Several years ago I was on a red eye flight from LA to St. Louis and the man next to me struck up a conversation. He told me about an article he had just read about Jesus Christ that was based on a survey asking people who they thought Jesus was. After listening to his synopsis, I asked him: “Well, who do you think Jesus was?” “It doesn’t really matter what I think,” he answered.
Not content with his answer, I pressed a little bit more. Finally he said, “Jesus was a man just like you and me. He had great ideas and he was noble enough to die for his cause. And if people want to make him out to be a god just because of that, then I guess the heavens are full of a lot of gods. It’s not like he even claimed to be God anyway!”
Did Jesus really not claim to be God? What if he did? Would it change people’s minds? Join us this Sunday, June 21, as we take a look at Jesus’ own words and see that he claimed to be more than just a man – he claimed to be God.
