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THE TITLES OF JESUS: - CHAPTER 2 - PT 31

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THE TITLES OF JESUS:   CHAPTER  2 1. - A few years ago, a distinguished professor of New Testament was invited to address an academic convocation at a large seminary. A convocation in a university or seminary usually is attended with pomp and circumstance: The faculty members are adorned in full academic regalia as they march in procession to the front of the auditorium, and the guest speaker is expected to bring an address of weighty, scholarly material. Thus, on this occasion, when the New Testament professor entered the hall, there was a hush of expectancy as students and faculty waited with eager anticipation for his remarks. Being an expert in the field of Christology, the lecturer was expected to present an address revealing his most recent research in the field. 2. - However, he stood at the lectern and began yo recite a litany of the titles of Jesus drawn from the Scriptures. The litany went on for several minutes as the full impact of the titles, given without comment
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WHO IS JESUS? - CHAPTER - 1 # 17

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WHO IS JESUS?  CHAPTER  1  1. WILL THE REAL JESUS PLEASE STAND UP? There are vast numbers of portraits of Jesus in the art galleries of this world. These images are often so conflicting that they offer little help in achieving an accurate picture of what Christ looked like during the period of His incarnation. This multiplicity of images parallels the widespread confusion about Jesus identity that exists in the world today. We need Christ __the real Christ. A Christ born of empty speculation or created to squeeze into the philosopher's pattern simply won't do. A recycled Christ, a Christ of compromise, can redeem no one. 2. A Christ watered down, stripped of power, debased of glory, reduced to a symbol, or made impotent by scholarly surgery is not Christ but Antichrist. The prefix anti can mean "against" or "instead of." In language, there is a difference, but in life, it is a distinction without a difference, because to supplant the real Jesus with
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