Challenge: Jesus never said, \u201cI am God.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Whenever Easter approaches, attacks on Christianity begin. Fortunately, Christians have always had solid responses, but we don’t always know where to find them or how to communicate them.<\/p>\n
In this section, I will summarize a very simple argument. Suppose you start talking to someone and, in the course of the conversation, that person says things like:<\/p>\n
\u201cI studied aviation at ______ school between 1986 and 1992.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI have 10,000 hours of flight experience.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe best co-pilot I’ve ever had as a partner is ________.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAs the captain of an aircraft, I have great responsibilities.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
When we put together everything this person said, what is the obvious conclusion? The answer is simple: we are talking to an airline pilot<\/strong>. We could even say that he is a commercial airline pilot. The curious thing about this is that in this conversation, our interlocutor never said, \u201cI am an airline pilot.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
The same thing happens with this challenge that is routinely thrown at us when we hear people say, \u201cJesus never said, \u2018I am God.\u2019\u201d That is true, but both Jesus and his followers said things that imply<\/em> <\/strong>the inevitable equivalent conclusion: \u201cJesus claimed to be God.\u201d<\/p>\n
The argument is simple. In six writings, I have argued six different points that lead to this conclusion.<\/p>\n
In this first document<\/a>, I cite the sources I use. These sources are only sources that practically all New Testament scholars, including critical (agnostics and atheist) scholars, would grant as historical or authentic.<\/span><\/p>\n
In the second document<\/a>, I argue that Jesus receives honors<\/strong><\/em> that are due to God..<\/span><\/p>\n
In the third document<\/a>, I argue that Jesus shares attributes<\/strong><\/em> with God.<\/span><\/p>\n
In the fourth document<\/a>, I argue that Jesus shares the names<\/em><\/strong> of God.<\/span><\/p>\n