This took me all morning. Just something I made up for a friend, not all the proof or in any way complete, but enough for a bunch of teenagers, and that is who I designed it for, it will probably never be seen by them though... long story.
Apologetics for Jesus – Reasons to believe in Jesus our Savior C.S. Lewis: I believe in Christianity as I believe the sun has risen, not only because I see, but because by it I see everything else. Did Jesus really walk the earth? Did he actually live? There are many historians who wrote just after the time of Jesus’ life, who write that Jesus was in fact a real person, thus backing up the stories of the Bible. Cornelius Tactus: Who was vehemently anti-Christian, wrote in his historical record that Christus (or the Christ) was put to death by Pilate, he then mentions that Christianity is just superstition, but note that he cannot lie and say he never existed. Matthew 27:22 Pilate saith to them, What shall I do then with Jesus, who is called Christ? They all say to him, Let him be crucified. Suetonius: Suetonius was a Roman historian and a court official in Emperor Hadrian’s government. In his Life of Claudius he refers to Claudius expelling Jews from Rome on account of their activities on behalf of a man Suetonius calls Chrestus [another misspelling of Christus or Christ]. Josephus: Josephus was a Jewish historian who was born in either 37 or 38 AD and died some time after 100 AD. He wrote the Jewish Antiquities and in one famous passage described Jesus as a wise man, a doer of wonderful works and calls him the Christ. He also affirmed that Jesus was executed by Pilate and actually rose from the dead! Josephus, in the book Jewish Antiquities" wrote: "At that time lived Jesus, a wise man, if he may be called a man; for he performed many wonderful works. He was a teacher of such men as received the truth with pleasure. . . .And when Pilate, at the instigation of the chief men among us, had condemned him to the cross, they who before had conceived an affection for him did not cease to adhere to him. For on the third day he appeared to them alive again, the divine prophets having foretold these and many other wonderful things concerning him. And the sect of the Christians, so called from him, subsists at this time" (Antiquities, Book 18, Chapter 3, Section 1). The fact that a man from an poor family who was virtually unknown, would become the focal point of religion and controversy to this day – 2000 years later, is one of the greatest miracles of our time. The Bible, a reliable Historical Document: If we look at the Bible simply as a historic document, it should be among the most reliable on record compared with others. Historians routinely cite Herodotus as a key source of information. He wrote from 488 B.C. to 428 B.C. and the earliest copy of his work comes from 900 A.D. (1,300 years later). There are only eight known copies of his work. By contrast, the New Testament of the Bible (with all its information about Jesus) was written between 40 A.D. and 100 A.D. The earliest known copy is from 130 A.D. and there are 5,000 known copies in Greek, 10,000 in Latin and 9,300 in other languages. It is known that at the time of Jesus women were not thought of as reliable witnesses, a woman could not, say, testify in a court case. Therefore, the fact that women were the first to witness Jesus rising from the dead would make the story less ‘sell-able’ to the mainstream people. Why would you invent a story that was not sell-able? You wouldn’t. There exists no document from the ancient world, witnessed by so excellent a set of textual and historical testimonies . . . Skepticism regarding the historical credentials of Christianity is based upon an irrational bias. Clark Pinnock McMaster University If the New Testament were a collection of secular writings, their authenticity would generally be regarded as beyond all doubt. F. F. Bruce Manchester University For the New Testament of Acts, the confirmation of historicity is overwhelming. Any attempt to reject its basic historicity, even in matters of detail, must now appear absurd. Roman historians have long taken it for granted. A. N. Sherwin-White Classical Roman Historian Romans 1:20 states: "For the invisible things of him from the creation are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead: so that they are without excuse." Death and Resurrection: Jesus died on the cross and was resurrected on the third day. He did so an innocent man, for our sins. Many people saw him after he was resurrected, the most people who saw him at one time were about 500 people. 500 brethren at once, at an appointed place in Galilee 1 Cor. 15:6 After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. "After His suffering, he (Jesus) showed himself to these men and gave many convincing proofs that he was alive. He appeared to them over a period of forty days…" - Acts 1:3 I claim to be an historian. My approach to Classics is historical. And I tell you that the evidence for the life, the death, and the resurrection of Christ is better authenticated than most of the facts of ancient history . . . E. M. Blaiklock Professor of Classics Auckland University Some people say that those who witnessed Jesus after his resurrection were all having joint hallucinations; psychologists have researched this and stated that it is not possible that this was the case. What does all this mean to you? Where do we go from here? “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me” (John 14:6) Jesus gives us life; he offers us the free gift of salvation through faith in him alone. All he asks is that we follow him. "Come and follow me," said Jesus, "and I will make you fishers for men.” Mark 1:17 I wrote this is WORD and had some great changes in font and other such things, they all dissapeared when I copied it into here, so I decided to leave it that way, sorry. :)
No comments:
Post a Comment