Thursday, April 12, 2007
The resurrection of Jesus Christ, if true, becomes the single most important event in human history. I say this because He claimed to be God. If Jesus did return to life after having died as He said He would, then we have every reason to believe everything else He said. The great debate over the existence of God is over as is the question of what God expects of us.
There were over 500 eyewitnesses to the fact of Jesus' bodily existence after His verified death on a cross. There were others (see last post) who knew from reliable sources that He had resurrected and tried to cover it up. I believe it happened just the way the Bible depicts it. I know that others don't. Using the criteria for determining the truthfulness of a belief system I find Christianity have experiential relevance.
Several points to explore here:
It is consistent with what we see in the world.
It helps make sense of the suffering around us and offers an ultimate solution.
Christianity also meets the inner needs, call it spiritual and intellectual hunger, we all
experience.
There are others, but let me look at these first.
There were over 500 eyewitnesses to the fact of Jesus' bodily existence after His verified death on a cross. There were others (see last post) who knew from reliable sources that He had resurrected and tried to cover it up. I believe it happened just the way the Bible depicts it. I know that others don't. Using the criteria for determining the truthfulness of a belief system I find Christianity have experiential relevance.
Several points to explore here:
It is consistent with what we see in the world.
It helps make sense of the suffering around us and offers an ultimate solution.
Christianity also meets the inner needs, call it spiritual and intellectual hunger, we all
experience.
There are others, but let me look at these first.
