Do you believe Jesus' claim?

John 10:33  " 'We are not stoning you for any of these,' replied the Jews, 'but for blasphemy because you, a mere man, claim to be God.' "

Although Jesus often spoke in parables that are difficult to understand, one thing is unmistakable and undeniable- He claimed to be God.  Not like God.  Not a follower of God.  Not a prophet.  He claimed to be God Himself, in the flesh.

His claim presents all of those who encountered (and still encounter) Jesus with a very clear choice to be made:

Do you believe His claim or not?

There really is no middle ground in this choice.  He either is who He claimed to be, in which case we have no other choice but to accept and follow all that He says, or we believe that He is not who He claimed to be.  If you fall into the latter camp, I don't believe you can then say, "I'm not so sure he was God, but he was a good moral teacher/prophet/role model/etc."  Go back and examine what He said.  If you don't believe that He is who He claimed to be, I think there is only one resulting conclusion you can come to- he was a stark-raving lunatic.

Many who don't accept Jesus' claim will not go so far as to call him a lunatic for falsely claiming to be God.  It's not politically correct.  But ask yourself the question, "Who do I believe Jesus is?"  If your answer is anything less than "He is God in the flesh", you might as well be saying "He was a demented madman."