Who is Jesus_ Script 2011

ALPHA 2011 Talk 1: Who Is Jesus?Jamie Haith 1/21

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THE ALPHA COURSE SCRIPT: WHO IS JESUS? TALK: 1 DURATION: 20 MINUTES


WEEK 1: WHO IS JESUS? (Play Vox Pops Who Is Jesus?) (Introduction) Millions dont believe inJesus....millions do...everyone seems to believe different

things about him. So whos right?

When a Christian says the gospel all about Jesus is true....how do they

know?....how can they be so sure?.... is it just a matter of blind faith?

What is the evidence for Christianity?

Is Jesus just a myth? Did he even exist?

Regardless of their religious belief, no serious historian would deny that Jesus

existedall would agree that there is simply too much evidence that Jesus

lived on earth.

There's evidence first outside the New Testament.

For example, the Roman historians Tacitus and Suetonius speak about him.

(Key Quote)

The Jewish historian Josephus, writing very close to Jesus' time said this:

`Now, there was about this time Jesus, a wise man if it is lawful to call

him a man, for he was a doer of wonderful works, a teacher of such men

as receive the truth with pleasure.He drew over to him both many of the

Jews and many of the Gentiles.'

and he goes on to speak about his crucifixion, and his alleged resurrection.

So there's evidence outside the New Testament from credible historical

sources.


Then there's the evidence inside the New Testament.

Some people say "Well, the Bible was written a long time ago. How do we

know that what they wrote has not been changed over the years?"

The answer is that we do know. We can know very accurately through a

science called `textual criticism'. We can be confident about what the New

Testament writers actually sat down and wrote.

Professor F.F. Bruce from the University of Manchester [in the UK], wrote a book

called The New Testament Documents: Are They Reliable?

In it he shows just how rich the NT is in sheer weight of manuscripts by

comparing it to the texts of other historical works.

Basically, the idea behind textual criticism is this: as you sit and read a book

that is a copy of an ancient manuscript, of any kind, the way you know what

you are reading is what the original author/s wrote is by asking two questions:

1. How quickly after the original was written was the earliest copy made?

2. How many copies are there?

Herodotus Histories was written in the 5th century BC. The earliest copy that we

have is around AD 900 so there's a 1300 year gap. Caesar's Gallic War: 950

year gap between original and first copy. Livy's Roman History: 900 year gap

between original and first copy. Now, no classical scholar would doubt the

authenticity of these works...

How about The New Testament? The books of the NT were written between 40

and 100 AD .the earliest copies we have begin in AD 130. And we have full

manuscripts by AD 350. So, depending on how you view it there is, at most, only

a 300-year gap and at the very least just a 30 year gap between the original and

the earliest dated copy that we have.


And what about the number of copies of each?

Herodotus Histories 8 copies

Caesars Gallic War 10 copies

Livys Roman History - 20 copies

The New Testament 24,300 copies; 5,309 Greek manuscripts, 10,000 Latin

manuscripts and 9,300 other.

You look at this and you see it: the New Testament stands absolutely and

unapproachably alone amongst ancient prose writings ........and no secular

historian would disagree with that conclusion.

So there's all kinds of evidence that Jesus existed.

But who was he? Teacher?...Prophet?...what do we know?

Firstly we know that Jesus was fully human.

The Hollywood movie director Martin Scorsese made the film THE LAST

TEMPTATION OF CHRIST out of a desire to show that Jesus was just that: a real

human being.

But for most people today that's not the real issue. We may accept that Jesus

was fully human. He had a human body: he could be tired, hungry, he could

suffer pain.

He had human emotions: love, joy, sadness.

He had human experiences: birth, growing up, education, temptation, work,

bereavement, suffering, rejection, death.

But many would say : "Yes Jesus was a human being....but he was only a

human being.....a great religious teacher, perhaps, but no more than that

......just human."


(Key Quote)

The great Scottish comedian Billy Connolly said this:

"I can't believe in Christianity, but I think Jesus was a wonderful man.

He was a great religious teacher." like, Buddha or Gandhi maybe.

