLESMIRACLES – If only God can do miracles, then miracles would be God’s

way of confirming His message. The Bible records over 250 miracles.

• PROPHECYPROPHECYPROPHECYPROPHECY– If only God knows the future, then detailed prophecies with

exact fulfillments would be another way of God confirming His message.

The Bible is 25% prophetic, many prophecies already exactly fulfilled.

• HISTORYHISTORYHISTORYHISTORY–The New Testament has more copies and earlier copies than

any ancient document. It was written soon after the events, by

eyewitnesses who have been proven accurate, and who lost everything

for their beliefs.

1. Who did JESUS Claim to Be?

a. Messiah (Matthew 16:16,17, John 4:25,26)

b. Savior (Matthew 20:28, John 3:14-17; 12:47)

c. GOD (John 10:30,33 8:58,59 5:18, 14:9,10)

1. Jesus Claimed to be.. The MESSIAHMESSIAHa. a. a. a. Matthew 16:16,17 Matthew 16:16,17 Matthew 16:16,17 Matthew 16:16,17 ----“Simon Peter replied, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living

God." 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.”

b. b. b. b. John 4:25,26 John 4:25,26 John 4:25,26 John 4:25,26 ----• “The woman said to him, "I know that Messiah is coming (he

who is called Christ). When he comes, he will tell us all things."

Jesus said to her, "I who speak to you am he."




c. GOD (John 10:30,33 8:58,59 5:18, 14:9,10)

2. Jesus Claimed to be.. The SAVIORSAVIORa. a. a. a. Matthew 20:28 Matthew 20:28 Matthew 20:28 Matthew 20:28 ----“even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to

give his life as a ransom for many.”

b. b. b. b. John 3:14John 3:14John 3:14John 3:14----17, 12:47 17, 12:47 17, 12:47 17, 12:47 ----• “And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the

Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.

For God so loved the world, that whoever believes in him should not perish

but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to

condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through

Him.“ [12:47] “If anyone hears my words and does not keep them, I do not

judge him for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world.’




c. GOD (John 10:30,33 8:58,59 5:18, 14:9,10)

3. Jesus Claimed to be.. GODGODa. a. a. a. John 10:30,33; 8:58,59John 10:30,33; 8:58,59John 10:30,33; 8:58,59John 10:30,33; 8:58,59----“I and the Father are One. [33]The Jews answered him, ‘It is not for a

good work that we are going to stone you but for blasphemy, because you, being a man, make yourself God.” [8:58,59] “Jesus said to them, ‘Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am. ‘ So they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple.’

b. b. b. b. John 5:18, 14:9 John 5:18, 14:9 John 5:18, 14:9 John 5:18, 14:9 ----• “This was why the Jews were seeking all the more to kill him, because

not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own

Father, making himself equal with God.“ [14:9) “Jesus said to him, ‘Have I

been with you so long, and you still don not know me, Philip? Whoever has

seen me, has seen the Father.”




c. GOD (John 10:30,33 8:58,59 5:18, 14:9,10)

1. Jesus Claimed to be.. The MESSIAHMESSIAH

a. BEREISHIT (Genesis) 3:15-“And I shall place hatred between you and between the woman, and between your seed and between her seed. He will crush your head, and you will bite his heel.”

*Messianic Prophecy: The Messiah, who will crush Satan, will be

from the seed of a woman instead of a man.

1. Jesus Claimed to be.. The MESSIAHMESSIAHb. BEREISHIT (Genesis) 12:3,7-

“And I will bless those who bless you, and the one who curses you I will curse, and all the families of the earthshall be blessed in you.”

“And the Lord appeared to Abram, and He said, "To your seed I will give this land," and there he built an altar to the Lord, Who had appeared to him.”

*Messianic Prophecy: The Messiah (‘seed’) will come from the line of

Abraham and rule over all the land.


c. BEREISHIT (Genesis) 49:10-“The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the student of the law from between his feet, until Shiloh comes, and to him will be a gathering of peoples.”

