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a teacher of men who receive the truth with pleasure. He won over many Jews and also many Greeks. This man was the Messiah. And when Pilate had condemned him to the cross at the instigation of our own leaders, those who had loved him from the first did not cease. For he appeared to them on the third day alive again, as the prophets had predicted and said many other wonderful things about him. And even now the race of Christians, so named after him, has not yet died out.The following quote from F. F. Bruce summarizes this very clearly. \thought of the evidence from early Jewish and Gentile writers...it does at least establish, for those who refuse the witness of Christian writings, the historical character of Jesus himself. Some writers may toy with the fancy of a 'Christ-myth,' but they do not do so on the grounds of historical evidence. The historicity of Christ is as axiomatic (self-evident) for an unbiased historian as the historicity of Julius Caesar. It is not historians who propagate the 'Christ-myth' theories.\ConclusionJesus of Nazareth was God%u2019s Mystery. Following Jesus%u2019 temptations by Satan, that rebellious angel, Jesus began proclaiming His message of forgiveness and salvation. After Jesus%u2019 atoning sacrifice (crucifixion), His resurrection, and ascension, His message of reconciliation began to be proclaimed and offered to all men. Everyone who puts their faith, trust, and obedience in Him isreconciled to their Creator and put in Christ's Body, His church. 1. When Jesus was baptized (immersed) by Johna. ___ The heavens were opened.b. ___ The Spirit of God descended on Him.c. ___ A voice said, %u201cthis is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.%u201dd. ___ All the abovee. ___ Nothing happened, He only got wet2. The Devil tempted Jesus by His desire fora. ___ Foodb. ___ Powerc. ___ Material things3. Jesus told the Samaritan woman that He was the MessiahTrue ___ False ___4. It is through Christ man is reconciled to God. True ___ False ___5. What occurred during Jesus%u2019 arrest and trial?a. ___ questioned about His teachingsb. ___ struck in the face