Who is Jesus? Is he God? Is he human? Is he both? That's a debate that's been going on since before the church was established. Today on Truth for Life, Alistair Begg explores what the Bible reveals about the authentic Jesus

as we continue our study of the basics of the Christian faith.

I invite you to take your Bibles.

You may want to open them again to Matthew 16, which Tom read for us earlier, but we'll

be moving around tonight, as on all these evenings. And with our Bibles open, let's pause for a moment of

prayer together. Just where you're seated tonight, ask God to speak to you, no matter what age you are or where you're seated tonight, ask God to speak to you, no matter what age you are or where

you're from or background that you might know that God is real and speaks to us through his

word.

Ask for strength of mind where we're tired, for a real seeking heart where we

may suffer from disinterest. Let's ask God together that we might know that it's the power of

His Word which takes root in

our lives and changes us. And those who have the privilege of proclaiming it are merely the

mouthpieces that one day will be set aside, but the message never changes. Lord, speak to us tonight we pray, and may we be

zealous in seeking after you, and may we lay hold upon the truth of your word and live it out

in the days of our lives that yet await us for Jesus' sake. Amen. Every now and then, I come across an

advertisement in a newspaper or a magazine, and I'm sure you do also, which reads something like this.

Born in poverty, lived only 33 years, spent most of his life in obscurity, never wrote a book,

never had any position in public life, was crucified with two thieves, and yet 2,000 years

later, millions still follow him. It's not the whole story in the advert,

but it is a significant part of it. And there is no getting away from the fact,

whether we come tonight as convinced in our faith or questioning in our agnosticism,

no getting away from the fact that this carpenter from an obscure

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