To me, one of the evidences that attest to the reality of Jesus, is that time is measured as time before and after His arrival. I can't imagine any fairytale having such a profound effect on mankind that any portion of its content would have the same global effect.
Like it. My experience is that "A mind convinced against the will is of the same opinion still." Logic entering a corrupt mind does not seem to follow the path to the heart. Rather, it stays in the mind, is corrupted by the evil one, and touches, negatively, upon the will or emotion. That said, however, the Holy Spirit can work magic to a softened heart.
I knew of other sources outside the Bible, but I never really sought after them, but I wasn't in doubt, but like someone else commented, we want to be able to give an answer to those who ask us about other references. I've shared it on Facebook and with my family and friends.
I am not in the book-selling business so no financial motive....I recommend "Cold-Case Christianity" by J. Warner Wallace....less than $10 on Amazon....his perspective as a cold-case detective and the findings of his research are excellent!
This is the stupidest thing I have ever heard. God loves those who dwell in wisdom. Faith alone is not wise if your faith isn't affirmed by evidence @@joelteague2008
Hey! I just want to say that I really appreciate what you’re doing. I’ve been researching a lot of apologetics since last year after personally discovering Jesus and I’ve been wanting to write a book of my own. Thank you so much for what you do. You really help a lot!
But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear. 1 Peter 3:15
@@SisterKristen try watching it again maybe a second time will help... Or press play turn your volume up... Or better let’s think about this. When a movie comes out, and you watch reviews before you go see it and all of them are negative, you naturally go into the movie with a negative expectation and start finding all of the negatives. But when you go into it unbiased you actually catch different thing and can base the movie on your own opinion which everyone has by the way. Do you see where I’m going with this. You have a negative mind towards Christianity. Blank out everything you’ve heard about it and if you want the truth read the Bible, do some research on documents found, for yourself and then see what you see. That’s the best way to be sure. Look up the information for yourself. Trust me, all that actually take up the endeavor of doing research are shocked to find that there is so much evidence that proves the Bible as true.
@@SisterKristen PS most of us attended school most of our life and 4 years of college. Take the same time and effort studying the Bible and it’s claims. If you don’t like this gentleman has or other scholars that devote all of their time to the study, then you can’t possible speak as if you know the truth. If you haven’t trained and studied like an MD you probably shouldn’t be operating on people. Does that make sense
Thank you for consolidating and sharing these resources. This is very beneficial for showing external evidences of Jesus that are consistent with the internal evidences of Scripture.
@@kozykarma7471 and these bad words about Jesus was the same reason why Jesus we crucified. Jesus was hated by the masses, for accusations by his own people saying he was a blasphemer. So actually there are very consisted
You are a great teacher for my continuing education in Apologetics. I work in law enforcement also, so we both are very black and white with our investigations. My walk with Jesus Christ has been more and more fruitful since studying, and I appreciate your work! There are those who will just never believe. Luke 16:29-31 Abraham said to him, ‘They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.’ And he said, ‘No, father Abraham; but if one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.’ But he said to him, ‘If they do not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded though one rise from the dead.’ ”
~I absolutely love the approach taken on this!~Having studied law, seeing this subject as an investigation, has made an enormous impact on my journey to Christianity!~Id like to suggest this to other Christians who have tried to reach loved ones about Jesus, but not been able to get through to them...just like how i was about it for most of my life!~Thank you for this!~☆~
Ahhh!!! Uncle the information collected by you is so much comforting and also solid help to tell people the right things who really want to know about Christ.. God bless you uncle abundantly 😇😇
I guess people can be quite childish I mean who turns up at your birthday party...your enemies? Since your friends turned up you suddenly don't exist??? Crazy.
A record says Jesus was seen by a general of Julius Caesar who was in Jerusalem during Jesus's works there leading up to his death. Pontius Pilate went and checked out Jesus on the streets talking to crowds. Pilate's report to Tiberius emperor exists. The Jewish Sanhedran compiled records of Jesus and were seeking intelligence on him by sending people to talk to his parents, friends who knew Jesus, a teacher of Jesus and over 500 people saw Jesus before his ascension to Heaven. The Roman soldiers who guarded his tomb quickly believed he was the son of God. Jesus's life, works and doings is recorded by followers and those that despised him. Cheers from Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia. GOD SAVE US ALL!
