Take Jesus as your Savior

Messages given by Brother Watchman Nee at a conference in 1936:

The Three Alternatives
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How can Jesus of Nazareth claim to be God? Before going on, we have to pause for a moment to consider seriously the matter.

It is not a light thing to claim to be God. A person who makes such a claim falls into either one of three categories. Firstly, if he claims to be God and yet in fact is not one, he has to be madman or a lunatic. Secondly, if he is neither God nor a lunatic, he has to be a liar. Thirdly, if he is neither of those two, he must be God. You can only choose one out of the three possibilities. If you do not believe that he is God, you have to consider him a madman. If you cannot take him for either of the two, you have to take him for a liar. There is no need for us to prove if Jesus of Nazareth is God or not. All we have to do is to find out if he is a lunatic or a liar. If he is neither, he must be the Son of God. These three are our choice. There is no fourth one.


Who is He?
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Can he be a madman? If you read his biographies and observe his life and manner, you will realize that not only was he sane and sound, he was very sober and firm. If here is a perfectly sound person in this world, he has to be the one. His mind was clear and his mentality alert. If you study carefully his deeds and words, you have to confess that his thoughts are most logical and consistent, and his manners most comely and appropriate. To opposing ones he only needed to reply a few sentences and the arguments against him were defeated. He did not have a trace of madness in him. A madman could never have done what he did.

Is he then a liar? A liar always lies for a profit. If there is no profit to be gained, what is the purpose of lying? Why was Jesus crucified? For no other reason than that he claimed to be God. At the last judgment, the hour when his release or crucifixion was to be deliberated, he was examined as to who he was. What was his answer? He said that the Son of Man would be seen sitting on the right hand of the majesty on high, descending on the clouds in glory. Even then he claimed to be God. As a result, he was crucified on the cross. Is there a liar who would sacrifice his life for his lie?


He is God
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Once I met a person who wanted to talk with me about our faith. He read some books about Jesus, and admitted that Jesus had a high standard of morality. He could consider Jesus as a perfect man, a model for humanity. But he could not believe that Jesus is God. I said, "If you admit that he has a high standard of morality, then he is at least not a liar. If you take it that he is not a liar, then you have to take his claim of divinity as truth. He repeatedly answered that he is God. If you admire his morality, you have to recognize his divinity as well. Jesus of Nazareth is God!"

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