I really like this article from Kevin DeYoung's blog. What a great reminder of the fact that Jesus "is not
one of, but
the one." Read the whole thing
here, or an excerpt below:
Jesus is not one of; he is the One. Jesus is not a pointer like John, Elijah, or one of the prophets. He is the point. It sounds very lofty to call Jesus a prophet, or a popular teacher, or a wonder worker, or a good man, or a brilliant example, or part of a long line of enlightened figures. But all of these descriptions miss the point. Because in all of them you are saying Jesus is one of (see v. 28). And if you say Jesus is only one of and not the One, you haven’t understood him. You don’t see who He really is. He is the Christ, the Son of the living God (Matt. 16:16)....
So away with all this nonsense that Jesus is like Mohammed or like the Buddha or like the Dali Lama or like Ghandi or like your saintly grandmother. He is not like anyone else. And so we will not pretend to be impressed when others call Jesus a good man or an enlightened figure or one of the prophets. He is not one of, He is the One.
- Kevin De Young
1 comments:
You see a lot of this in "religious" people. It's so helpful to be confident about asserting that Jesus wasn't just one of many wise teachers or great prophets, He was the only Son of God.
Apparently, C.S. Lewis once made a brilliant argument in which he challenged non-believers to consider Jesus' claims and decide for themselves: was Jesus a liar, a deceived person, insane, or telling the truth? After looking over the Bible, these people had to conclude that since He wasn't lying, deceived, or crazy, He must have been telling the truth and He really was who He claimed to be.
Thanks for the blog entry!
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