How come this isn’t taught in church? It wasn’t in mine. If this was taught I think more people would stay instead of leave the faith and become atheist I’ve watched a lot of your videos because I was struggling to understand all of it. Thank you for making this channel. It is helping me personally deepen my faith in Jesus Christ.
I am 15 years old as well, I had made over many "manuscripts" if you say.. I had been interested in Apologetics for only 3 months. I hope you question your faith and become stronger and stronger. I can give my notes here as well..
@@ColdCaseChristianity I have seen a few of your videos, especially the one's on building a case to answer atheist's most common objections to the truth of Jesus. I have tried proclaiming the gospel on Linkedin, because honestly I see so much deception from influential people pushing their views and working professionals running after these half truths. They don't realize that all the principles they need is in the bible, and all the solutions to getting rid of corruption in the workplace, is in the bible. I see many posts in support of the LGBT community and how these influential leaders claiming that an innovative and progressive society is one where there is no opposition to the LGBT worldview, and that any opposing worldview is discrimination. When I state my views, I find that there is a spirit of opposition from the working professional community, from people who believe God and Jesus have no place in the workplace, and that moral principles should be upheld independent of God (even though He is the standard of morality). People with impressive job titles, issuing me warnings that I should keep my views to myself, or 'reminding' me that Linkedin isn't a place for sharing religious views. The pro-LGBT Linkedin members become quite toxic, calling Christians hypocrites, even for the slightest suggestion of the Christian worldview. I have spent the last couple of days defending and replying to these objections but they just keep on coming, and its honestly overwhelming. I hold a junior position in my company and I am defending the gospel against professionals of high ranking, using common counter arguments that Christian Apologists use. I know that any point I could risk losing my job if my company execs catch wind of what I am doing. But I just cannot standby. I know there are other Christians on Linkedin that need to see a fellow Christian acting fearlessly for Jesus, because we are called to be the salt of the earth, the beacon on the hill for all to see.
@@nsdkido When I used to work, I would many times say to someone, "Do you do devotions?" It does not matter too much what answer I get because it's generally a lead-in to, "I do. Do you want to know what I learned this morning?" (Many do have daily devotions or journaling times and the question is not offensive). The response is usually in the affirmative and I share something of what I learned. I have a relationship with a Person and He is constantly talking to me and teaching me. When it's impactful, I like to share it. It's been a good share most of the time. My personal encounter is personal and my intent is not to convert someone else. Rather, I share a relationship with my Friend (the Holy Spirit).
Most serious scholars do not accept the discrption of Jesus as found in the writings of Flavius Josephus. This similar to the last chapter of John and the last 14 verses of Mark...later additions made to prove points of faith. Jesus, however, was a real, living person. It is divinity that has always been in question.
I believed the Bible as a child. Believing is easier as a child before the muck of maturity engulfs an individual. When the dross of growing up and chaff of education came into my life, I clung to the childlike beliefs and, through commitment and re-commitment, found that there is experiential reality in Jesus Christ... and I attribute that to the "guarantee" and assurances of a living God in the Person of the Holy Spirit. Did you know that Jesus said He had to return to heaven after His resurrection? He said He would send the Holy Spirit to live inside of the disciples. Later, another author said the Holy Spirit is God. Tricky understanding, but it sure is real (don't use your mind, though, to try to understand this... it's too "messed up" to fathom this... use your heart).
