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In his famous book Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis makes this statement, "A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher. He would either be a lunatic - on the level with a man who says he is a poached egg - or he would be the devil of hell. You must take your choice. Either this was, and is, the Son of God, or else a madman or something worse. You can shut Him up for a fool or you can fall at His feet and call Him Lord and God. But let us not come with any patronizing nonsense about His being a great human teacher. He has not left that open to us."

Two thousand years after he walked the earth, Jesus remains one of the most talked-about and influential people who has ever lived. Some of the greatest minds have wondered at who Jesus is and been left in awe.  Albert Einstein, physicist and atheist said the following: "As a child I received instruction both in the Bible and in the Talmud. I am a Jew, but I am enthralled by the luminous figure of the Nazarene....No one can read the Gospels without feeling the actual presence of Jesus. His personality pulsates in every word. No myth is filled with such life."

In an age when most people lump Jesus in with Muhammed and Buddha and other leading religious figures it is vital that your young people are presented with the truth of who Jesus is.

The question ‘Who is he?' sparks debate and questions. To some Jesus was a good man, others believe he was a guru or wise man, even a miracle maker, and others would say he was a fraudster and a lunatic.

Belief that Jesus is God is a fundamental part of the Christian faith.

In a session such as this it is difficult to present a full on apologetics discussion on every issue of Jesus' life, death and resurrection. A good source for further reading is www.bethinking.org

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