But there are other views of this man Jesus.

(Key Quote)

An interviewer asked the rockstar Bono:

Christ has his rank among the worlds great thinkers. But Son of God,

isnt that far fetched?

Bono replied,

No its not far fetched to me. Look, the secular response to the

Christian story always goes like this: he was a great prophet, obviously

a very interesting guy But actually Christ doesnt allow you that. He

doesnt let you off that hook. Christ says I am God incarnate So

what you are left with is either Christ was who he said he was or a

complete nutcase. Im not joking here the idea that the entire course of

civilisation for over half the globe could have its fate changed and

turned upside down by a nutcase, for me thats far fetched.

What evidence is there to suggest that Jesus was more than just a great

religious teacher?

First of all, who did Jesus think he was?

Some say "Well, Jesus never actually claimed to be God."

Its true that Jesus did not go around saying "I am God." But when one looks at

all that he did claim and teach, there is little doubt that he was conscious of

being a man who's identity was God.


Here there are three pieces of evidence.

(Talk Point 1) HIS TEACHING CENTRED ON HIMSELF

Most good religious teachers point away from themselves and to God. They

say "Don't look at me! Look at God." Jesus, in pointing to God, pointed to

himself. ...in other words he was saying that it's through him that we encounter

God.

In every human heart there is a hunger.

(Key Quote)

Three leading psychologists of the 20th century have all recognised this.

Jung said People are hungry for security.

Alder: People are hungry for significance.

Freud: People are hungry for love.

Jesus said: I am the bread of life. If you want those hungers satisfied,

come to me.

Many people are walking around today in depression, disillusionment,

despair....for many it's like an emotional darkness.

(Bible verse)

Jesus said "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk

in darkness, but have the light of life."

It's always interesting to talk to people after they've done an Alpha

course.......one person spoke of their experience like this:


"It was as if the light had suddenly been turned on, and I could see things

for the first time."

Many today are fearful of death. We try to avoid talking about it.

(Bible verse)

Jesus said I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in me

will live, even though they die.

(Key Quote)

Somebody asked Mother Teresa shortly before she died:

"Are you at all afraid of dying?" And her answer was: "How can I be?

Dying is going home to God. I've never been afraid......on the contrary; I'm

looking forward to it!"

Many are dissatisfied with materialism. And they're searching for some kind of

spiritual reality.

(Bible verse)

Jesus said "I am the way." When you're searching for some kind of value

system:

Jesus said I am the truth. Many ask "what is the point of life? What's its

meaning?

What is its purpose? Jesus said I am the life.

Others in the past have said "That's the way. That's the truth. That's the life."

Jesus said I am the way, and the truth, and the life.

Many are burdened by worries and guilt. Jesus said Come to me, all you who

are weary and heavy laden, and I will give you rest.


Many are not sure what they should be doing with their lives. What kind of model

should we be following? [The traditional models that people have often followed

are now breaking down.] Who should we follow? Jesus said Follow me.

(Key Point)

Jesus said to receive him was to receive God.

He said to welcome him was to welcome God.

He said to have seen him was to have seen God.

(Talk Point 2) THE INDIRECT CLAIMS OF JESUS

Jesus said a number of things which, although not direct claims to be God, show

that he regarded himself as being in the same position as God.

(Here, Jamie references Mark 2:5. The guests have a note of this reference in the

guests notes.)

i. Jesus claimed to be able to forgive

Now, to forgive people who've hurt us is something that we can all do as

human beings. But to forgive those who have hurt others is something only

God can do. And when Jesus claimed the authority to be able to forgive

everybody he was accused of blasphemy. The lawyers said to him: Who can

forgive sins but God alone?

(Here, Jamie references the parable of the sheep and the goats in Matthew 25, which

is also referenced in the guests notes.)

ii. Jesus claimed that he was the One who was going to judge the world.

He said that one day all the nations would be gathered before him, and he would

separate them off. And he would make the decision according to how we have


responded to him, Jesus in this life.