*Messianic Prophecy: The Messiah will come from the tribe of Judah

like the other kings, and He will be the true King.


d. YIRMIYAHU (Jeremiah) 23:5,6-“Behold, days are coming, says the Lord, when I will set up of David a righteous shoot, and he shall reign as king and prosper, and he shall perform judgment and righteousness in the land. In his days, Judah shall be saved and Israel shall dwell safely, and this is his name that he shall be called, The LORD is our righteousness.”

*Messianic Prophecy: The Messiah will come from the line of David,

will be king, and will be called, ‘Jehovah’, or God.


e. MICHAH (Micah) 5:1-“And you, Bethlehem Ephrathah - you should have been the lowest of the clans of Judah - from you [he] shall emerge for Me, to be a ruler over Israel; and his origin is from of old, from days of yore.”

*Messianic Prophecy: The Messiah will be born in the small town of

Bethlehem, but will have existed eternally.


f. MALACHI (Malachi) 3:1-“Behold I send My angel (messenger), and he will clear a way before Me. And suddenly, the Lord Whom you seek will come to His Temple. And behold! The angel of the covenant, whom you desire, is coming, says the Lord of Hosts.”

*Messianic Prophecy: The Messiah will have a messenger go before

Him, and He’ll suddenly come to the Temple.

1. Jesus Claimed to be..The MESSIAHMESSIAHg. DANIEL (Daniel) 9:25,26-“And you shall know and understand that from the emergence of the word to restore and to rebuild Jerusalem until the anointed king [shall be] seven weeks, and [in] sixty-two weeks it will return and be built street and moat, but in troubled times. And after the sixty-two weeks, the anointed one will be cut off, and he will be no more, and the people of the coming monarch will destroy the city and the Sanctuary, and his end will come about by inundation, and until the end of the war, it will be cut off into desolation”

- *Messianic Prophecy: The Messiah will be ‘cut off’ (die) exactly

483 years after the decree to rebuild Jerusalem (33ad).

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Has there ever been a person who.. ?

- was miraculously born from the seed of a woman

- from the line of Abraham

- from the tribe of Judah

- from the line of David

- claimed and gave evidence that He was God

- was born in the small town of Bethlehem

- had a messenger go before Him, suddenly appeared in the Temple

- and died exactly 483 years after the decree to rebuild Jerusalem

- Prophecies could not be self-controlled

- There are 10 times more (total 70+) Messianic

prophecies that Jesus also fulfilled!




c. GOD (John 10:30,33 8:58,59 5:18, 14:9,10)

2. Jesus Claimed to be.. The SAVIORSAVIORYESHAYAHU (Isaiah) 53:4-12 -“Indeed, he bore our illnesses, and our pains - he carried them, yet we accounted him as plagued, smitten by God and oppressed. But he was pained because of our transgressions, crushed because of our iniquities; the chastisement of our welfare was upon him, and with his wound we were healed. We all went astray like sheep, we have turned, each one on his way, and the Lord accepted his prayers for the iniquity of all of us. He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he would not open his mouth; like a lamb to the slaughter he would be brought, and like a ewe that is mute before her shearers, and he would not open his mouth. From imprisonment and from judgment he is taken, and his generation who shall tell? For he was cut off from the land of the living; because of the transgression of my people, a plague befell them ..”

2. Jesus Claimed to be.. The SAVIORSAVIORYESHAYAHU (Isaiah) 53:4-12 -“..And he gave his grave to the wicked, and to the wealthy with his kinds of death, because he committed no violence, and there was no deceit in his mouth. And the Lord wished to crush him, He made him ill; if his soul makes itself restitution, he shall see children, he shall prolong his days, and God's purpose shall prosper in his hand. From the toil of his soul he would see, he would be satisfied; with his knowledge My servant would vindicate the just for many, and their iniquities he would bear. Therefore, I will allot him a portion in public, and with the strong he shall share plunder, because he poured out his soul to death, and with transgressors he was counted; and he bore the sin of many, and interceded for the transgressors.”

