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 - How does one account for the rapid spread of Christianity throughout Asia and the Mediterranean in half a century?
- "And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, even in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the one true God and eternal life." (1 Jn. 5:20)
- "Luke is a historian of the first rank…" Sir W. Ramsey
- Not one single archeological discovery has ever contradicted the authenticity of the historicity of the NT.
- A 20" limestone box dated 63 AD reads in Aramaic "James, son of Joseph, brother of Jesus"
- A stone slab dated in the first century has a Latin inscription "Tiberium Pontius Pilate Prefect of Judea"
- A crucifixion victim from the middle first century was discovered in Jerusalem. Seven inch spikes had been driven through his feet and lower arms. Both his legs were broken. (Ps.22,Mt.27,Mk.15,Lk.23, Jn.19)
- Prayers to Jesus as God are inscribed on several burial ossuaries dated 40-50 AD.
- "World religions do not contain anything which is good and true which cannot be found in Christianity…Islam has ninety-nine names for God, but none of them is Father. Hinduism can offer you no power of forgiveness to break the iron grip of karma. The Maharishi cannot come and indwell his disciples." M. Green
- The best answers explaining questions of lifes origin, destiny, meaning, and morality are found in Jesus.
- Humanistic critics offering naturalistic theories for the resurrection avoid using them in public debate for fear of numerous rebuttals, forcing them into a corner.
- The early church would have never thrived how it did under a lie. It would have leaked out, but it never did.
- The two oldest sacraments of the early church, baptism and communion, both celebrate the death and resurrection of Jesus.
- If Jesus was never resurrected, how come the Romans never found and produced His dead body?
- "The morality that He preached and practiced was of the most benevolent kind….it has not been exceeded by any." T. Paine
- "No serious scholar has ventured to postulate the non-historicity of Jesus." O. Betz
- "The Christians you know, worship a man to this day---the distinguished personage who introduced their novel rites , and was crucified on that account…" Lucian, 2nd Century Greek Satirist
- "What advantage did the Jews gain from executing their wise King? It was just after that that their kingdom was abolished." Mar Bar-Serapion, AD70 Syrian philosopher
- "…Jesus Christ was sent forth from God." Clement of Rome
- "Jesus Christ who was of the race of David, who was the Son of Mary, who was truly born and ate and drank, was truly crucified and died in the sight of those in heaven and on earth and those under the earth; who moreover was truly raised from the dead, His Father having raised Him, who in the like fashion will so raise us also who believe on Him." Ignatius
- "…after He was crucified, even all His acquaintances forsook Him…afterwards when He had risen from the dead…" Justin Martyr
- "If Jesus wasn't God, He deserves an Oscar." J. McDowell
- "Christ is the only religious leader who has ever claimed to be deity and the only individual ever who has convinced a great portion of the world that He is God." T. Schultz
- "…secular history affirms that Jesus lived on earth and that He was worshiped as God. 75. He founded a church which has worshiped Him for 1,900 years. 76.He changed the course of the world's history." W. Robinson
77. "He never hesitated nor apologized. He had no need to contradict, withdraw, or modify anything He said. He spoke the unequivocal words of God." K. Scheffrahn & H. Kreyssler 78. "Is such an intellect---clear as the sky, bracing as the mountain air, sharp and penetrating as a sword, thoroughly healthy and vigorous, always ready and always self-possessed---liable to a radical and most serious delusion concerning His own character and mission? Preposterous imagination!" P. Schaff 79. "Without the belief in the resurrection the Christian faith could not have come into being. The disciples would have remained crushed and defeated men." W.L. Craig 80. "Perhaps the transformation of the disciples of Jesus is the greatest evidence of all for the resurrection." J. Stott 81. Jesus was begat of God and born of a virgin. (Jn.1:14,3:16,&Is.7:14) 82. "That a Galilean carpenter should so claim to be the Light of the world, and be so recognized after so many centuries is best explained on the ground of His divinity." B. Ramm 83. "Men may live for a lie, but to think that thousands will die for that same lie requires a stretch of the imagination." N. Geisler & P. Hoffman 84. "Are these men who helped transform the moral structure of society, consummate liars or deluded madmen? >These alternatives are harder to believe than the fact of the resurrection, and there is no shred of evidence to support them." P.E. Little 85. Jesus half brother James did not believe in Him until after the resurrection. James became a recognized leader of the Jerusalem church and was martyred for his faith. 86. "The son of an ape is an ape. The son of a dog is a dog…the Son of God is God." P. Kreeft 87. Jesus changed people's names. Jews believed only God could do that. 88. "Just a good man is the one thing He could not possibly have been…A man who claims to be God and is not cannot be called a "good man". P. Kreeft 89. The synoptic gospels have just enough discrepancy to make them credible. The authors had no private concert to fabricate a story. 90. Jesus never quotes anyone or says, "Thus saith the Lord…", He says, "I say unto you…" 91. "If Christ is not God, why has this lie made people better people than any truth has ever made them?" P. Kreeft 92. Jesus called John the Baptist "the greatest man that ever lived". What did that make Jesus if John was His servant? 93. Jesus intimately referred to God as "Abba Father". What kind of person can change the terms of relating to God? 94. If Jesus was a madman, how did He walk on water?< P> 95. "The gospel writers faithfully recorded what happened even when it was embarrassing." W.L. Craig 96. The Apostle Paul abruptly became the leading protagonist of the faith he'd violently attempted to abolish. 97. "…the Jewish Talmud…never once makes the claim that the fulfillment of prophecies was falsified. Not one time." L. Lapides 98. If Jesus was just a good moral teacher, why did they crucify Him? 99. "…the assumption that Jesus did not die on the cross appear to be at odds with modern medical knowledge." L.T. Johnson 100.Jesus and YHWH are both called perfect, eternal, Creator, omniscient, immutable, omnipresent, exist outside time, Sovereign, life, truth, righteous, Light, redeemer, bridegroom, rock, faithful, good, having shared glory, love, resurrector, judge, knowing men's hearts, Mighty God, "I Am", Alpha and Omega, shepherd, savior, King, forgiver of sins, Lord. They are both prayed to, equal in being, works, authority, and honor, worshiped by men and by angels. They are both called God. 101. Where would I be without Jesus?
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