Who do you say i am? It is not uncommon to hear someone say, "Christians claim God is like this. Jews say he is like that. Moslems say something else! I'm so mixed up, I don't know what to think or who to believe." One is reminded of the four blind men who went to the circus. The question arose, "What does an elephant look like?" One blind man felt the elephant's leg and said it looked like a tree trunk. Another felt its tail and said it looked like a rope. The third felt its tusk and said it looked like a sword. The last man felt its side and said it looked like a wall. Which of the blind men was right? Perhaps the best answer is to say that each one was right - from his own viewpoint. But each blind man was not completely right. Only by dialoging together could they get a complete and more accurate view of what an elephant is like. In a sense this is the way it is with God. The question arises: How can any one religious group claim to be closer to the truth about God than any other. For example, by what right can a Christian claim to have a privileged insight into what God is like? The answer rests on the Christian's faith in Jesus. Jesus claimed to know God as no other man knew him. Jesus did more. He claimed identity with God. He said to Phillip, "Whosoever has seen me has seen the Father.. Iam in the Father and the Father is in me, (John14:9) No man in history ever claimed what Jesus claimed. Mohammed acknowledged himself to be a sinner. Buddha rejected personal veneration. No religious leader identified himself with God in the manner that Jesus did. If Jesus was who he claimed to be, then Christians can correctly claim access to a personally revealed knowledge of God Get your FREE Email at http://mailcity.lycos.com Get your PERSONALIZED START PAGE at http://my.lycos.com
