The And my In the Gospels, Jesus asked his disciples a question. He said, who do people say that I am?

And their answers were as diverse as answers are today.

On Truth for Life Weekend, Alistair Begg begins a series he's titled,

Who is Jesus?

And today we take a closer look at scripture

to find out what Jesus claimed about himself.

The songwriter says that Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year and of course undoubtedly it is for many of us our favorite season.

But Christmas is also for many people a most disturbing and perplexing time of the year.

Because it highlights a number of questions which continue to bother and puzzle them when we think in terms of biblical faith.

If you think in terms of the jigsaw puzzle of life,

Christmas comes around and some of the pieces that we recall from last year were

missing. We hope somehow or another they will have been found. We dip into the box

begin to put it together again only to discover that the same gaps are present as the last time.

Or, if you like to think in terms of the crossword puzzle, here we are again at 29 across and 15 down.

We have no solutions for either of them and consequently we cannot conclude the

puzzle. Now I'm thinking particularly in terms of the issue that is before us this morning,

i.e. the question of the identity of Jesus Christ,

the identity of Jesus Christ, who was Jesus Christ and why did he come?

Now for some people their answer to that is straightforward and

speedy Jesus was just a man. The problem comes because they realize that

although they affirm that quickly

there is so much about him that seems to be so much more than a man.

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