Liar, Lunatic or Lord

Hello Everyone, I was listening to David T. Moore's "Yea Butt" series for about the 100th time today. It is an audio series he did about 10 years ago that walks through the 7 main objections to Christianity. Studies have been done and the vast majority of objections to Christianity come done to basically 7 of them. Today I listened to the objection, "How can Jesus be the only Way to Heaven?" I love this intellectual break down of this answer. Although Born-Again Christians have come to realize that to be saved is a work of The Spirit; to reason with someone is Biblical; Paul says, "Come now, let us reason together". That is what David T. Moore does in this entire series and today's objection is no different. Let's take a look. We need to first answer the question Jesus actually raised to His disciples; "Who do you say I am?"....So who do you say Jesus is? Start with this....Was He a liar....a con man that duped the masses? Most people are not prepared to say Jesus was a liar; most would at least concede that He was a good moral teacher. So, then He must have been a crazy man....a lunatic. Most would not be willing to say that. Some might say He could have been and yet a few more might be willing to say, "yep, He was nuts!" The problem with that is, Jesus never said or did anything consistent with that of a lunatic. He was always in control, He was a very loving and caring Man whose actions or words were never inconsistent. If you have ever watched the news; you know that crazy people do crazy, off-the-wall, inconsistent things...Jesus never did this. You will not find anything in the Biblical record or a historical secular record indicating that Jesus may have been insane. So, if He wasn't a liar or a lunatic....YOU HAVE ONLY ONE CHOICE LEFT! He is who He said He is. John 14:6, Jesus said "I am The Way, The Truth and The Life, no one gets to The Father except through Me." You can reject that if you'd like; however, if you do reject Him, you dare not call Him a "good moral teacher" or "one of many ways to Heaven"....you believe He is who He said He is or you don't. As you ponder that, also ponder the words of Jesus in John 3:36: 'Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.' Isn't that interesting....Jesus includes the word obey along with belief. That indicates that there is more to it than mere belief. Our belief needs to show true by our obedience to Him. Let me illustrate. All of us (if we are sane) believe in gravity. We demonstrate that belief by not stepping off a building or in to an open staircase; we demonstrate our true belief by our actions. The same is true for those that are Born-Again (remember, Jesus said, unless we are born-again we WILL NOT go to Heaven)...so, if we are truly born-again....we are truly saved and believe Jesus is who He said He is, we will demonstrate that belief in our life....we will be obedient to Him and surrendered to Him for His Glory. This quick overview indicates two crucial things; if you choose to reject the claims of Jesus, God's Wrath remains on you; if you claim to believe in Jesus yet are not obiedient to Him, God's Wrath remains on you. Work through this, think it through, ask God to show you the Truth.