The Holy Spirit is so remarkable. He knows what to say and when and how to say it. Usually, what the Holy Spirit says, though it's always according to Scripture, is intended for you alone and is not in a form that can be shared. That's almost another way of saying that the message is deeper than the intellect... it's at a heart level and very private. This morning, I was reading Oswald Chambers' quote from My Utmost For His Highest, and the passage was from John 7:17 where it states "If anyone wants to do His will, he shall know concerning the doctrine..." to which O.C. comments, "The golden rule to follow to obtain spiritual understanding is not one of intellectual pursuit, but one of obedience. If a person desires knowledge and insight into the teachings of Jesus Christ, he can only obtain it through obedience. The Spirit of God uncovers...." I do not mean to cut O.C.'s insight short, but I wanted to add my devotional content. There are many phrases that we all know that constitute a "library" of "golden rule's": e.g. "An apple a day..."; "do unto others as you would..."; "an apple a day..."; "a penny saved is..."; ad infinitum. In this O.C. gem, he suggests that spiritual understanding and knowledge, though it may come in through the eye and ear gates of an individual, is to be mixed with something more (i.e. the Holy Spirit) before knowledge is realized. To me it ultimately boils down to a mystery of the "free will" that God has built into each of us and it is mixed with that other mystery called "God's grace". I am not a scholar by any means. I do believe, as others, that the inspired word is without error. R.C. Sproul in his commentary on the Westminster Confession of Faith states that that statement is only true of the original languages in which the Scriptures were written... a bit of trouble for me since I don't read Hebrew or Greek. But, more of late than my earlier years, I am reading from a minimum of 9 translations whenever I have "challenges". I chuckle at the thought that, because I use different translations, assuming each has a team of 30 or more Hebrew and Greek scholars, I get the benefit of hundreds of learned intellectuals, poets, linquists, and artists interpreting what God is saying. Sometimes it "works" and sometimes is doesn't help. Usually, however, within days of my first question, the Lord is gracious, and His Holy Spirit which resides within my spirit, is able to get a message through to my mind. It just pops in... many times through another Scripture passage while I do my daily quiet time, prayer, and journaling. It's truly amazing. When I read the comments from others, or hear them in person, I find that the comments come from a "natural" mind - missing the content of the super-natural. I think our current society is leaning toward the natural more and more and losing the touch of the possibilities beyond the natural. Ooops! I've gone way too long in this reply and I offer my apologies.
Josephus wrote about Jesus he didnt talk about his miracles. But he didnt say that he was a fraud and say his miracles were made up either. If Jesus wasnt who he was Josephus would of wrote about it
When approached with logic, reason, intellectual honesty; by process of elimination there is no other way to explain the historical Jesus than what we have in the N.T. writings - especially the 4 canonical gospels as eyewitness accounts. As Paul said in Acts 26:26, "these things were not done in a corner". The impact went way beyond 1st cent Judea / the Galil and affected the Roman empire such that we have these non Christian, pagan / Roman references to Jesus.
Im on a research journey for just this information - outside of the Bible itself because I have someone I pray for daily who gave up Christianity and faith in the Word (not really God-breathed, just supposedly written by followers) ....to the point where I myself even want other sources to reinforce beliefs in things unseen, the Bible, and also to build on my apologetics. THANK YOU, J. Warner Wallace!!!! Note: Have had Cold-Case Christianity for several years and keep it in easy to reach place for quick reference. Great writing.
Quoting Non-Biblical sources ONLY. The historic Jesus represented or referred from *anti-Christian historic sources* and cults bent on the destruction of the Biblical events read as follows: From extra-biblical sources alone, Jesus had a brother called James (Josephus), and was located in Palestine (Tacitus, Lucian, Acts of Pilate). Jesus was known to be a wise, virtuous and ethical man (Josephus, Mara Serapion) who was reported to have both performed miracles (Acts of Pilate) and made prophecies that were fulfilled (Phlegon, cf. Josephus). A result of his ministry was that he had many disciples, from both the Jews and the Gentiles (Josephus, Talmud). At the beginning of his ministry he encountered a man called John the Baptist of whom baptized him (Josephus). Jesus was worshiped as a deity (Pliny, Lucian), and some believed he was the Messiah (Josephus) and called him “king” (Mara Serapion). Some people saw Jesus as a philosopher with unique teachings (Lucian, Mara Serapion, Gospel of Thomas). The Jewish