Jesus was historically a real Man, but was He more than that? Today we're answering the question:
Is Jesus God?
The answer is yes.
History and most religions acknowledge that Jesus was in fact a real Man but just a historical figure.
They say he was a Jewish teacher, prophet, and a philosopher.
How can we know that Jesus was more than just a Man?
Consider the following:
How do we know if something is true?
From eyewitnesses, multiple people who saw the same event.
There are 4 different historical documents describing Jesus's work, and we know these documents today as “the gospels”.
These documents are compiled from
Eyewitness accounts, confirmed Eyewitness accounts, and interviewing of Eyewitness accounts. During this time period, almost 2,000 years ago, people took special care to document word of mouth and written word.
All accounts overlap in many ways.
Most of the people who witnessed everything Jesus did and said were still alive when these documents were being written and circulated around the local regions.
Therefore, if there were errors with the accounts, the people could have corrected, affirmed, or denied any part of what was written about Jesus.
The 4 gospels we have today were confirmed by these ancient Eyewitnesses of almost 2,000 years ago.
Many historians, scientists, and philosophers have confirmed that what was written is correct.
Consider this too
These eyewitnesses of Jesus had nothing to gain from sharing this information but excommunication from their original communities, hostile persecution, and death.
And they did.
They lost everything, including their lives for sharing what they saw.
Most people would drop something they knew wasn't true to save their own skins.
Logically what they witnessed and held on to as truth to the death must have been true.
So....what did they witness?
They witnessed this man Jesus doing powerful miracles like healing hundreds of sick people, walking on water, bringing dead people back to life and much more.
Then Jesus was seen being killed by being impaled upon two cross beams for doing nothing wrong.
After 3 days of being dead and seen buried in a tomb, the eyewitnesses saw Jesus ALIVE again.
Here is one of the earliest manuscripts written by a Jesus follower named Paul:
3 For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4 and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, 5 and that He appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. 6 After that He appeared to more than five hundred brethren at one time, most of whom are alive now, but some have died; 7 then He appeared to James, then to all the apostles; 8 and last of all, as to one untimely born, He appeared to me also. (1 Corinthians 15:3-8, NASB)
What Paul is saying is that Jesus showed Himself to many people when He came back to life to prove He was alive.
Again, this manuscript and the 4 gospels were intensely peer reviewed, most eyewitnesses were still alive to confirm that these statements were true.
So according to the many eyewitnesses and their documentation, this shows that Jesus really did exist, that He really did incredible miracles, and that He came back to life after dying and being buried.
BUT
Jesus also claimed to be God.
Who is God?
God is the Creator of the universe, and the One Who is in charge of everything, called Father God.
This Man Jesus claimed to be God?
According to the eyewitnesses, Jesus did the miraculous to demonstrate that He is God.
Listen to this conversation Jesus had with the Jewish people in His community:
2 And they brought to Him a paralyzed man lying on a stretcher. Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralytic, "Take courage, son; your sins are forgiven."
Matthew 9:2
21 The scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, "Who is this man who speaks blasphemies? Who can forg
