Jesus The Christ

The book was first published in 1915. Jesus the Christ is the classic presentation of the life and ministry of the Savior. It helps people get a deeper understanding of the subject and give inspiration to believers. This book is often used in ministry and for the preparation of sermons.

Reproduction of the original.

Rev. ed. of: Ancient evidence for the life of Jesus. Includes bibliographical references and index.

The words of Jesus Christ are the most important words ever spoken in the history of mankind. His words are different from any other words spoken among mankind because He was and is perfect, holy, blameless, and the one and only Son of God. They are the actual words of God the Father that were spoken directly and audibly to this world and are still speaking to our generation today! The secrets of living this life in the present and into eternity are locked up inside His perfect words. Jesus’ words are multidimensional, perfect, power, wisdom, truth, supernatural, healing, living, spirit, miraculous, holy, and eternal. They are words overflowing with God’s great love for every person. Readers will find strength, hope, direction, and encouragement in His words. As they know, understand, and act upon His words, they will truly discover the abundant life that He came to give them. Through the promises of the words of Jesus, readers can know the heart of God, weather all of life storms, have their prayers answered, live in freedom and in the light, truly love God, have everlasting life with Him, and be filled with His joy in this life. No other words on earth can do all that! These perfect words of Jesus compiled in one beautifully designed volume will help the reader get to know Jesus in a deeper, more intimate way and have their lives transformed through His life-giving power.

This outstanding book provides an in-depth historical study of the place of Jesus in the religious life, beliefs, and worship of Christians from the beginnings of the Christian movement down to the late second century. Lord Jesus Christ is a monumental work on earliest Christian devotion to Jesus, sure to replace Wilhelm Bousset s Kyrios Christos (1913) as the standard work on the subject. Larry Hurtado, widely respected for his previous contributions to the study of the New Testament and Christian origins, offers the best view to date of how the first Christians saw and reverenced Jesus as divine. In assembling this compelling picture, Hurtado draws on a wide body of ancient sources, from Scripture and the writings of such figures as Ignatius of Antioch and Justin to apocryphal texts such as the Gospel of Thomas and the Gospel of Truth. Hurtado considers such themes as early beliefs about Jesus divine status and significance, but he also explores telling devotional practices of the time, including prayer and worship, the use of Jesus name in exorcism, baptism and healing, ritual invocation of Jesus as Lord, martyrdom, and lesser-known phenomena such as prayer postures and the curious scribal practice known today as the nomina sacra. The revealing portrait that emerges from Hurtado s comprehensive study yields definitive answers to questions like these: How important was this formative period to later Christian tradition? When did the divinization of Jesus first occur? Was early Christianity influenced by neighboring religions? How did the idea of Jesus divinity change old views of God? And why did the powerful dynamics of early beliefs and practices encourage people to make the costly move of becoming a Christian? Boasting an unprecedented breadth and depth of coverage — the book speaks authoritatively on everything from early Christian history to themes in biblical studies to New Testament Christology — Hurtado s Lord Jesus Christ is at once significant enough that a wide range of scholars will want to read it and accessible enough that general readers interested at all in Christian origins will also profit greatly from it.

The book consists primarily of interviews between Strobel (a former legal editor at the Chicago Tribune) and biblical scholars such as Bruce Metzger. Each interview is based on a simple question, concerning historical evidence (for example, "Can the Biographies of Jesus Be Trusted?"), scientific evidence, ("Does Archaeology Confirm or Contradict Jesus' Biographies?"), and "psychiatric evidence" ("Was Jesus Crazy When He Claimed to Be the Son of God?"). Together, these interviews compose a case brief defending Jesus' divinity, and urging readers to reach a verdict of their own.