leaders judged Jesus as guilty of apostasy (Talmud, cf. Apocryphon of John), and no-one came forward to support Jesus in his trial (Talmud). He died at the hands of Pontius Pilate (Tacitus) who crucified him (Josephus, Talmud, Lucian, Gospel of Truth, Acts of Pilate). The event occurred on Passover Eve (Talmud), he was nailed to a cross (Phlegon, Gospel of Truth, Acts of Pilate, cf. Tacitus), and after his death the executioners gambled over his clothing (Acts of Pilate). There was a three-hour darkness at the moment of the crucifixion (Thallus, Phlegon), and an earthquake (Phlegon), all of which corroborates New Testament events. Jesus’ teachings spread after his death (Tacitus, cf. Suetonius, Pliny), the Christian religion was named after Jesus (Tacitus), Christians formed a section of society (Pliny), and exercised faith in Jesus’ teachings (Lucian). Christians also believed in their own eternal immortality and scorned death (Lucian), and that Jesus’ death procured their salvation (Gospel of Truth). The disciples never abandoned Jesus’ teachings even in persecution (Josephus), and many Christians were exiled from Rome for their beliefs in him (Suetonius). Many were also still present in Rome by the fall of Jerusalem in 70 AD (Tacitus, Suetonius). They were also described as law breakers for meeting in secret, and were blamed for drinking blood, and burning their children (Pliny, cf. Trajan, Hadrian). According to Habermas a few of the forged Gnostic sources are also corroborative of the New Testament literature. They relate that on one occasion that Jesus asked his disciples who they thought he was (Gospel of Thomas), that Jesus was flesh and blood (Gospel of Truth, Treatise on Resurrection), and that he had the title “Son of Man” (Gospel of Thomas). Jesus was also said to be the “Son of God” (Treatise on Resurrection, Gospel of Truth, Gospel of Thomas). And there is a forensics trail verified in multiple peer reviewed scientific journals, as well as I can reference over 150 published peer reviewed articles. The external case is pretty strong.
I love how the body of Christ is being built up with the evidence giving by our brother in the faith. Glory to God our Father and to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ 🙏❤️
@@ColdCaseChristianity I would like to submit to you cold case evidence that Almighty God has again brought His Firstborn into the inhabited earth as foretold Hebrews 1:6. I would like to give evidence proving on that day when the Son a Male who is to shepherd the earth with an iron rod was born to the woman (Rev. 12:5) her Son was caught away to his Father in heaven before the serpent could devour that child. And they in heaven called His name Emmanuel Matthew 1:23. I would like to further put to you if this has not happened there is no hope at all for the survival of the human race. Due to corruption of the meaning of Scripture people cannot understand these truths. But it is the will of the Father that these scriptures in accord with other scriptural understanding are authorised before the rule of the Son of God over earth for which many scriptures need to be considered to understand truthfully and succinctly. Would you take on this case? You will learn much not taught by religion and you will learn from the Most High God and not men if you agree.
The problem is you can't prove the Bible using only the Bible. Plus, the gospels are anonymous. We don't know who wrote them. But I just started watching...
I've never heard of you until I saw the movie God's Not Dead. You were quite inspiring and touching. You igniited something in me that I thought was dead. I could never thank you enough. I really really wish you could come to Greenville SC and speak. We need people here like you
Jim I used to be an Agnostic toward God I claimed his existence was unknowable but you have helped me in strengthening my faith thank you for that. Just one thing in the Ancient Non-Biblical Sources Celsus offers Jesus was the Son of Panthera could you evaluate on this please?
Cold-Case Christianity with J. Warner Wallace I’ve read Cold-Case Christianity and that has really helped me understand the Gospels truth Christianity has the evidence that is what turned my faith around into Christ
I’m glad you’ve asked this question. I’ve been a believer for a very long time, but then became a skeptic.. I really really want to believe.. but just needed evidence that Jesus was the son of god. I know this is the opposite of faith.. but in this current day and age.. you have to be able to defend your belief.. as there are so many claims that the Jesus in the bible didn’t exist. This is so helpful 😊
@@abbeytarson7786 Dont feel bad about your struggle in faith. The Bible says that God has given everybody a certain amount of faith, this is not about more ot better, but each person having given a different testimony to God's grace and rightousness. The fact that you are struggling, yet continuing to seek after God shows you are His child. Some find God purely through surrender, some through a revelation, others find Him through conviction and others through rational reasoning, or any combination of these...
