1. "Even Jesus staunchest critics will tell you no one ever lived a life so pure as Jesus did" R. Zachareus
2. "I know men; and I tell you that Jesus Christ is no mere man." Napolean Bonaparte
3. "Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?"
4. "I have betrayed the innocent blood." Judas Iscariot
5. "I find no fault in this man." Pontius Pilate
6. "Which of you convinceth me of sin?" Jesus
7. "He is risen as He said." Angel at the tomb
8. "Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead." The Apostle Paul
9. "I am He that liveth, and was dead; and behold, I am alive forever more." Jesus
10. Dead people don't eat fish (Jn. 21)
11. The Messiah promised by the prophets to descend from the Davidic line would have had to have come before the destruction of the Jewish temple in 70 AD when all the genealogical records were destroyed.
12. No false Messiah ever claimed to fulfill Scripture.
13. According to the laws of compound probabilities the odds of one man fulfilling over 300 OT Messianic prophecies is astronomical (literally in the trillions of trillions)
14. The Messiah was foretold to come out of Bethlehem, Egypt, and Nazareth.
15. "And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, Jesus expounded unto them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself." (Lk. 24:27)
16. "But those things, which God before had shewed by the mouth of all His prophets, that Christ should suffer, He hath so fulfilled." (A. 3:18)
17. Daniel prophesied 483 years would pass from the date dcreed to rebuild Jerusalem and when Jesus would enter Jerusalem. This was fulfilled to the day.
18. "Unique among criminal trials is this one in which not the actions but the identity of the accused is the issue." I. Linton
19. "The claim that Christ is the only way of salvation is either true or false. This can be determined only on the basis of the evidence." J. Ankerberg & J. Weldon
20. "After six years given to the impartial investigation of Christianity, as to it's truth or falsity, I have come to the deliberate conclusion that Jesus Christ was the Messiah." L. Wallace
21. "A man who can read the NT and not see that Christ claims to be more than a man, can look all over the sky at high noon on a cloudless day and not see the sun." W.E. Biederwolf
22. "The Humanist suggestion that Jesus was morally right, but religiously mistaken' defies all psychological probabilities." F.R. Berry
23. "There certainly is, a deep and profoundly historical basis for that much disputed sentence in the Apostles creed- "The third day He rose again from the dead." F. Morrison
"Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am He." Jesus
25. "Simon Peter answered and said, "Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God."
26. Jesus healed the blind, the lame, the lepers, the deaf, raised the dead, and preached the good news to the poor as the prophet Isaiah said the Messiah would.
27. "If ye believe not that I am He, ye shall die in your sins." Jesus
28. Jesus forgave sins not committed against Him.
29. "The Jews sought the more to kill Him because He…said also that God was His Father, making Himself equal with God." (Jn. 5:18)
30. "Jesus said unto [Satan], It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God." (Mt. 4:7)
31. "Why callest thopu me good? There is none good but one, that is, God?" Jesus
32. YHWH is translated into the Greek as KYRIOS and is used in reference to Jesus in the NT.
33. "Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Savior Jesus Christ." (Tit. 2:13)
34. Isaiah says there's only one God yet he calls Jesus and YHWH both "Mighty God." (44:6-8,45:5,10:21,9:6)
35. "Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up." Jesus rose Himself from the dead.
36. "For in Him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily." (Col. 2:9)
37. "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." (Jn.1:1)
38. "Truly this man was the Son of God." Roman Centurion
39. "The same works that I do, bear witness of Me, that the Father hath sent Me." Jesus
40. "His apparent equipment for teaching was minimal (education, research, travel, etc.), but His words were always exactly appropriate for the occasion. No one can think how they could have been improved, and He never had to retract or apologize for anything He said." H.M. Morris
41. Jesus had to be a lunatic, a liar, a legend, or Lord. The first three options aren't feasible in light of His life.
42. "And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory." 1st Century Hymn
43. How could Jesus and YHWH both be equally and simultaneously all-powerful?
44. Jesus made a minimum of 15 separate appearances to over 500 eyewitnesses between His resurrection and ascension.
45. Jesus existence, the time He lived, His being a miracle worker, and having many followers who would die before denying Him as God are documented by early secular historians such as Cornelius, Tacitus, Josephus, Suetonius, Pliny the Younger, the Babylonian Talmud, and others.
46. "On the whole world there pressed a most fearful darkness, and the rocks were rent by an earthquake, and many places in Judea and other districts were thrown down." Thallus 52 AD
47. "…He appeared to them alive again the third day, as the divine prophets foretold…" Josephus
48. "…Christ had been executed in Tiberius' reign…" Tacitus
49. "…He was hanged on Passover Eve." Babylonian Talmud
50. How does one account for the thousands of changed lives previously committed to Judaism?
51. How does one account for the rapid spread of Christianity throughout Asia and the Mediterranean in half a century?
52. "And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, even in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the one true God and eternal life." (1 Jn. 5:20)
53. "Luke is a historian of the first rank…" Sir W. Ramsey
54. Not one single archeological discovery has ever contradicted the authenticity of the historicity of the NT.
55. A 20" limestone box dated 63 AD reads in Aramaic "James, son of Joseph, brother of Jesus"
56. A stone slab dated in the first century has a Latin inscription "Tiberium Pontius Pilate Prefect of Judea"
57. A crucifixion victim from the middle first century was discovered in Jerusalem. Seven inch spikes had been driven through his feet and lower arms. Both his legs were broken. (Ps.22,Mt.27,Mk.15,Lk.23, Jn.19)
58. Prayers to Jesus as God are inscribed on several burial ossuaries dated 40-50 AD.
59. "World religions do not contain anything which is good and true which cannot be found in Christianity…Islam has ninety-nine names for God, but none of them is Father. Hinduism can offer you no power of forgiveness to break the iron grip of karma. The Maharishi cannot come and indwell his disciples." M. Green
60. The best answers explaining questions of lifes origin, destiny, meaning, and morality are found in Jesus.
61. Humanistic critics offering naturalistic theories for the resurrection avoid using them in public debate for fear of numerous rebuttals, forcing them into a corner.
