Sunday, February 17, 2019

The Central Character of the Bible (3 of 3 notes)

Part Two
Bibliology: 9 BIBLE EVIDENCES
A DISPENSATIONAL THEOLOGY
By Charles F Baker

If the Biblical record is true concerning the person and character of Jesus Christ, then we must acknowledge the exalted claims which He made for Himself. He claimed to have existed before Abraham (John8:56-58); to have come down from heaven (John6:33, 38); to have been with the Father before the creation of the world (John 17:5); to be the Christ, the Son of the living God (Matthew16:16); to be the One about whom all of the Old Testament prophets spoke (Luke 24:27, 44); to have power to forgive sins (Matthew 9:3-6); to have all authority in heaven and earth (Matthew 28:18); to be the resurrection and the life (John 11:25); to be the way, the truth, and the life (John 14:6); to be the final judge of mankind (Matthew 25:31, 32); to be equal with God (John 5:18; 10:30). These claims are either true or false. If false, we must conclude that Jesus Christ was either a deluded fanatic or a determined deceiver. It seems impossible to believe that either type of character could have had such a redeeming influence upon humanity for the past nineteen centuries as the knowledge of Christ has produced. If His claims are true, then it is a foregone conclusion that we are dealing with a supernatural character and that the book which records this Person also takes on the same supernatural character, for it is His revelator.

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