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7 Things Jesus Did That Are Only OK if He is God

7 Things Jesus Did That Are Only OK if He is God

Very few people think Jesus was a bad guy.  Most people like to say he was "just a man" who had a lot of "good teachings."  People don't feel right labeling Jesus a false teacher, but they don't want to believe He was God.  So, they lump Jesus into the same camp as Gandi and Martin Luther King, Jr. 

C.S. Lewis addresses the problem with thins thinking: Jesus claimed to be God.  Jesus can't be just a good teacher.  Either He is the most devious liar in history, an insane person who should have been institutionalized, or He is genuinely Lord.  A man can't be a "Good Teacher" and claim to be God unless He really is God.  

Baptism

Baptism

At our church, we place a high value on proclaiming your trust in Jesus by following Him in Baptism.  When we baptize, we celebrate.  It is a pretty special time.  We high-five, eat food, tell stories, and remember how good God is to us.  We have a baptism service coming up soon, so I thought I would write a little bit about it:

WHAT IS BAPTISM?

Baptism is an outward proclamation of an inward decision to follow Christ.  

WHY DO WE BAPTIZE? 

In Matthew 28:19-20, Jesus talks about baptizing in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.  In the first century, baptism was used to show that you were following the teaching of a particular rabbi.  Today, we do the same thing.  Baptism is an outward proclamation of a personal decision to follow Jesus.  After you tell Jesus, "I'm in," you tell the world through baptism.