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TechnoratiThat Jesus would rise again (Psalm 16:8-11)
And on and on and on the list goes. And not just about Jesus. The Old Testament is jammed full of fulfilled prophecies. Daniel, written about five centuries before Jesus hit the earth crawling, is packed full of amazing prophecies.
Did you know that the book of Daniel predicts the coming of Medo Persian kingdom, the Greek Kingdom, the coming of Alexander the Great, the four generals that would take over after his death, the Roman kingdom and the date of Christ’s death with extreme accuracy?The only way that could happen if there was a divine being, who was above the realm of time and space, who could predict the future because He saw it more clearly than you or I see the past or present.
There’s a lot more proof than what I have listed here. Check out some of the books written by my buddies Josh McDowell, Lee Strobel and Alex MacFarland to get more good stuff. Search their books on Amazon and bust out ye olde’ credit card. You won’t be disappointed.
4. I would send my Son and have Him die and then raise Him from the dead.
Check out this passage in 1 Corinthians 15:3-6,
“For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, and that he appeared to Peter, and then to the Twelve. After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers at the same time, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep.”
Jesus appeared to over 500 people after he arose from the dead. Many of them were willing to die for what they had seen. As someone has said, many will die for what they think to be the truth. But nobody will die for what they know to be a lie. The early martyrs who had seen Jesus after his resurrection from the dead were willing to die for what they knew to be the truth…He is alive!
So why do I believe in the God of the Bible?
I see His handywork in the sky. I sense His presence in my soul. I’ve seen the difference in my life. I read His book that is perfect and amazing and a miracle in and of itself. I read the fulfilled prophecies that could never be predicted without God providing the insight into the future. I embrace the resurrected Jesus, the same Jesus that the early Christians were willing to die for because they were eyewitnesses of His presence. And that resurrected Jesus has transformed my life.
My reasons for believing are part relational, part rational and part experiential. The relational and experiential were enough for me to believe in Jesus on June 23rd, 1974. But the rational reasons to believe gave me more confidence over the years that my faith was more than just a personal belief. It was the truth. God gave proof of this faith as the true faith by raising Jesus from the dead.
I don’t care why you believe in Jesus. Whether it is a relational, experiential or rational reason I’m just thrilled that you believe. But know this. You have full bodied, multi dimensional reasons to believe in God. These reasons encompass your heart, soul and mind. They range from the beauty in the sky to fulfilled prophecies to personal transformation to the warm fuzzies in your heart when you think about Him. Isn’t it just like God to give us every reason to believe in Him with every level of our humanity?
Your mission is to share these reasons to believe with every person that you know.
Go for it.
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