The faith of Jesus’ original followers was anchored to the reality of the physical, literal, in-history resurrection of Jesus. And they didn’t give their lives because of what they believed. People give their lives because of what they believe all the time. They gave their lives because of what they saw. And since their faith was anchored to that, does it make sense that our faith should be anchored to that as well…?
If Jesus rose from the dead, then it’s game flippin’ on…!
And if He didn’t, then none of it matters anyway. Period.
Skeptics, especially those with a clear and biased agenda, choose the Bible…over and over and over…as the battleground for the faith of Christianity.
To me, the question that believers should wrestle to the ground is not is the whole Bible literally true and without error…?
To me, the question that believers should wrestle to the ground is simply did or did not Jesus rise from the dead…?
The epic culture shaping story of Christianity did not begin with a book; it began with an event.
When Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimethea removed Jesus’ lifeless body from the cross, there we no longer any believers. Zero. They all quit believing.
But nobody excepted no body.
The faith of Christianity didn’t begin in Genesis. It began on Easter morning. And not because somebody read something. But because some people saw something.
Christianity’s uniqueness is that it’s rooted in history. In an event. The event of the resurrection was the beginning of Christianity. Christianity doesn’t hang in the balance of whether the 66 different books of the Bible can all be proven to be literally true. Christianity hangs on a single event. Period.
Apostle Paul made it crystal clear when he said that if Jesus has not been raised from the dead, then all of our preaching is useless and so is your faith.
It all rises and falls on the death and resurrection of Jesus. Period. If He rose from the dead, then game on. And if He didn’t, then we’re wasting our time.
The faith of Christianity is anchored to that single, solitary event. It was for Jesus’ original followers. And it makes sense to me that our faith should be anchored to that as well.
My friend antlers has posted this before and I think it gets right through the BS of the doubters and their blanket assertion that none of it is true because of a passage in the Old Testament or because they haven’t really “looked”. They choose to not “look” because actually “looking” would show how fatally wrong they are and that would be a damaging blow to their little fragile egos. I’ve noticed that their (AACC) have continually ignored addressing the FACT that Jesus was a real man that really lived, he was crucified, died and was buried. His closest friends and followers…..you know the first hand witnesses MANY MANY witnesses saw him and spoke with him following his death and burial. Those FACTS are ignored by the cucks and they’re so enlightened that it’s beneath them to even respond. They can’t use their double talk, verbal diarrhea and typical dishonesty to obfuscate the truth so that’s why they’re always deflecting and using the same tired clichés…..they’re empty, vacuous but never in doubt. Those 2 cucks are so closed minded that NO AMOUNT OF PROOF would change their “minds”. It’s clear that they have made their choice and they will defend it vigorously. That’s fine with me since my salvation isn’t tied to their acceptance.
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