A great resource for Bible students is available from Middletown Bible Church, Middletown, Connecticut. They provide hundreds of Bible studies from how one comes to faith in Christ, to the eternal destiny of born again believers (Salvation - Prophecy). They are gracious enough to allow their materials to be copied and shared with others. This chart is taken and adapted from Josh McDowell's book, Evidence That Demands A Verdict, page 108. You will find the following at:
http://middletownbiblechurch.org/lifeochr/lifeoc6.htm
This study provides the basis for the chart below:
Jesus Claims To Be God
(Two Alternatives)
His claims were FALSE.
(Two Alternatives)*
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His claims
were TRUE.
 He is LORD |
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He KNEW His
claims were FALSE.
He made a
DELIBERATE MISREPRESENTATION.
He was a LIAR
He was a HYPOCRITE
(because He taught others not to lie).
He was EVIL
(because He told others to trust Him for their eternal destiny, when He knew He could not back up His claims).
He was a FOOL
(because He was crucified for making claims He knew were false). |
He DID NOT KNOW His claims were FALSE. 
He was SINCERELY
DELUDED.
He was a LUNATIC
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(Two
Alternatives)
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| You can Accept |
or
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You can Reject | ||
John 3:18,36
Eternity
with Christ in heaven or without Christ in hell |
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*Concerning these two alternatives Thiessen wrote: "If He is a deceiver, or is
self-deceived, and, in either case, if He is not God, He is not good" (Thiessen,
Outline of Lectures in Systematic Theology, p. 65).
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