Surely these are not the kind of thing simply a `great religious teacher' would

say?! Imagine you go along to a church...the preacher gets up and says "One

day I am going to judge the world and the test is going to be how you have

responded to me.and me alone" . Now, I ask you, would you think: what a

great religious teacher!..No! You would be too busy looking for the nearest

exit!

(Talk Point 3) HIS DIRECT CLAIMS

(In this passage of the talk, Jamie is referencing John 20:24-31.)

After his resurrection Jesus appeared to his followers, the disciples, all of

them except Thomas. The other disciples told Thomas that they had seen Jesus

for themselves. Can you imagine how disappointed Thomas must have felt?!

Hed just gone out to the store to get a pizza for the guys (?!) and Jesus turns up.

Jesus who was supposed to be dead in a grave.

Now, Thomas was a classic 21st Century sceptic and he said "Sorry guysI

cant believe unless I see for myself! I need to see the wounds in Jesus hands

and side, from the nails and spear, or I won't believe."

And then Jesus appears to all of the disciples including Thomas, and Jesus

welcomes Thomas. He shows Thomas the wounds in his hands and side.

Jesus allows Thomas to ask his questions and explore his doubts, right up

close.

In a way its just like Alpha: we all have questions about life and faith and God

and we have the opportunity over the next few weeks to wrestle with these

questions in our small groups; asking each other, asking God, realising how

Jesus welcomes each of us to explore our doubts and our thoughts and our

feelings.


We may not get a physical body to touch but we do get testimony. Jesus lays the

evidence before him, and then says this to Thomas: "now stop doubting and

believe."

And in verse 28 we read that Thomas said to Jesus, "My Lord and my God!"

Look! Thomas called Jesus God!....

And this is very important: Jesus didn't say "No no no! Hang on a second

you are going too far!" Jesus response to him was this: "Because you've seen

me, you've believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have

believed." In other words, he says "At last! You were a bit slow getting the

point Thomas!....but you're there now!"

(Bible verse)

But these claims were not just for the disciples - everyone around was aware

of them. In John, chapter 10, verse 30 we read this:

Jesus says "I and the Father are one." Again the Jews picked up stones to

stone him, but Jesus said to them, "I have shown you many great miracles

from the Father. For which of these do you stone me?"

"We're not stoning you for any of these," replied the Jews, "but for blasphemy,

because you, a mere human being, claim to be God."

Jesus of Nazareth claimed to be God. But that's not the end of the argument.

All sorts of people make all kinds of claims. The mere fact that somebody claims

something doesn't mean they're necessarily right.

There are many people around the world, some in psychiatric hospitals, who are

deluded: they think they're Napoleon....or Elvis Presley...... or the Pope....... or

they think they're God. But they're not.

How can we test such people's claims? How can we test Jesus' claim?


Jesus claimed to be the unique Son of God, God made human.

(Key Point)

There seem to be three logical possibilities:

Number 1:

It was not true, but Jesus didn't realise it wasn't true. In other words,

Jesus of Nazareth was deluded, insane.

Number 2:

It wasn't true, and Jesus knew, perfectly well, it wasn't true. In which case

Jesus of Nazareth was an impostor, and an evil one at that.

Number 3:

.the third logical possibility................... is that it's true: Jesus of

Nazareth was and is God

(Key Quote)

C.S. Lewis put it like this:

A man who was merely a man, and said the sort of things Jesus said,

wouldn't be a great moral teacher. He'd either be insane; or else he'd be the

devil of hell. You must make your choice. Either this man was and is the

Son of God, or else insane or something worse. But don't let's come up

with any patronising nonsense about his being `a great human teacher'. He

hasn't left that open to us. He didn't intend to.

So what evidence is there to support what he said? I'd like to look at five pieces

of evidence:

1. HIS TEACHING

The teaching of Jesus is widely acknowledged to be the greatest teaching that


has ever fallen from anyone's lips.......for example......The Sermon on the Mount:

Love your neighbour as yourself. Turn the other cheek. Love your enemies.

Do to others what you would have them do to you.

