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C. Sproul  \nWho Is Jesus? Can I Trust the Bible? Does Prayer Change Things? Can I Know God’s Will? How Should I Live in This World? What Does It Mean to Be Born Again?  \nCan I Be Sure I’m Saved?  \nWhat Is Faith? What Can I Do with My Guilt?  \nWhat Is the Trinity?  \nWhat Is Baptism? Can I Have Joy in My Life?  \nWho Is the Holy Spirit? Does God Control Everything? How Can I Develop a Christian Conscience?  \nWhat Is the Lord’s Supper? What Is the Church? What Is Repentance?  \nWhat Is the Relationship between Church and State?  \nAre These the Last Days? What Is the Great Commission? Can I Lose My Salvation?  \nFree digital editions available at  \n[ReformationTrust.com/FreeCQ](ReformationTrust.com/FreeCQ)  \nWho Is Jesus?  \n© 1983, 1999, 2009, 2010 by R. C. Sproul  \nPreviously published as Who Is Jesus? ( 1983) and as part of Following Christ ( 1991) by Tyndale House Publishers, and as Who Is Jesus? by Ligonier Ministries (1999) .  \nPublished by Reformation Trust Publishing a division of Ligonier Ministries  \n421 Ligonier Court, Sanford, FL 32771 [Ligonier.org](Ligonier.org) [ReformationTrust.com](ReformationTrust.com)  \nPrinted in North Mankato, MN Corporate Graphics  \nJune 2014  \nFirst edition, fifth printing  \nAll rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or otherwise—without the prior written permission of the publisher, Reformation Trust Publishing. The only exception is brief quotations in published reviews.  \nCover design: Gearbox Studios  \nInterior design and typeset: Katherine Lloyd, The DESK  \nUnless otherwise noted, Scripture quotations are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®, copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.  \nScripture quotations marked NIV are from The Holy Bible, New International Version® . NIV® . Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved.  \nScripture quotations marked KJV are from The Holy Bible, King James Version.  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data  \nSproul, R. C. (Robert Charles), 1939-  \nWho is Jesus? / R. C. Sproul.  \n[p. cm. --](p. cm. --) (The crucial questions series)  \nFirst published as: Who Is Jesus? 1983. Following Christ. Wheaton, Ill. : Tyndale House Publishers, 1991. Who Is Jesus? Ligonier Ministries, 1999.  \nISBN 978-1-56769-181-8  \n1. Jesus Christ--Person and offices. I. Sproul, R. C. (Robert Charles), 1939-  \nFollowing Christ. II. Title.  \nBT203 . S67 2009 232--dc22  \n2009018825  \nCONTENTS  \nOne – Will the Real Jesus Please Stand Up? Two – The Titles of Jesus  \nThree – The Life of Jesus  \nThere are vast numbers of portraits of Jesus in the art galleries of this world. These images are often so conflicting that they offer little help in achieving an accurate picture of what Christ looked like during the period of His incarnation.  \nThis multiplicity of images parallels the widespread confusion about Jesus’ identity that exists in the world today.  \nWe need Christ—the real Christ. A Christ born of empty speculation or created to squeeze into the philosopher’s pattern simply won ’t do. A recycled Christ, a Christ of compromise, can redeem no one. A Christ watered down, stripped of power, debased of glory, reduced to a symbol, or made impotent by scholarly surgery is not Christ but Antichrist.  \nThe prefix anti can mean “against” or “instead of.” In language, there is a difference, but in life, it is a distinction without a difference, because to supplant the real Jesus with a substitute is to work against Christ. To change or distort  \nthe real Christ is to oppose Him with a false Christ.  \nNo person in history has provoked as much study, criticism, prejudice, or devotion as Jesus of Nazareth. 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