Has there ever been a person who.. ?- bore people’s illnesses and weaknesses

- was considered smitten by God in His death

- was chastised and crushed, but not because of His own iniquities

- claimed to heal others by His own wounds

- prayed for sinners during His life

- like a lamb before shearers, was led to the slaughter

- didn’t open His mouth when brought before His tormentors

- was judged as a sinner, worthy of death

- was sent to the grave with the wicked, but buried with the wealthy

Has there ever been a person who.. ?- never committed violence to those who harmed him

- never was deceitful, but always spoke the Truth

- was crushed by the LORD, according to His will

- pleased the LORD through his death

- saw the toil of his soul and was satisfied

- as the LORD’s servant, bore the iniquity of many

- poured out his soul to the point of his death

- gained a portion or inheritance through his death

- bore the sin of many, and interceded for transgressors

- Even Jews, before and after the time of Jesus,

interpreted Isaiah 53 as referring to their MESSIAH

- Isaiah 53 cancancancancancancancan’’’’’’’’tttttttt refer to the nation of Israel because:

1. Israel isn’t sinless (53:9)

2. Israel is never silent before accusers (53:7)

3. Israel doesn’t die a sacrificial death (53:4-6,8,10-12)

- Isaiah 53 unquestionably refers to the Messiah as SAVIOR

3. Jesus Claimed to be.. GODGOD

There are two ways Jesus proved His claim:

1. Miracles He Performed

2. Rising from the Dead

3. Jesus Claimed to be.. GODGODThere are at least 37 recorded miracles to prove His claim:

1 Changed water into wine

2 Healed the royal official's son

3 Healed a demon-possessed man in Capernaum

4 Healed Simon Peter's mother-in-law

5 Healed the sick during that evening

6 Caught a large number of fish

7 Healed a leper

8 Healed a centurion's servant

9 Healed a paralyzed man

10 Healed a man’s withered hand

11 Raised a widow's son

12 Calmed the stormy sea

13 Healed the Gerasene demon-possessed man

14 Healed a woman with internal bleeding

15 Raised Jairus' daughter

16 Healed two blind men

17 Healed a mute man possessed by a demon

18 Healed a man who was crippled for 38 years

19 Fed 5000 men and their families

20 Walked on water

21 Healed many in Gennesaret

22 Healed a demon-possessed girl

23 Healed a deaf man with a speech impediment

24 Fed the 4000 men and their families

25 Healed a blind man in Bethsaida

26 Healed a man born blind

27 Healed a boy possessed by a demon

28 Caught a fish with a coin in its mouth

29 Healed a blind and mute man who was demon-

possessed

30 Healed a woman with an 18 year infirmity

31 Healed a man with dropsy

32 Healed 10 men suffering from leprosy

33 Brought Lazarus back to life

34 Healed Bartimaeus of blindness

35 Cursed and withered a fig tree

36 Restored a severed ear

37 Caught 153 fish

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“Now there are also many other things that Jesus did. Were every one of them to be written, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written.”

- The Gospel of JOHN

Evidence for Jesus’ RESURRECTION: 1. The Gospel Writers Record It As Fact

2. Jesus Appeared Repeatedly, over 40 days (12x)

3. Jesus Was Seen By Multiple People – 500 at once

4. Paul Challenges people to disprove him

5. There is only one alternative 1st Century theory for the missing

body of Jesus.

6. Other theories lack 1st Century evidence

7. 11 previously frightened Jews, and Saul the greatest persecutor of

the church at the time, suddenly abandon their long-held beliefs and start

a new movement, risk their life and call a crucified man their Messiah,

Savior and LORD

8. The Body of Jesus was Missing (Tomb was Empty)

Eyewitnessess of Jesus’ RESURRECTION:

o Mary Magdalene

o Mary Magdalene and other Mary

o Peter and John

o Two disciples on road to Emmaus

o Ten apostles

o 11 apostles

o 7 apostles

o All apostles

o 500 people at once

o James

o All apostles

o Paul





5. There is only one alternative 1st Century theory for the missing body of Jesus.


7. 11 previously frightened Jews, and Saul the greatest persecutor of the church at the time, suddenly abandon their long-held beliefs and start a new movement, risk their life and call a crucified man their Messiah, Savior and LORD


“..that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures, and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. Then he appeared to more than five five five five hundred hundred hundred hundred brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep.”