(This is a personal story which demonstrates that what Jesus continues to have great

authority. You can either tell this story as something that happened to Jamie, or use the

final paragraph of the story as a quote, or replace this with your own story.)

I am a Church of England minister and from time to time people ask me to marry

them.(and so I say: Sorry, but Im already married ..because thats a funny

thing you get to say when you are a Church of England minister.) What I mean

is, a couple will ask me to perform the marriage ceremony for them. And a little

while ago I was asked to take a wedding high in the Swiss Alps. The night before

the wedding I was invited to a special family meal at the top of a mountain. And

the only way to get to the restaurant was by chair-lift. On the way back down

who should I find myself sitting next to the brides uncle, Eric Idle - who was one

of the comedians behind the famous Monty Python films. Lifes funny sometimes

isnt it. And we had a great chat together.

Now, Eric would not call himself a Christian but I will never forget what he said

about Jesus: We looked for comedy in the gospelswe looked to poke fun at

Jesus for the things he said.but we couldntwe found that Jesus teaching

was brilliantit all seemed to make sense

Jesus' teaching has become the foundation of entire civilizations. Many laws

that we have today are based on His teachings.

We're making progress in every field of science and technology. We travel

faster, we know more; yet in two thousand years no one has ever improved on

the moral teaching of Jesus Christ. They're the greatest words ever spoken.

They're the kind of words that you'd expect God to speak.


What we have to ask ourselves is could that teaching have come from someone

who was insane, or evil?

2. HIS WORKS

Sometimes people say "Oh, Christianity, it's so boring!" .but thats

something you could never say about Jesus: Jesus must have been the most

extraordinary person to be around.

(In this section, Jamie looks at three miracles; the turning of water into wine at the

wedding in Cana (John 2:1-11), the feeding of the five thousand (Luke 9:10-17) and

the raising of Lazarus from the dead (John 11).

Imagine going to a party with Jesus...the first recorded miracle of Jesus was at

a wedding party, turning simple water into beautiful wine! Thats my kind of

miracle!

Imagine going on a picnic with Jesus! Jesus went on a picnic onceeveryone

was so excited to listen to his teaching that only one person remembered to

bring some food to eat, so Jesus multiplied it for everyone!....and fed 5000!

Imagine going to a funeral with Jesus! Jesus went to a funeral once.and, to

everyones surprise, he said "Take the stone door away from the tomb." His

disciples, full of faith as ever, said "We can't do that he's been dead for four

days, it'll stink!"

Jesus said "Take the stone away." Then he called out "Lazarus, come out."

And his previously dead friend Lazarus came out of the tomb.

We might think Christianity, the religion, is boring but Jesus, the man, certainly

was not! And its not just his miracles, but his love. Jesus continually reached

out in love touching people that society had rejected: the lepers, the outcasts. He

transformed people's lives. And he's still doing that today.


3. HIS CHARACTER

Jesus character has impressed millions, who wouldn't necessarily call

themselves Christians.

(Quote)

The famous US magazine Time called Jesus:

The most persistent symbol of purity, selflessness, and love in the

history of Western man.

Supreme unselfishness, but never self-pity. Humility, but not weakness. Joy,

but never at somebody else's expense. Kindness, but not indulgence.

(Key Quote)

The British journalist Matthew Parris who describes himself as `an avowed

atheist was writing in the magazine, The Spectator, and he said this:

Ive got such huge respect for Jesus because his life was so radical, it

was so inconvenient. . `If Jesus had not existed, the church most

certainly would not have invented him.

Jesus wan an extraordinarily radical figure, with extraordinary character.

And then, of course, a real test is when we're under pressure, when we're in

pain. And Jesus, in excruciating pain when he was on the cross said about the

people who were doing it to him, "Father, forgive them. They don't know what

they're doing." His enemies could find no fault in him, and his friends said

"This man has no sin."


4. HIS FULFILLMENT OF OLD TESTAMONY PROHECY.

No one in the history of the world has ever had a whole collection of books

written about them before they were even born!

