Did Jesus really die?
Why is it that millions of people refuse to believe that Jesus died and rose again?
The evidence that He did die is abundant:
The prophet Isaiah wrote 700 years before it happened that
the Messiah (Christ) would die - Isaiah
53:8. Also Daniel 9:26, Zechariah 12:10.
The historian Josephus records that Jesus was killed by the
governor Pilate.
The writers of the New Testament all wrote of the actual death of Jesus Christ
as factual, historical and spiritual reality. To assert (as many do) that Jesus
didn’t die, is to say that Peter, John, Matthew, Luke, Paul etc were liars. The
ancient manuscripts from east and west attest to the same.
More than the historical record, the death of Jesus Christ
is the foundation that makes true Christianity meaningful.
By His sacrifice, millions enjoy forgiveness if sins.
By His death,
millions have been reconciled to God and live in the joy of knowing God as
Father.
By His selfless
love in dying for His friends, many are inspired to be self sacrificing for
others.
Why then do so many refuse to believe that He actually
died?
1.
One sentence in a doubtful book says so.
2.
It is humiliating to feel the need of Jesus to
die for our wrong doing.
3.
A crucified leader is not a victory for the
human ego.
4.
A dead Jesus needs the miracle of resurrection for
Him to have any future
5.
A resurrected Jesus would validate the claim
that He was and is the Son of God
“Lord have mercy on the millions that deny HIM this honour –
that He died according to the command of God (John10), raised again by the
glory of the Father (Romans 6:4), to be to Saviour and Sovereign of the world. (1
Corinthians 15:25).”
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