- The Apostle PAUL

“..But Paul said, ‘I am not out of my mind, most excellent Festus, but I am speaking true and rational words. For the king [Agrippa] knows about these things, and to him I speak boldly. For I am persuaded that none of these things escaped his notice, for this has not been done in a corner.”

- The Apostle PAUL

“While they were going, behold, some of the guard went into the city and told the chief priests all that had taken place. And when they had assembled with the elders and taken counsel, they gave a sufficient sum of money to the soldiers and said, ‘Tell people, ‘His disciples came by night and stole him away while we were asleep.’ And if this comes to the governor’s ears, we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble.’ So they took the money and did as they were directed. And this story has been spread among the Jews to this day.”

- The Apostle MATTHEW








8. The Body of Jesus was Missing (Tomb was empty)

SUMMARY:SUMMARY:SUMMARY:SUMMARY:

•Jesus clearly claimed to be the Messiah, the Savior and God.

•There is only one person in all of history who has fit the description of just 7 Messianic prophecies. Jesus. He has also already fulfilled over 70 prophecies.

•There is only one person who fits the description of Isaiah 53: Jesus. Even Jews interpreted this passage to describe their Messiah being their Savior.

•There are 37 miracles of Jesus recorded, all by one who claimed to be God. There were many more that He performed that weren’t recorded.

•There are at least 8 solid reasons, all of them evidence from the first century, to believe that Jesus really did rise from the dead, just like He predicted.

Logic provesLogic provesLogic provesLogic proves:

1. TruthTruthTruthTruth exists, and everything that contradicts it is False [If you disagree, then you are actually agreeing by the fact that you are sharing

something else that you believe is true]

2. Truth is KnowableKnowableKnowableKnowable[If you disagree, then you are actually agreeing by saying that you know it is true…

that truth cannot be known.

3. We can know with High Certainty High Certainty High Certainty High Certainty what the Truth is[If you disagree and give several reasons why, then you are actually agreeing by sharing

all the evidence that has led you to high certainty in your opposing view]


• MATTERMATTERMATTERMATTER – If everything we observe that has a beginning has a cause, then since the Universe had a beginning, it likely had a Cause/Creator.

• DESIGNDESIGNDESIGNDESIGN – If everything we observe that has a design had a designer, then since the Universe has a highly complex design, it likely had an

intelligent Designer.

• ETHICSETHICSETHICSETHICS – If every moral law we observe has a Law Maker/Giver, then

since every human has a moral law inside them, there likely is aMoral

Law Giver.


• MIRACLESMIRACLESMIRACLESMIRACLES – If only God can do miracles, then miracles would be God’s

way of confirming His message. The Bible records over 250 miracles.

• PROPHECYPROPHECYPROPHECYPROPHECY– If only God knows the future, then detailed prophecies with

exact fulfillments would be another way of God confirming His message.

The Bible is 25% prophetic, many prophecies already exactly fulfilled.

• HISTORYHISTORYHISTORYHISTORY–The New Testament has more copies and earlier copies than

any ancient document. It was written soon after the events, by

eyewitnesses who have been proven accurate, and who lost everything

for their beliefs.


• MESSIAHMESSIAHMESSIAHMESSIAH – Jesus claimed to be the MESSIAH, and fulfilled

over 70 Messianic prophecies in the Tanakh (Old Testament).

• SAVIORSAVIORSAVIORSAVIOR – Jesus claimed to be the SAVIOR, and exactly

fulfilled the prophecy of the Savior in Isaiah 53 by His

sacrificial death on the cross.

• GODGODGODGOD – Jesus claimed to be GOD, and performed over 37

miracles and rose from the dead, just like He predicted.

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