Who Is Jesus?
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
A famed historian once noted that, regardless of what you think of him personally, Jesus Christ stands as the central figure in the history of Western civilization. A man violently rejected by some and passionately worshipped by others, Jesus remains as polarizing as ever. But most people still know very little about who he really was, why he was really here, or what he really claimed.
Intended as a succinct introduction to Jesus’s life, words, and enduring significance, Who Is Jesus? offers non-Christians and new Christians alike a compelling portrait of Jesus Christ. Ultimately, this book encourages readers to carefully consider the history-shaping life and extraordinary teachings of the greatest man who ever lived.
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- Addresses real quetsions about Jesus in a simple way
- Focuses on the testimony of reliable eyewitnesses who met Jesus and on God's Word
- Encourages readers to carefully consider the extraordinary teachings of the greatest man who ever lived
- What Do You Think?
- An Extraordinary Man, and Then Some
- King of Israel, King of Kings
- The Great “I AM”...
- ...Is One of Us
- The Triumph of the Last Adam
- Lamb of God, Sacrifice for Man
- Resurrected and Reigning Lord
Top Highlights
“Here was a man who claimed to be a prophet, a savior, a king, even God himself—a man whose listeners would have been perfectly justified in chalking him up as a lunatic or a charlatan if only he hadn’t kept on doing things to back those claims up! Then there was the way he treated people in such unexpected ways—compassion to outcasts, wrath to the powerful, and love toward the unlovable. On top of it all, despite his claims, Jesus didn’t act like a king or a god. When he was offered a crown, he refused it, told his followers to keep quiet about who he really was, and talked instead about how the authorities would soon crucify him like a common criminal. But then again, he spoke as if all that were somehow part of his plan all along.” (source)
“Actually, the Sermon on the Mount is primarily about Jesus making an audacious claim that he has the right to interpret Israel’s Old Testament Law—to say what it means and why it’s there in the first place!” (source)
“hope in the midst of what looked like abject hopelessness: the penalty of death did not have to be paid by the sinner!” (source)
“He’s saying that this great King would not just establish a kingdom of perfect righteousness. As Suffering Servant, he would also take on himself—and exhaust!—the penalty of death for his people. He would absorb the curse that stood against them, and qualify them to live with him forever in the kingdom he had established.” (source)
“He was saying that just as Caesar’s image is on the coin, so God’s image is reflected in the very core of your being. And therefore you belong to him!” (source)
Jesus asked his disciples, ‘Who do you say I am?’ It’s a question each of us must answer. In a wonderfully readable and succinct manner, Greg Gilbert mines the pages of Scripture to consider the truth of Christ’s claims about himself. This is essential reading for the Christian and the seeker.
Jim Daly, President, Focus on the Family
Greg’s greatest asset is his ability to make profound things simple. As his book What Is the Gospel? helps us distinguish the true gospel from the false, so Who Is Jesus? helps us distinguish Christ as he presents himself from how we have remade him.
J. D. Greear, President, Southern Baptist Convention; author, Not God Enough; Pastor, The Summit Church, Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina
There is no more important question in the cosmos than 'Who is Jesus?' Greg Gilbert, with brilliant mind and pastoral heart, unpacks that question step by step with both insight and accessibility. Whether you’re a skeptic looking into these things for the first time or a long-time believer, this book will drive you right to where we all need to go: to the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
Russell Moore, Public Theologian, Christianity Today; Director, Christianity Today's Public Theology Project
- Title: Who Is Jesus?
- Author: Greg Gilbert
- Publisher: Crossway
- Print Publication Date: 2015
- Logos Release Date: 2015
- Pages: 144
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
- Subject: Jesus Christ—Person and offices
- ISBNs: 9781433543531, 9781433543524, 1433543532, 1433543524, 9781433543500, 1433543508
- Resource ID: LLS:9781433543531
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2025-05-20T07:29:41Z