62. The early church would have never thrived how it did under a lie. It would have leaked out, but it never did.
63. The two oldest sacraments of the early church, baptism and communion, both celebrate the death and resurrection of Jesus.
64. If Jesus was never resurrected, how come the Romans never found and produced His dead body?
65. "The morality that He preached and practiced was of the most benevolent kind….it has not been exceeded by any." T. Paine
66. "No serious scholar has ventured to postulate the non-historicity of Jesus." O. Betz
67. "The Christians you know, worship a man to this day---the distinguished personage who introduced their novel rites , and was crucified on that account…" Lucian, 2nd Century Greek Satirist
68. "What advantage did the Jews gain from executing their wise King? It was just after that that their kingdom was abolished." Mar Bar-Serapion, AD70 Syrian philosopher
69. "…Jesus Christ was sent forth from God." Clement of Rome
70. "Jesus Christ who was of the race of David, who was the Son of Mary, who was truly born and ate and drank, was truly crucified and died in the sight of those in heaven and on earth and those under the earth; who moreover was truly raised from the dead, His Father having raised Him, who in the like fashion will so raise us also who believe on Him." Ignatius
71. "…after He was crucified, even all His acquaintances forsook Him…afterwards when He had risen from the dead…" Justin Martyr
72. "If Jesus wasn't God, He deserves an Oscar." J. McDowell
73. "Christ is the only religious leader who has ever claimed to be deity and the only individual ever who has convinced a great portion of the world that He is God." T. Schultz
74. "…secular history affirms that Jesus lived on earth and that He was worshiped as God. 75. He founded a church which has worshiped Him for 1,900 years. 76.He changed the course of the world's history." W. Robinson
77. "He never hesitated nor apologized. He had no need to contradict, withdraw, or modify anything He said. He spoke the unequivocal words of God." K. Scheffrahn & H. Kreyssler
78. "Is such an intellect---clear as the sky, bracing as the mountain air, sharp and penetrating as a sword, thoroughly healthy and vigorous, always ready and always self-possessed---liable to a radical and most serious delusion concerning His own character and mission? Preposterous imagination!" P. Schaff
79. "Without the belief in the resurrection the Christian faith could not have come into being. The disciples would have remained crushed and defeated men." W.L. Craig
80. "Perhaps the transformation of the disciples of Jesus is the greatest evidence of all for the resurrection." J. Stott
81. Jesus was begat of God and born of a virgin. (Jn.1:14,3:16,&Is.7:14)
82. "That a Galilean carpenter should so claim to be the Light of the world, and be so recognized after so many centuries is best explained on the ground of His divinity." B. Ramm
83. "Men may live for a lie, but to think that thousands will die for that same lie requires a stretch of the imagination." N. Geisler & P. Hoffman
84. "Are these men who helped transform the moral structure of society, consummate liars or deluded madmen?These alternatives are harder to believe than the fact of the resurrection, and there is no shred of evidence to support them." P.E. Little
85. Jesus half brother James did not believe in Him until after the resurrection. James became a recognized leader of the Jerusalem church and was martyred for his faith.
86. "The son of an ape is an ape. The son of a dog is a dog…the Son of God is God." P. Kreeft
87. Jesus changed people's names. Jews believed only God could do that.
88. "Just a good man is the one thing He could not possibly have been…A man who claims to be God and is not cannot be called a "good man". P. Kreeft
89. The synoptic gospels have just enough discrepancy to make them credible. The authors had no private concert to fabricate a story.
90. Jesus never quotes anyone or says, "Thus saith the Lord…", He says, "I say unto you…"
91. "If Christ is not God, why has this lie made people better people than any truth has ever made them?" P. Kreeft
92. Jesus called John the Baptist "the greatest man that ever lived". What did that make Jesus if John was His servant?
93. Jesus intimately referred to God as "Abba Father". What kind of person can change the terms of relating to God?
94. If Jesus was a madman, how did He walk on water?
95. "The gospel writers faithfully recorded what happened even when it was embarrassing." W.L. Craig
96. The Apostle Paul abruptly became the leading protagonist of the faith he'd violently attempted to abolish.
97. "…the Jewish Talmud…never once makes the claim that the fulfillment of prophecies was falsified. Not one time." L. Lapides
98. If Jesus was just a good moral teacher, why did they crucify Him?
99. "…the assumption that Jesus did not die on the cross appear to be at odds with modern medical knowledge." L.T. Johnson
100.Jesus and YHWH are both called perfect, eternal, Creator, omniscient, immutable, omnipresent, exist outside time, Sovereign, life, truth, righteous, Light, redeemer, bridegroom, rock, faithful, good, having shared glory, love, resurrector, judge, knowing men's hearts, Mighty God, "I Am", Alpha and Omega, shepherd, savior, King, forgiver of sins, Lord. They are both prayed to, equal in being, works, authority, and honor, worshiped by men and by angels. They are both called God.
101. Where would I be without Jesus?