Q: [Who is Jesus?]
A: The message of classic Christianity is centered in a
person—Jesus Christ. You can have Confucianism without Confucius, Buddhism
without Buddha, and Judaism without Abraham or Moses. But Christianity is
different.
Relationship with Jesus Christ is the origin, motivation, and goal of the
classic Christian faith. Everything about Christianity is determined by the
person and work of Jesus Christ. Its teachings are teachings about Him. He is
the source of its ideas.
He was the origin and will be the fulfillment of its hopes. Christianity
includes belief that Jesus Christ is alive, that He is divine, and that He is
still inviting us to know Him personally.
Jesus Christ’s claim of divinity is the most extreme claim anyone ever made. Of
all the great sages and prophets throughout world history, Jesus alone claimed
to be God-become-man. Other religions are a matter of man seeking and struggling
toward God. Christianity is what God has done for man in seeking him and
reaching down to help him.