Mark 14:60-62
Jesus Tells Us He is the Son of the Blessed One
60 Then the high priest stood up before them and asked Jesus, "Are you not going to answer? What is this testimony that these men are bringing against you?" 61 But Jesus remained silent and gave no answer.
Again the high priest asked him, "Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?"
62 "I am," said Jesus. "And you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven."
Mark 2:1-12
Jesus Heals a Paralytic and Forgives Him of His Sins
1 A few days later, when Jesus again entered Capernaum, the people heard that he had come home. 2 So many gathered that there was no room left, not even outside the door, and he preached the word to them. 3 Some men came, bringing to him a paralytic, carried by four of them. 4 Since they could not get him to Jesus because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof above Jesus and, after digging through it, lowered the mat the paralyzed man was lying on. 5 When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, "Son, your sins are forgiven."
6 Now some teachers of the law were sitting there, thinking to themselves, 7"Why does this fellow talk like that? He's blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?"
8 Immediately Jesus knew in his spirit that this was what they were thinking in their hearts, and he said to them, "Why are you thinking these things? 9 Which is easier: to say to the paralytic, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Get up, take your mat and walk'? 10 But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins . . . ." He said to the paralytic, 11"I tell you, get up, take your mat and go home." 12 He got up, took his mat and walked out in full view of them all. This amazed everyone and they praised God, saying, "We have never seen anything like this!"
Matthew 23:29-36
Wise Men and Prophets
29 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the graves of the righteous. 30 And you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our ancestors, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’ 31 So you testify against yourselves that you are the descendants of those who murdered the prophets. 32 Go ahead, then, and complete what your ancestors started!
33 “You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape being condemned to hell? 34 Therefore I am sending you prophets and sages and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify; others you will flog in your synagogues and pursue from town to town. 35 And so upon you will come all the righteous blood that has been shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berekiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. 36 Truly I tell you, all this will come on this generation.
John 5:39-40
Jesus is Scripture
39 You diligently study the Scriptures because you think that by them you possess eternal life. These are the Scriptures that testify about me, 40 yet you refuse to come to me to have life.
John 8:48-59
48 The Jews answered him, “Aren’t we right in saying that you are a Samaritan and demon-possessed?”
49 “I am not possessed by a demon,” said Jesus, “but I honor my Father and you dishonor me. 50 I am not seeking glory for myself; but there is one who seeks it, and he is the judge. 51 I tell you the truth, if anyone keeps my word, he will never see death.”
52 At this the Jews exclaimed, “Now we know that you are demon-possessed! Abraham died and so did the prophets, yet you say that if anyone keeps your word, he will never taste death. 53 Are you greater than our father Abraham? He died, and so did the prophets. Who do you think you are?”
54 Jesus replied, “If I glorify myself, my glory means nothing. My Father, whom you claim as your God, is the one who glorifies me. 55 Though you do not know him, I know him. If I said I did not, I would be a liar like you, but I do know him and keep his word. 56 Your father Abraham rejoiced at the thought of seeing my day; he saw it and was glad.”
57 “You are not yet fifty years old,” the Jews said to him, “and you have seen Abraham!”
58 “I tell you the truth,” Jesus answered, “before Abraham was born, I am!” 59 At this, they picked up stones to stone him, but Jesus hid himself, slipping away from the temple grounds.
Jesus is our Greatest Theologian...He knows more things about God and heaven than anyone ever to be on earth...So let us always remember that He is the Great Theologian, who could quote any verse in the Bible, or answer any biblical question in perfect context...Jesus fulfills the Bible...Every cell of His DNA project the Bible and the Bible's meaning...He was only teaching and in His ministry for about three years, yet He taught us so much about God and about eternal life - as well as about the life we live on earth...His Great Words throughout His ministry still ring out today...And He taught about God and the eternities throughout His ministry...
C. S. Lewis said this about the three year ministry of Jesus and about His theological knowledge..."The other phenomenon is the quite appalling nature of this Man’s theological remarks...You all know what I mean, and I want rather to stress the point that the appalling claim, which this Man seems to be making, is not merely made at one moment of His career...There is, of course, the one moment, which led to His execution...The moment at which the High Priest said to Him, ‘Who are you?’...‘I am the Anointed, the Son of the uncreated God, and you shall see me appearing at the end of all history as the Judge of the universe.’...But that claim, in fact, does not rest on this one dramatic moment...When you look into His conversation you will find this sort of claim running throughout the whole thing...For instance, He went about saying to people, ‘I forgive your sins’...Now it is quite natural for a man to forgive something you do to him...Thus if somebody cheats me out of five pounds it is quite possible and reasonable for me to say, ‘Well, I forgive him, we will say no more about it.’...What on earth would you say if somebody had done you out of five pounds and I said, ‘That is all right, I forgive him?...Then there is a curious thing, which seems to slip out almost by accident...On one occasion this Man is sitting looking down on Jerusalem from the hill about it and suddenly in comes an extraordinary remark — ‘I keep on sending you prophets and wise men.’...Nobody comments on it...And yet, quite suddenly, almost incidentally, He is claiming to be the power that all through the centuries is sending wise men and leaders into the world...Here is another curious remark: in almost every religion there are unpleasant observances like fasting...This Man suddenly remarks one day, ‘No one need fast while I AM here.’ Who is this Man who remarks one day, ‘No one need fast while I AM here.’...Who is this Man who remarks that His mere presence suspends all normal rules?...Who is the Person who can suddenly tell the School they can have a half-holiday?...Sometimes the statements put forward the assumption that He, the Speaker, is completely without sin or fault...This is always the attitude...‘You, to whom I AM talking, are all sinners,’ and He never remotely suggests that this same reproach can be brought against Him...He says again, ‘I AM the begotten of the One God, before Abraham was, I AM,’ And remember what the words ‘I AM’ were in Hebrew...They were the name of God, which must not be spoken by any human being, the name which it was death to utter...
Well, that is the other side...On the one side clear, definite moral teaching...On the other, claims which, if not true, are those of a megalomaniac, compared with whom Hitler was the most same and humble of men...There is no halfway house and there is no parallel in other religions...If you had gone to Buddha and asked him: ‘Are you the son of Brahma?’ he would have said, ‘My son, you are still in the vale of illusion.’...If you had gone to Socrates and asked, ‘Are you Zeus?’ he would have laughed at you...If you had gone to Mohammed and asked, ‘Are you Allah?’ he would first have rent his clothes and then cut your head off...If you had asked Confucius, ‘Are you Heaven?’...I think he would have probably replied, ‘Remarks which are not in accordance with nature are in bad taste.’...The idea of a great moral teacher saying what Christ said is out of the question...In my opinion, the only person who can say that sort of thing is either God or a complete lunatic suffering from that form of delusion, which undermines the whole mind of man...If you think you are a poached egg, when you are not looking for a piece of toast to suit you you may be sane, but if you think you are God, there is no chance for you...We may note in passing that He was never regarded as a Mere Moral Teacher...He did not produce that effect on any of the people who actually met Him...He produced mainly three effects — Hatred — Terror — Adoration...There was no trace of people expressing mild approval."...
The more we read the gospels, the more we see His Divinity...And the better we see the Son of the Blessed One...