For Example in the Old Testament book of Micah Chapter 5 written around

700 BC we read the prophecy that the Messiah would come from Bethlehem

and in the Gospels we see the fulfillment of that prophecy.

And its not just one or two prophecies In total Jesus fulfilled over 350

prophecies that were written dozens of years hundreds of years before his

birth. 29 of these prophecies Jesus fulfilled in a single day!

Now, you could say "Well, maybe he read the Old Testament prophecies and

he thought these are the things I've got to do'......and then set about fulfilling

them." The trouble with that is, many of these things he had no control over.

Many of the things were about how he was going to die, where he would be

buried, his resurrection.. even the place of his birth was foretold...lets be

honest, its a bit difficult to make that happen!

5. HIS CONQUEST OF DEATH

The physical resurrection of Jesus is the cornerstone of Christianity.

(Key Quote)

The writer and Atheist, Richard Dawkins, said this:

If the resurrection is not true Christianity becomes null and void

I AGREE !!!

Sometimes people say, you know, "On Alpha why don't you start with `Is there

a God?, rather than with Jesus....... I don't even believe there's a God, let alone

where Jesus fits in!"


(Key Quote)

The New Testament theologian Tom Wright put it like this:

The Christian claim is this: the resurrection of Jesus strongly

suggests that the world has a Creator, and that that Creator is to be

seen in terms of, through the lens of, Jesus.

So what is the evidence that the resurrection really happened?

1) Jesus absence from the tomb.

There have been many theories over the years to explain why Jesus' body was

absent from the tomb on that first Easter day. None are particularly satisfactory.

First of all, it's been suggested that, Well, maybe Jesus didn't really die on the

cross; he fainted from the pain ... then recovered in the cool of the tomb...got out

of the grave-clothes pushed away the stone and ran away'. This is, quite

frankly, ridiculous!:

1. Jesus had undergone a Roman flogging: many people died from that

alone.

2. Then he had been crucified. People did not survive Roman crucifixion.

3. His body was cocooned in heavy grave-clothes and placed in a tomb cut

out of the rock.

4. A stone weighing a ton and a half was rolled in front of the tomb; not easy

to move at the best of times.

5. ... Especially when being guarded by a troop of Roman soldiers.

...also there's a very interesting piece of evidence in John chapter 19, verse 33.

(Bible verse)

But when they came to Jesus and found that he was already dead, they did

not break his legs. Instead, one of the soldiers pierced Jesus' side with a

spear, bringing a sudden flow of blood and water.


Today we know that this indicates the separation of the clot and the serum in

the blood, which is strong medical evidence that Jesus was dead. They weren't

aware of that at the time, they simply wrote it because that's what happened.

Other people have said, "Well, maybe the disciples came along and they stole

the body, and began a rumour that Jesus was risen." Leaving aside the fact that

the tomb was guarded, the theory is highly improbable, simply from a

psychological perspective. These men were depressed, disillusioned. They'd put

all their hope in Jesus and he had died.

Something extraordinary then happened to totally transform those people so

much that they were willing to suffer and die themselves. In later years many of

them would be tortured, they themselves would be executed for what they

believed about Jesus.....if they knew that Jesus body was buried in their back

garden, would they have been willing to die for what they knew to be a lie?

Others have said "Well, maybe the authorities stole the body." But that is

absurd: because if the authorities stole the body, all they needed to do when

people were saying "Jesus is risen from the dead" was to produce it .. but

they never did.

Others have said "Well, maybe robbers stole the body." What's interesting

here is that the tomb contained only one thing that would have held any worth

to robbers - and that is the grave-clothes, filled with expensive spices. Peter

and John heard the rumour that Jesus was risen. They ran to the tomb and

found not an empty tomb at all. The valuable grave-clothes were still there, like

an empty chrysalis after the butterfly has emerged from the cocoon. And the

headpiece, the piece around Jesus' head, had been folded up and put in a

separate place. And we're told that when John took one look at that evidence,

that was enough: he believed.


2) His presence with the disciples.

After rising from the dead, Jesus appeared many times to the disciples and

others.

