It’s been said that John 3:16 is the Gospel in a nutshell.
Christianity…in a nutshell…started with an event in history ~ the resurrection of Jesus. And immediately following His resurrection, there was a new movement. It was the ekklesia of Jesus; the body of believers that was eventually called the church. And during these historical times, people who were involved in these events documented them for us. They were eyewitness accounts. This is how we got the four Gospels and the Book of Acts. All of it happened in the first century before 70 AD, when the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem was destroyed.
So within 35 years or so of the time of Jesus, these things were documented by people who were part of the movement. And then about 255 plus years later, the first Christian Bible was assembled. This is important because the narrative of Jesus is why there is a Christian Bible. Jesus is the reason for ‘the Bible’.
People need to understand that if there’d been no resurrection, there would’ve been no church. And if there’d been no church, there would’ve been no one to document anything. Apart from Jesus’ resurrection, there would be no Christian Bible. So, regarding the OP, people need to understand that when they walk away from Christianity…and their reason’s for doing so typically have nothing to do with anything that’s foundational to the faith…they’re not only walking away from an event in history, they’re actually walking away from a person ~ Jesus.
This. There was a church, a body of believers, before there was ever any organized Church. There still is.
Last edited by jaguartx; 10/13/22.
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