Who is Jesus? By R.C. Sproul. Orlando: Reformation Trust, 1983, 1999, 2009.
Philosophers, bible critics, theologians, spiritualists, atheists, and even hollywood has their own versions of the "real" Jesus, which, of course, conflicts with the biblical account of Jesus as the Christ, the Son of God. Some say Jesus thought he was God's Son, or the title was thrust upon him postmortem by his followers, or maybe he was at least a moral teacher of good things. However, none of these descriptions suffice for salvation! If the real Jesus is the not the Jesus of Scripture, we will never be saved!
Sproul takes a look at the primary source, Scripture, and examines the titles and life of Jesus. The conclusion is remarkably clear and evident. Jesus of Nazareth was indeed the Son of God! As long as we do not dismiss the eyewitness accounts (which we never do in any other type of examination), the conclusion becomes obvious. The real Jesus is the biblical Jesus!
I firmly believe in the literal, bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead as an actual, historical event, and for very good reasons. I hold the resurrection of Christ to be absolute, historical fact because to believe that Jesus did...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
The Word - v1 God - v1 Life - v4 The Light - v4 The true Light - v9 The only Son from the Father - v14 Full of grace and truth - v14 Jesus Christ - v17 The only God at the Father’s side - v18 the Lord - v23 The Lamb of God - v29 Jesus - v29...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
The Word Became Flesh (John 1:14) - The deity took on humanity. The divine was clothed in human flesh. The humanity of Christ cloaked His divine nature, but it did not lessen or weaken it. The divine nature assumed a complete human nature but did...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
