Friday, September 26, 2014

The resurrection of Jesus Christ is a fact and one of the greatest evidences that Jesus Christ is the almighty Lord of the entire universe. The Bible speaks of hundreds of people seeing him and having fellowshiped with him after his resurrection from the dead. People knew that he had died. His death was affirmed on the cross when a Roman soldier cut open the side of his body with a spear. The medical community would agree that when the Roman soldier cut into Jesus’ side (John 19:34), the heart of Jesus was punctured. It is said that water and blood flowed from Jesus’ side. Since rigor mortis sets in after death and the body gets rigid within just a couple of hours, we know that Jesus was physically dead. Jesus could not, of course, fake his death. Because of Jesus’ death and his resurrection, you and I can be confident that we also will be resurrected, by faith in Jesus.                    
Already in the very first years of the Christian movement, believers used the opened grave as the greatest proof that Jesus Christ indeed is the Living Son of God! He is not dead but alive, and he is now the Master of the entire universe.

Thursday, September 25, 2014

Personally, I have struggled with the question of the Bible’s authenticity. But then came a time when I felt my questions were answered, so I decided to throw myself into the hands of God and simply to believe wholeheartedly that everything in the Bible is truly written as God’s Word. Let me explore this question logically. Here are my arguments for the Bible’s authenticity:
  1. If there is a god who individually created humankind, is it not then also reasonable then to believe that the same god wants to have a relationship with his created beings in one way or another? Logically, I cannot fathom a god who creates us and then takes off without trace.
  2. Then, if this god wants to communicate with his creation, is it not also logical to trust that he would place this communication in a written form so his creation could have a record and read it?
  3. What can be more logical then that he will protect his message to his creation from destruction and changes? 
  4. Isn't it equally logical that you and I should take time to research, read, and study this written-down message so we can understand the plan and purpose this god has for our lives?

But the issue is: Can this evidence be backed up? Is there any objective and impartial model to find out whether the Bible is God’s Word? Here is what I usually use when deciding what is true from that which is false: If you believe in something, I normally research the pros and the cons, and then decide to trust in the most believable. My reasoning above shows that I have followed that process in this situation and come to the conclusion that there are more reasons for trusting the Bible as God’s Word than for not believing it. Because I come from a very secular society, I am not content with trusting anything on a “my-mother-believed-and-that-is-enough-for-me” form of traditional blind faith. That is not a healthy way to choose right from wrong.