Famous People Speak About Jesus
Xlibris Corporation, 2004
ISBN Hardcover: 1-4134-4717-1
ISBN Softcover: 1-4134-4716-3
Christopher H.K. Persaud
WHO DO YOU SAY THAT I AM?
Jesus posed the question to his disciples a short time before he was unfairly accused, and wrongfully condemned to death after being subjected to a mockery of a legal trial...before he was horrendously abused and killed atop a wooden cross.
"And who do you say that I am?"
Peter, the disciple who was to initiate and lead the astounding movement we know today as Christianity answered, 'You are the Son of God" ...to which Jesus replied, "You are Peter, and upon this rock (Jesus Christ) I will build my Church and the gates of hell will not prevail against it."
Jesus' question reverberates throughout history, as we know it ,and directly and indirectly, people have answered, and continue to respond to this most poignant of inquiries.
Let us endeavor, in this regard, to peer into the thoughts of over a thousand notable men and women from the first century following Christ's life and times to the present age. Let us read what monarchs, presidents, statesmen, philosophers, scientists, theologians, writers, philanthropists, poets, composers, singers, songwriters, actors, actresses, television talk-show hosts, athletes, and Christain martyrs throughout history among others, and even a dictator or two and a few infamous personalities, have had to say about this mesmerizing young rabbi who wandered the Judean hills over two thousand years ago.
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Quotes From This Book
Bob Dylan: American Singer; Songwriter (On stage at Syracuse, NY, 1980)
"Jesus tapped me on the shoulder and said, 'Bob, why are you resisting me?' I said, 'I'm not resisting you!' He said, 'You gonna follow me?' I said, 'I've never thought about that before!' He said, 'When you're not following me, you're resisting me."
Jackie Joyner-Kersee: American Track & Field Athlete
"God, my husband and I are a team. I thank God first for my success, because He's been with me all the way. One of my favorite verses is Philippians 4:13: 'I can do all things through Christ because He gives me strength.' "
Albert Schweitzer: German Philosopher; Physician & Theologian
"Day by day we should weigh what we have granted to the spirit of the world against what we have denied to the spirit of Jesus, in thought and especially in deed."
Martin Luther King: American Civil Rights Leader; Christian Minister
"I may not yet be the man I should be or the man, with Christ's help, I someday will be - but thank God I'm not the man I used to be!"
Lionel Luckhoo: Guyanese Defense Attorney; Evangelist; British Knight
" I say unequivocally that the evidence for the resurrection of Jesus Christ is so overwhelming that it compels acceptance by proof which leaves absolutely no room for doubt."
Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi: Indian Civil Rights Leader: Pacifist
"A man (Christ) who was completely innocent, offered Himself as a sacrifice for the good of others, including His enemies, and became the ransom of the world. It was a perfect act."
"The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer, my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge. He is my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold."
Psalm 18:2
