Continued
from the previous post –
The
claims of Jesus Christ force us to choose. As Lewis stated, we cannot
put Jesus in the category of being just a great religious leader or
good moral teacher. This former skeptic challenges us to make up our
own minds about Jesus, stating,
“You must make
your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God: or else a
madman or something worse. You can shut Him up for a fool, you can
spit at Him and kill him as a demon or you can fall at his feet and
call Him Lord and God. But let us not come with any patronizing
nonsense about His being a great human teacher. He has not left that
open to us. He did not intend to.”
In
Mere Christianity, Lewis explores the options regarding the identity
of Jesus, concluding that he is exactly who he claimed to be. His
careful examination of the life and words of Jesus led this great
literary genius to renounce his former atheism and become a committed
Christian.
The
greatest question in human history is, “Who is the real Jesus
Christ?” Bono, Lewis, and countless others have concluded that God
visited our planet in human form. But if that is true, then we would
expect him to be alive today. And that is exactly what his followers
believe.
The
eyewitnesses to Jesus Christ actually spoke and acted like they
believed he physically rose from the dead after his crucifixion. If
they were wrong then Christianity has been founded upon a lie. But if
they were right, such a miracle would substantiate all Jesus said
about God, himself, and us.
But
must we take the resurrection of Jesus Christ by faith alone, or is
there solid historical evidence? Several skeptics began
investigations into the historical record to prove the resurrection
account false. What did they discover? However, we know that Jesus
was never killed on the cross. The Roman soldiers removed him from
the cross and his companions carefully put him in a closed
compartment looking like a tomb, for the protection from Jew priests
who wanted to kill him. There is a very reliable information that
Jesus was never killed, he was removed from the cross with help from
the Roman soldiers and given treatment for the wounds he had due to
nails those were put in his body. This became possible because the
crusification was done at the behest of Roman General on day prior to
Saturday, which is religious holiday of Jews. So they knew that on
that day no priest would venture to visit that site. After he was
safely transferred from that place with help of his companions to
some unknown place, he happened to revisit Jerusalem to meet his
followers. At that time Roman, generals spread the rumor that Jesus
has resurrected from his tomb and that in his physical form from
heaven. This worked well as in those days such things were believed
by people. Roman general helped him because they knew that Jesus was
innocent.
Continues
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