If Jesus is a liar.... What a Dilemma!

 Who is Jesus Christ really?

The Christan's say that Jesus is God, within the Trinity.
The Muslims say Jesus is a great prophet.
The Hindu's and Buddhists say Jesus is a great and wise teacher.
The New Agers  say Jesus is an ascended master
The DaVinci coders say he was a good and holy man who had some great ideas.

But who does Jesus say he is?  When his disciples told him they did not know the way to God, Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me."  Pretty profound!  What he's saying, in case you didn't get it, is that nobody can come to God except through him.  He is the way and no other.  

Now here is my dilemma.  The person who made this statement is either a liar, or he's telling the truth.  If he is a liar, then the Muslims, the Hindu's, the Buddhists, the New Agers and all those who say that he is a great prophet, a great an wise teacher, an ascended master, or anything else noble and true are wrong about who he is.  He can't be a liar and be what all the other religions say he is.   If they are wrong about who he is, what else are they wrong about?  And if they are wrong about other things, why should they be believed about anything.  There is a famous radio talk-show host who puts forth a theory he calls the "wheel" approach to God.. His idea is that all religions, including Christianity, are simply spokes in the great wheel of life and each one of them will take you to God.  But if Jesus is a liar, shouldn't he be removed from that wheel? And if the other religions are wrong, shouldn't they be taken off too?


Here's the other side of the picture.  What if Jesus is telling the truth?  What if he is the only way to God? If he is telling the truth, that means that all the other religions are still wrong about who he is and not to be believed about anything.  And if he is the only way to God, then all the followers of all the religions are condemned to an eternity separated from God.  So this is my dilemma: If he's a liar, then everybody is wrong about who he is.  If he's telling the truth, then everybody is wrong about who he is. So why should I trust any of those other religions, when they are wrong about who one of the most important figures in history really is, whether he is a liar or not?  If Jesus is a liar, then anybody who believes in him is lost - but since the other religions claim he is a great man, if you believe in them, you are still lost. Damned if you do, and damned if you don't.

It seems like the only winning proposition is to take his word.that he is who he says he is, put your faith in Jesus Christ, and trust that he is telling the truth.  All the other options seem to be lose-lose.