“耶穌是誰？”這個問題，對基督徒而言，並不難回答，但是對非基督徒來說，“耶穌是誰？”這個問題，確實很難回答。為什麼呢？因為要一個人決定耶穌是誰，等于是要為耶穌下一個論斷。耶穌自稱他是神的兒子，使得英國小說作家和神學家C. S. Lewis說，對耶穌這個人，我們只有三個選擇（三個可能）；是甚麼呢？也許耶穌是個騙子；也許耶穌是個瘋子；也許耶穌是神的兒子。我們談談吧。

　　第一個選擇是也許耶穌是個騙子。新約聖經所記載的神跡都是假的。譬如，耶穌叫拉撒路復活以前，耶穌和拉撒路預先串通好，讓拉撒路假裝是個死人，到時候從山洞的墳墓裏出來，使得周圍的人都相信他復活了。另外耶穌使盲人看見，讓瘸腿的走路，長麻瘋病的得潔淨等神跡，

都是一樣的﹕耶穌跟某人預先準備好，欺騙周圍的人們。

　　第二個選擇是也許耶穌自己被別人欺騙。這個學說假設耶穌的頭腦比較簡單，或他發瘋，使得他被別人利用。譬如兩三個人私下講好。一個假裝是盲人，第二個假意勸耶穌試試看醫治他。耶穌接受了騙，試著醫治那個人；果然，假裝為盲人的眼睛就明亮了！於是，耶穌自己以為（相信）他有能力行奇跡。

　　朋友，請問，您能不能接受這兩個選擇？耶穌是個騙子嗎？教導人們道德行為，提醒人遵守神一切誡命，責備那些假冒為善的耶穌還會欺騙眾人，假裝自己能行神跡嗎？聖經記載耶穌行那麼多神跡，在當時沒有人能把他看透嗎？他時常欺騙人，沒有人發現嗎？關於第二個學說（耶穌自己被別人欺騙），你能相信耶穌是那麼頭腦簡單嗎？他的智慧話語，使得當時的文士和法律師都啞口無言，使今天的學者覺得奧妙的耶穌還會被別人欺騙，被說服相信自己能行神跡，相信自己是神的兒子嗎？可能嗎？

　　第三個選擇是耶穌就是他所自稱的神的兒子。耶穌是永生的神成為有血肉的人。耶穌生活在世人的中間，行神跡醫病，表示神的關心;耶穌活出神的真理說“我就是道路，真理，生命”；耶穌為世人犧牲自己被釘死在十字架上，證明神的愛；耶穌復活赦免相信他之人的罪，彰顯神的大能。

　　耶穌是誰？只有三個選擇。是世界最成功的騙局呢？是個瘋子，被別人欺騙，利用呢？是神的兒子呢？身為基督徒的我，毫無疑問的可以宣佈耶穌就是他所說，是神的兒子，世人的救主。

继续读第五部分

“Who is Jesus?”  What a question!  For Christians, this is easily answered, but for non-Christians, the question, “Who is Jesus?” is very difficult.  It’s difficult because in answering the question of who Jesus is, one makes a judgment regarding Jesus.  Jesus claimed to be the Son of God, and this leads C. S. Lewis, the well-known English novelist and theologian, to assert that there are only three possibilities (or three choices) regarding the personage of Jesus: Either  he’s a fraud, a lunatic or else he is the Son of God.  Let’s talk about it.

                First, perhaps Jesus was a fraud, a cheat; all the miracles recorded in the New Testament are fakes.  For example, before Jesus “raised” Lazarus from the dead, the two of them colluded so Lazarus pretended to be dead.  He waited in the tomb (which was a cave) until Jesus shouted, “Lazarus, come out!” and out he came!  All those standing around thought and believed that Jesus had resurrected Lazarus from death.  Or, whenever Jesus gave sight to the blind, enabled the lame to walk, cleansed lepers—just as with Lazarus—Jesus collaborated with the person beforehand and deceived the witnesses.

                The second possibility is that Jesus himself was deceived by other people.  This theory assumes that Jesus was demented if not crazy.  For example, two or three people got together and determined to delude Jesus regarding himself.  One man pretended to be blind and a second person goaded Jesus with statements like, “I bet you can heal that blind man.”  Finally, Jesus accepted the challenge and tried to heal him, and suddenly he who was “blind” could now see!  The result was that others standing by, and Jesus himself, were all convinced that he had divine powers and could perform miracles.  Easy!

                Can we believe either of these theories?  Was Jesus a fraud?  He who taught others to live morally and ethically, he who reminded others to obey all of God’s commands, he who castigated hypocrites—could this person himself live a totally fraudulent life and pretend to be a miracle worker without someone seeing through it all?  He deceived that many people?  No one found him out?  Regarding the second theory, that Jesus was duped by others, can you really believe that Jesus was that simple-minded?  He whose wisdom closed the mouths of those who criticized him then (the scribes and lawyers), and makes scholars today stand in awe—do you think this Jesus could be cajoled or flattered into thinking that he could perform miracles and that he was the Son of God?  Is it possible?!

                The third choice is that Jesus was exactly who he claimed to be, the Son of God.  Jesus was the eternal God in the human form of flesh and blood.  In order to display God’s care, Jesus lived among men and performed miracles.  In order to state “I am the way and the truth and the life,” Jesus enacted God’s truth in his life.  In order to prove God’s love, Jesus sacrificed himself and was nailed to a cross.  In order to demonstrate God’s power, Jesus was resurrected from the grave through which believers receive forgiveness of sin.

                Who is Jesus?  There are only three options.  Was he the most successful fraud the world has ever seen?  Or was he a lunatic, the pawn of those who deceived him?  Or was he the Son of God?  As a Christian, I have no trouble shouting from the housetop that Jesus was exactly who he claimed to be—the Son of God and the Savior of the world.