Jesus: God or Just a Really Good Guy? [The Hard Teachings of Jesus Series #1]

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Chapters
0:00
Coming up in this episode
0:33
Intro to this series
6:42
The skeptical charge: Jesus never said he was God in the Synoptic gospels
7:40
When the gospels were written after Christ’s death
9:04
The accuracy of the gospels
10:35
What the Synoptic gospels actually record
11:45
The religious context of 1st-century Israel
12:41
Monotheism: the bedrock of Jewish religion
16:28
The Jewish aversion to deifying and worshiping men
21:05
How Jesus reinforced and affirmed monotheism
25:57
How Jesus presented Himself: His disciples needed to realize Jesus is God
27:05
Jesus’ mission and message: the arrival of the Kingdom of God
34:40
Jesus’ miracles: how Jesus embodied the power of the Kingdom
46:37
Jesus’ overt claims to divinity
53:06
Why does it matter?
54:15
We can’t say Jesus was just a good guy
54:55
Jesus’s Divinity: the very heart of the Gospel
56:03
Conclusion
Prepared to Answer Podcast
Jesus: God or Just a Really Good Guy? [The Hard Teachings of Jesus Series #1]
Jun 06, 2023
Prepared to Answer

Jesus did claim to be God. Both Old and New Testament Bible verses give proof to Jesus’ claim to be the son of God. We’ll unravel the prophecies and Biblical truths affirming Jesus as God. Discover the arguments against the deity of Christ and how to clearly explain Christ in today’s world.

Be sure that, as God, Jesus is Creator and Saviour – so much more than just a good guy who lived an exemplary life.

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