Bible Question:
could you help me ? is there any historical evidence about the Resurrection of christ.. i would like to use it to teach students in church. new students who come to church for the first time seem to think it's a kind of fiction please help me... God bless you !! |
Bible Answer: kang: So enormous is the volume of extra-biblical material available on the life of Jesus Christ, including His resurrection, that even to list a bibliography far exceeds the limits of a post on this Forum. The best I will try to do is refer you to two books. The first book is by Josh McDowell and is called "The New Evidence That Demands a Verdict." Section 9 of Part 1, called "The Resurrection -- Hoax or History?" contains much good material. The second book is one you doubtlessly have in your possession. When you pick up this book -- I'm referring you to the Bible -- you hold in your hands the most authoritative book ever written on the birth, life, death, burial, resurrection and ascension to glory of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. I've taught for many years and have come to the firm conviction that the attitude of the teacher toward the Word of God spills over into the hearts and minds of his students. If the teacher is firmly grounded in the faith and saturated in the word of God, his words have infinitely more power to convince that those of a namby-pamby teacher who himself is not sure whether what he is teaching is the truth. ....... There is such an abundance of internal evidence in Scripture of its authenticity that corroboration by secular sources is not only unnecessary but pales by comparison with what God says in His word. The Christian faith or lack of it should never be determined by what some historian says! ....... My advice to you as a Bible teacher myself is simple: teach the Bible. I've been a Christian for well over half a century, have taught Bible classes for half that time, and the longer I live the more convinced am I that in matters of Christian belief and practice, God's word alone is sufficient. It is the measuring rod, not secular history which, at best, is riddled with error and tarnished by man's biases, guesses, conjectures, propaganda and a host of other limitations. ...... A young seminary student once asked his professor to recommend a good book on the life of Christ. The professor responded, "Have you tried the one that Luke wrote?" So it is with the resurrection accounts: Have your students tried the ones that Matthew, Mark, Luke and John wrote? ..... I pray that God will bless your ministry. --Hank |
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