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If Christ wasn't who He said He was... He either knew it or didn't know it. If He knew He wasn't, He would have been a hypocrite and a liar. If He didn't know He wasn't, He would be deluded and a lunatic. If He WAS who He said he was... Then Christ is our Lord and Savior.
However, since we have historical records showing where the Apostles went, what they taught, and how they were martyred, and we have the books written by them, we must therefore assume that the Apostles existed. In this case, there is only one choice left.
If they were telling the truth, then the obvious results would be:
Jesus WAS born of a virgin,
He WAS the Son of God,
He DID perform miracles,
He WAS tortured and killed,
He WAS buried and was resurrected three days later,
He DID come to his apostles and show that He had risen,
and He DID physically ascend to the Kingdom of God.
The apostles who wrote the Gospels did so long after he had died,
The apostles DID see all of these things, hear all of these things, and gave up their own lives for their Lord and Savior.
Originally posted by Jobeycool
Just gonna make this quick,Atheist have become a arrogant bunch of jerks on the internet all over the place over the past 10 years or so with the bible bashing.They are doing the very thing they accuse some Christians of doing.Not even being honest either with their skepticism.
Originally posted by windword
reply to post by FollowTheWhiteRabbit
If Christ wasn't who He said He was... He either knew it or didn't know it. If He knew He wasn't, He would have been a hypocrite and a liar. If He didn't know He wasn't, He would be deluded and a lunatic. If He WAS who He said he was... Then Christ is our Lord and Savior.
I can't argue one way or the other for the sanity or truthfulness of Jesus until you define who Jesus claimed he was.
I'm not sure that Jesus ever claimed to be "Christ". If he really existed, he might have fancied himself as one of the messianic figures that the Jews were expecting.
I don't think that Jesus ever claimed to be the savior of humanity either. He certainly didn't claim to be GOD.
Who, in your opinion and for the sake of argument for this thread, do you think Jesus claimed to be?
12 Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do, he will do also; and greater works than these he will do; because I go to the Father. 13 Whatever you ask in My name, that will I do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 If you ask Me anything in My name, I will do it.
When you are persecuted in one place, flee to another. Truly I tell you, you will not finish going through the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
Truly I say to you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.
The only reason for the mingling of fallen angels with the daughters of men is Satan's plan that Jesus would never be born. He literally tried to corrupt the bloodline of Jesus Christ. Jesus was born out of Noah's bloodline. God protected this line all the way down to Jesus being born.
Originally posted by 1337s0lja
Proof that Jesus existed other than the Bible.
It didnt take me long to find this, seems like it takes a long time for skeptics though. Have a good one!
Messiah would be born of the seed of a woman (Gen 3:15, Luke 1:34-35)