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Bible Thumper
[font=Times New Roman,Times,Times NewRoman]The greatest Person Who ever lived – measured by anyone's standard -- said, "I am… the truth." (John 14:6)[/font]
[font=Times New Roman,Times,Times NewRoman]This Person, Jesus Christ, is the only Being who has ever claimed such a thing… and He backed His words with many infallible proofs, based upon physical reality. He healed the sick, gave sight to those blind from birth, cleansed the leper, gave hearing to the deaf, and speech to the dumb. He raised the dead. As a homeless Man, foresaken by His family, He befriended the poor, the fatherless, the widow, and the child. He denounced false religion. He denounced hypocrisy. He denounced materialism. He denounced racism. He denounced divorce. He denounced perversion and corruption and dishonesty. He approved of loving God with all of your heart, mind, strength, soul, and body, and your neighbor as yourself.[/font]
[font=Times New Roman,Times,Times NewRoman]Jesus Christ was intolerant of wickedness. He said the world was wicked and that He had come to show us the way to God. He said that He Himself was THE Way to God… the ONLY way! "I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me." (John 14:6) He did not accept any other belief system as valid. He condemned every lie, and He proclaimed the truth.[/font]
[font=Times New Roman,Times,Times NewRoman]Is the belief system of Jesus Christ just as valid as any other?[/font]
[font=Times New Roman,Times,Times NewRoman]He said he would be crucified by the religious leaders of His day. He was crucified by them. [/font]
[font=Times New Roman,Times,Times NewRoman]He also said that three days after his crucifixion He would rise again from the dead. [/font]
[font=Times New Roman,Times,Times NewRoman]His tomb is empty.[/font]
[font=Times New Roman,Times,Times NewRoman]Today... right now... the empty tomb of Jesus Christ stares Post-Modernism in the face. I am not aware that any person denies any of the above facts with any credibility. So then, what does the Post-Modernist do with these facts?[/font]
[font=Times New Roman,Times,Times NewRoman]Did Jesus Christ not really die? Just faint up there on the cross? Did the seasoned Roman centurion call Him dead before He was? Did Jesus somehow, after being beaten, scourged and crucified, three days later... with no food or water or help from anyone, somehow force his way out of a sealed tomb, overcome the fearless Roman guards, and escape? That was not how He lived. Why would He change?[/font]
[font=Times New Roman,Times,Times NewRoman]Or did the frightened, bewildered disciples, who could not even stand with their Messiah in the garden of Gethsemane when He was still alive... and fled from Him in terror, somehow steal Chirst's body? And did they all, without exception, fearlessly lay down the rest of their lives for a lie? Something they KNEW was a lie? Were they totally insane?[/font]
[font=Times New Roman,Times,Times NewRoman]Five hundred people saw Jesus Christ alive after the crucifixion at the same time. They saw Him ascend into heaven, and they put their lives on the line to proclaim that fact to those who killed Him. That fact would stand as incontestable proof of the resurrection of Jesus Christ in any courtroom today.[/font]
[font=Times New Roman,Times,Times NewRoman]Why is this so hard for us?[/font]
[font=Times New Roman,Times,Times NewRoman]Jesus Christ said He would rise again from the dead.[/font]
[font=Times New Roman,Times,Times NewRoman]He did.[/font]
[font=Times New Roman,Times,Times NewRoman]The spiritual realm is actually real, it does have characteristics, and Jesus Christ is real and alive and the Son of God – just as He said. [/font]
[font=Times New Roman,Times,Times NewRoman]Even with the facts available to them, few made the effort in Jesus' day to seek Him, even with the prospect of eternal damnation staring them in the face. Instead of seeking Him, they hated Him. They killed Him. I expect the same today… people have not changed. We are sinful. We do not have an intellectual problem with the Bible, or with Jesus Christ. Our problem is a spiritual one.[/font]
[font=Times New Roman,Times,Times NewRoman]This Person, Jesus Christ, is the only Being who has ever claimed such a thing… and He backed His words with many infallible proofs, based upon physical reality. He healed the sick, gave sight to those blind from birth, cleansed the leper, gave hearing to the deaf, and speech to the dumb. He raised the dead. As a homeless Man, foresaken by His family, He befriended the poor, the fatherless, the widow, and the child. He denounced false religion. He denounced hypocrisy. He denounced materialism. He denounced racism. He denounced divorce. He denounced perversion and corruption and dishonesty. He approved of loving God with all of your heart, mind, strength, soul, and body, and your neighbor as yourself.[/font]
[font=Times New Roman,Times,Times NewRoman]Jesus Christ was intolerant of wickedness. He said the world was wicked and that He had come to show us the way to God. He said that He Himself was THE Way to God… the ONLY way! "I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me." (John 14:6) He did not accept any other belief system as valid. He condemned every lie, and He proclaimed the truth.[/font]
[font=Times New Roman,Times,Times NewRoman]Is the belief system of Jesus Christ just as valid as any other?[/font]
[font=Times New Roman,Times,Times NewRoman]He said he would be crucified by the religious leaders of His day. He was crucified by them. [/font]
[font=Times New Roman,Times,Times NewRoman]He also said that three days after his crucifixion He would rise again from the dead. [/font]
[font=Times New Roman,Times,Times NewRoman]His tomb is empty.[/font]
[font=Times New Roman,Times,Times NewRoman]Today... right now... the empty tomb of Jesus Christ stares Post-Modernism in the face. I am not aware that any person denies any of the above facts with any credibility. So then, what does the Post-Modernist do with these facts?[/font]
[font=Times New Roman,Times,Times NewRoman]Did Jesus Christ not really die? Just faint up there on the cross? Did the seasoned Roman centurion call Him dead before He was? Did Jesus somehow, after being beaten, scourged and crucified, three days later... with no food or water or help from anyone, somehow force his way out of a sealed tomb, overcome the fearless Roman guards, and escape? That was not how He lived. Why would He change?[/font]
[font=Times New Roman,Times,Times NewRoman]Or did the frightened, bewildered disciples, who could not even stand with their Messiah in the garden of Gethsemane when He was still alive... and fled from Him in terror, somehow steal Chirst's body? And did they all, without exception, fearlessly lay down the rest of their lives for a lie? Something they KNEW was a lie? Were they totally insane?[/font]
[font=Times New Roman,Times,Times NewRoman]Five hundred people saw Jesus Christ alive after the crucifixion at the same time. They saw Him ascend into heaven, and they put their lives on the line to proclaim that fact to those who killed Him. That fact would stand as incontestable proof of the resurrection of Jesus Christ in any courtroom today.[/font]
[font=Times New Roman,Times,Times NewRoman]Why is this so hard for us?[/font]
[font=Times New Roman,Times,Times NewRoman]Jesus Christ said He would rise again from the dead.[/font]
[font=Times New Roman,Times,Times NewRoman]He did.[/font]
[font=Times New Roman,Times,Times NewRoman]The spiritual realm is actually real, it does have characteristics, and Jesus Christ is real and alive and the Son of God – just as He said. [/font]
[font=Times New Roman,Times,Times NewRoman]Even with the facts available to them, few made the effort in Jesus' day to seek Him, even with the prospect of eternal damnation staring them in the face. Instead of seeking Him, they hated Him. They killed Him. I expect the same today… people have not changed. We are sinful. We do not have an intellectual problem with the Bible, or with Jesus Christ. Our problem is a spiritual one.[/font]