I trust the truth in his teachings; therefore I trust the One teaching.
But nothing Jesus taught suggests anything special, in fact I think he is over-rated. That's not to say he didn't say some worthwhile things but so did others.
Confucius lived 500 years before Jesus, why do you think he was any less impressive? Confucius gave credit to others before him for his wisdom, Jesus had no such modesty.
Here are a few comments about Confucius from the Stanford Encyclopedia
Confucius represented his teachings as lessons transmitted from antiquity. He claimed that he was “a transmitter and not a maker” and that all he did reflected his “reliance on and love for the ancients.” ... But we should not regard the contents of the Analects as consisting of old ideas. Much of what Confucius taught appears to have been original to him and to have represented a radical departure from the ideas and practices of his day.
Confucius' social philosophy largely revolves around the concept of ren , “compassion” or “loving others.” Cultivating or practicing such concern for others involved deprecating oneself. This meant being sure to avoid artful speech or an ingratiating manner that would create a false impression and lead to self-aggrandizement. ( Lunyu 1.3) Those who have cultivated ren are, on the contrary, “simple in manner and slow of speech.” ( Lunyu 13.27). For Confucius, such concern for others is demonstrated through the practice of forms of the Golden Rule: “What you do not wish for yourself, do not do to others;” “Since you yourself desire standing then help others achieve it, since you yourself desire success then help others attain it.” ( Lunyu 12.2, 6.30). He regards devotion to parents and older siblings as the most basic form of promoting the interests of others before one's own and teaches that such altruism can be accomplished only by those who have learned self-discipline.
Interesting that Conficius taught the importance of devotion to family while Jesus taught that family should be abandoned in order to follow him.
Gautama Buddha also lived about 400 years before Jesus. His teachings are every bit as impressive and remarkably similar to Jesus'. The similarities are so interesting some scholars have proposed the idea that Jesus or his followers were guilty of plagiarism.
So what is unique about Jesus' teachings that makes you think Confucius and Buddha were, at best just wise, men but Jesus' teachings are evidence of divine origin?