I've read Flavius Josephus, and I disagree with the secular naysayers who purport to be scholars, regarding the passages on Christ. They claim Josephus wouldn't have called Jesus the Messiah, because Josephus was a Jew, but this argument fails utterly because Jesus was a Jew. Most of the disciples were Jews. Josephus distinguished Jesus from about 40 other guys named Jesus in his account, and many other false messiahs who claimed to be the Christ by stating frankly that Jesus of Nazareth was THE Christ, which actually would make perfect sense, because Christianity was growing at the time, and all the Christians were calling Jesus, Jesus the Christ, Jesus Christ, or Christ Jesus. Josephus would have found it necessary to use this name in order to separate Jesus Christ from the Jesus who was the high priest at the Temple, who was killed by the Seditionists. Or the guy who claimed to be the Messiah who led his followers out of the city, and they were all tracked down and killed. There's no conspicuous break in the flow of the narrative, and considering the amount of detail given for most other figures in Josephus' writing, it's strange there isn't more about Jesus Christ than there is, but that lends credence to what IS written. Josephus probably didn't have copies of the Gospels, and he wouldn't have wanted to say too much more about it, because Jesus Christ was a controversial figure, and His followers faced persecution, so he wrote what he could get away with writing.
Surprised that no one commented since my comment 3 weeks ago. I just wanted to add that I’ve been reading a book that I uncovered in my garage while home-bound during the current pandemic. The book is by W. Graham Scroggie and is entitled, “Is the Bible the Word of God?” Goodness... what a fact-filled book that approaches the Bible with three wondering: “It seems to be; it claims to be; and, it proves to be.” The information has given me the assurance that the Bible is the actual word of God. In all fairness to a skeptic, however, I’m not one that needs proof... the Holy Spirit has been my Companion since I was a small child and I’ve had great times with Him over these scores of years. As hinted in my last comment, for me the concept of “believing and receiving” includes a long list of “things” that God does inside of a person. That long list of “things” in Ephesians 2 takes a lifetime to to realize as the process of “sanctification” takes place in one’s life. I received the Lord Jesus as a kid... and have realized, over-time, that coming to Christ as a child is of great advantage... how blessed is the child that receives in the innocence that only a child possesses!
I will listen to your videos and take notes for as long as I possibly can, I am absolutely magnetized to your content. What an absolutely comprehensive and powerful account for Jesus’s work
A friend gave me a BOOK OF MORMON. I’ve been reading it. It’s really amazing. ANOTHER TESTAMENT of prophets writings of Christ’s dealings in the Americas. I told my pastor about it and how awesome it is. Unfortunately he wasn’t happy. I’m new to Christianity. I don’t know what the big deal is. Everything I’ve read so far seems clearly Christ focused. I am interested in anything that was written about Christ. I’m going to keep reading it. I don’t see why everyone is so scared of anything that doesn’t come from the Bible. 🙏
I really like how you form the case by citing the individual sources then putting together the body of work at the end. The way it is presented also makes it difficult to refute as using Abraham Lincoln as another historical figure. I also think about Lincoln and wonder what amount of historical accounts he would have if the events during his presidency and the end of his presidency were more benign. Much of the reason Lincoln is so well documented is that his life, presidency and nature of death were remarkable. What makes the Jesus accounts so remarkable is, while he was a king he was not an emperor over an empire but a king over a smaller community. Somehow the Christian belief and following grew out of a small geographical area and a tiny population. Also interesting is that people identify the Bible as one source. But the old and new testaments are actually multiple sources and accounts spanning over a time and a people. There is also the Christianity accounts that have occurred in time since. The linage of Popes and the documented history of Christianity up to today’s date.
1-23 John replied in the words of Isaiah/Yesha'yahu the prophet: “I am the voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way for the Lord.’” --- What is born from the flesh is flesh, and what is born from the Spirit is spirit. Stop being amazed at my telling you that you must be born again from above! 3 John --- John 1 32 Then Yochanan gave this testimony: “I saw the Spirit coming down from heaven like a dove, and remaining on him. I myself did not know who he was, but the one who sent me to immerse in water said to me, ‘The one on whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining, this is the one who immerses in the Ruach HaKodesh.’ And I have seen and borne witness that this is the Son of God.”
