Is Jesus the Son of God?

What Kind of God?

Some who teach that we are all gods might accept Jesus' claims, as long as they weren't exclusive. The idea that we are all part of God, and that within us is the seed of divinity, is simply not a possible meaning for Jesus' words and actions. Such thoughts are revisionist, foreign to his teaching, foreign to his stated beliefs, and foreign to his disciples' understanding of his teaching.

Jesus taught that he is God in the way the Jews understood God and the way the Hebrew Scriptures portrayed God, not in the way the New Age movement understands God. Neither Jesus nor his audience had been weaned on Star Wars, and so when they spoke of God, they were not speaking of cosmic forces. It's simply bad history to redefine what Jesus meant by the concept of God.

There are many who just aren't able to accept Jesus as God, and want to call him a great moral teacher. But if Jesus wasn't God, are we still okay by calling him a great moral teacher? Lewis argued, "I am trying here to prevent anyone from saying the really foolish thing that people often say about Him: 'I'm ready to accept Jesus as a great moral teacher, but I don't accept his claim to be God.' That is the one thing we must not say."⁸

In his quest for truth, Lewis knew that he could not have it both ways with the identity of Jesus. Either Jesus was who he claimed to be-God in the flesh-or his claims were false. And if they were false, Jesus could not be a great moral teacher. He would either be lying intentionally or he would be a lunatic with a God complex.

So the options we must choose from for Jesus' true identity are:

- Jesus was a liar who knowingly deceived us.
- Jesus was a lunatic who was self-deceived.
- Jesus was who he claimed to be---God.

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This is an excerpt from Y-Jesus Magazine. Click here to see Y-Jesus Magazine.