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For a child is born to us, a son is given to us. The government will rest on his shoulders. And he will be called: Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6

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A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher. He would either be a lunatic — on the level with the man who says he is a poached egg — or else he would be the Devil of Hell. You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God,

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or else a madman or something worse. You can shut him up for a fool, you can spit at him and kill him as a demon or you can fall at his feet and call him Lord and God, but let us not come with any patronising nonsense about his being a great human teacher. He has not left that open to us. He did not intend to.

CS Lewis, Mere Christianity, pp.54-56

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• Jesus put Himself equal with God: John 10:30

• Jesus forgave sins: Mark 2:5-7 (p.762)

• Jesus knew people’s thoughts: Mark 2:8

• Jesus taught with authority, and gave God’s instruction: Matt 7:24-29 (p.738)

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• Jesus accepted worship: Matt 14:33– “My Lord and my God!” Thomas

exclaimed. John 20:30• Jesus had God’s power:

– Over sickness: Matt 8:13– Over creation: Matt 8:26-27– Over demons: Matt 8:32

The Lion

• You can’t tame Jesus (see Matt 11:2-6)

• He is stronger than all.– Romans 8:31 – If God is for us,

who can be against us?

The Death of Fear

• Matt 8:25-27 (p.739)• Matt 26:34-35• In Acts – their fear is DEAD.

How?• Matt 28:18-20• Jesus Christ is God. Trust Him

and let go of all fear.

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