Why do Christians believe Jesus is unique? Why can I view him as just a good person and great moral teacher?
Jesus is totally unique in who he claimed to be and what he claimed to do! Jesus often drew his disciple’s attention to his person, who he was. “Who do people say 1 am?…Who do you say I am?” (Matt 16:13-20). He was constantly saying, I AM this and I AM that…(for example, “I AM the bread of life”) yet he was very humble – not one trace of bloated ego! How do we put those two together (continually drawing attention to his person, yet being very humble)? Jesus went willingly to Jerusalem to die on a cross. Not only could he have avoided death, but his death is considered by his followers, past and present, not as a tragedy, but as something wonderful. How do we explain that? The answer to these questions is the Gospel or Good News. Jesus claimed to be God who’d taken on our human condition (Jn 1:1,14; 5:18; 8:58; 10:30; 14:1-9…) to do for us what we could never do for ourselves – bridge the gap between us sinful creatures and His absolutely holy Father, i.e. restore us to God and ga