Some people have said "Well, that was just hallucination." Sure, people do

hallucinate. Normally, people that hallucinate are highly strung, highly

imaginative, very nervous or sick, or on drugs. But the disciples don't fit into any

of those categories. We're talking about burly fishermen and tax collectors!

We're talking about realists and cynics and sceptics. Thomas, who said "I'm not

going to believe unless I see it for myself".

And then look at the number of people that saw the risen Jesus after his

crucifixion. Jesus appeared to over 500 people, on eleven different occasions.

Are all these people really likely to share the same hallucination?

3) The nature of the appearances.

Hallucinations are subjective: they have no objective reality. It's like seeing a

ghost.

(Bible verse)

That is not what is going on here in Luke, chapter 24 verse 36.

While they were still talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them

and said to them, "Peace be with you." They were startled and

frightened, thinking that they saw a ghost. He said to them, "Why are

you troubled, and why do doubts rise in your mind? Look at my hands

and my feet. Touch me and see: a ghost does not have flesh and

bones, as you see I have."

When he said this, he showed them his hands and feet. And while they

still did not believe it because of joy and amazement, he asked them,

"Do you have anything here to eat?" They gave him a piece of broiled

fish, and he took it and he ate it in their presence.


(This story is about James Odgers, founder of the Besom Charity. You could

attribute the quote to him, or you could make the same point by just saying ...and

ghosts dont eat fish! after speaking about Luke 24.)

One friend of mine actually became a Christian because of that one verse....he

recognised, quite rightly, that ghosts don't eat fish!, and came to the

conclusion that Jesus had to have risen in bodily form.

Jesus ate with the disciples. He cooked breakfast for them on one occasion!

He had long conversations with them.

All of this had an immediate effect; it transformed the disciples, and resulted in

the birth and explosive growth of the Christian church right across the globe.

The question we have to ask ourselves is what was it that caused that if it

wasnt the resurrection.

4) Christian experience down the ages

Billions of people down the ages have experienced Jesus Christ. People of

every colour, every race, every tribe, every continent, every nationality, from

every economic, social, intellectual background unite in a common experience

of Christ.

Is anyone here in love? (maybe youre having a quick look at the person next

to you an thinking Hmmm, I could be persuaded!) You know what, you could

research inlovenessyou could do a degree, a PhD on what it is to be in

loveyou could be a leading world expert on lovebut unless you are IN

love yourself its purely academic. We would all accept that the best person to

talk about love would be someone who is themself in love..the experience is

essential!


(While this is a personal story, it relates an experience that you, the speaker, are

likely to have had yourself. Feel free to use Jamies words, replacing 30 years with

the length of time that you have been a Christian.)

From my own experience over the last [30] years, just like the two thousand

million Christians around the world, I have experienced the love of Jesus his

power, his kindness, his mercy, his grace, in my own life. I know what it is to

have that hunger satisfied....the hunger for love, the hunger for peace, the

hunger for meaning and purpose in life. And that is what convinces

me.daily. that he's alive. (Key Point)

So, in conclusion, in the light of what Jesus claimed about himself, there are

those three logical possibilities: either Jesus was insane, or he was evil, or he

is God.

(Key Quote)

Theres this quote attributed to the great (fictional) detective Sherlock Holmes:

`When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however

improbable, must be the truth.'

As we look at that evidence about what Jesus taught, what he did, his

character, his fulfilment of prophecy, his resurrection from the dead surely

we can eliminate as impossible that Jesus was insane..surely we can

eliminate as impossible that Jesus was evil. Therefore, as Sherlock Holmes

puts it, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.


(This is a key quote that sums up the message of the whole talk. It should not be

omitted.)

C.S. Lewis put it like this:

`We're faced, then, with a frightening alternative. The man we're talking

about was, and is, just what he said, or else insane or worse. Now, it

seems to me obvious that he was neither insane nor a fiend. And

consequently, however strange, or terrifying, or unlikely, it may seem, I

have to accept the view that he was, and is, God.' (Return to title slide) Scripture quotations are taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION.

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