People often ask for extra-biblical information about whether Jesus existed because using only the Bible to confirm itself is a type of "circular reasoning" and its authors are considered an "interested party" to further Christianity's own advancement. Outside sources bring supporting evidences that show that Jesus of Nazareth was in fact a real person. Dealing with whether authors of books within the Bible are credible, or considering whether the testimony recorded in epistles by his inner circle are credible, is an associated, but distinctly different matter that should be addressed after the logical acceptance of the reality of Jesus' existence is established within the mind of an honest person.
But the Bible isn't a book. It is an anthology of writings. Matthew, Mark, Luke and John are written by different authors and only later were put into this anthology we call the Bible. Dismissing It is the equivalent of dismissing teachings about Socrates by Plato, Aristotle and Xenophon because someone later compiled their writings about Socrates into a single volume.
How is he wrong? According to Exodus God’s name in the Old Testament is Yahweh, and His Son is Jesus according to the New Testament. Maybe you just don’t know the background of the OT, which is understandable, but everywhere you see LORD in your bible, it was translated from ‘Yahweh’.
@@andrewp.7626 Yes my brother. Even for folks who don't read much for themselves, or go in depth to a reasonable degree ~ ? Where it says vividly clearly in the very small epistle (letter) of JOHN it plainly states : "Who can win in this battle against this EVIL world ~ BUT THOSE ~ who believe that Jesus Christ is the 'SON' of God" ~ "Whoever does not have the SON does not have the Father either" " whoever honors the Son has the Father also" SO ~ NO SON ~ (?) no Father for you either! ..... Some folks will continue to argue this ~ i• shall not. I just wanted to agree with your firm statement of belief. Be well. Shalom. In YahuShua's/Jesus name. Too many other scriptures to point to, in support of the SONSHIP of Jesus Christ.
Billy Davis ~ I find no discrepancy in the proper wording of your above prayer. As a matter of fact ~ thank you for your kind consideration of others. May YAHUWAH'S blessings be upon you as well in the name of his dearly beloved Son YahuShua/JESUS our Savior. Shalom.
*YAHUWAH = FATHER *YAHUSHUA = SON *JEHOVAH = FATHER *JESUS = SON *LORD = YHWH = FATHER ! *Lord = Master or Sovereign = Jesus (Son) *Although the Father and Son are as ONE in Unity ~ they have separate names of distinction ~ I.E. ~ THE Father is never given the TITLE of Christ ~ JESUS IS THE CHRIST "OF" GOD The Father etc...
It REALLY IS amazing to see all these outside corroborating sources. It’s almost scary. But I’m grateful that there is great evidence that points to the truth of Jesus and Christianity.
As I said before. The bible is a history book. It is written like one, and it is so far confirmed with all the finds. Never refuted. Only strengthend. They found Pilates seal ring. After saying David was fictious... They found writings of king david. More than a history book, it is a geneaology of the line until Jesus. Just have to love it how atheists always try and say the bible is not a history book. Yet all finds shows it is. None shows it is wrong.
Lindsay Waterman And you believe scientists have created life in the laboratory from chemicals? Demonstrating the naturalists origin of life that chemicals spontaneously assembled themselves, unguided, undirected, without design or purpose in a primordial soup, volcanic under sea vent etc;? Scientists having the simplest living organism, a working model in hand cannot replicate in a laboratory.. Look at the claims: Miller Urey never in 62 years produced all 20, essential amino acids. Never a single relevant protein. Craig Venters "synthetic, self replicating bacteria?" He simply exchanged its dna in an existing bacterium, mycoplasma mycoides, with synthetic dna assembled using yeast cells. Why didn't he make the whole cell? Why did he have to use yeast cells? You believe this could happen in a warm little pond? (darwins words)
Awesome! This is what people need to hear, especially those who are not saved. I try not to pay attention to other sources or anything like that, but unfortunately you have people like Dr. Ray Hagins declaring Jesus never existed and that we need to wake up, and he use to be a pastor!
Ravi Zacharias said that truth is exclusive. If you believed and tasted the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, and became a child of God, and a joint heir with the Son of God, I imagine that only your clinging to a false-hood can create a massive drift away from faith like the one mentioned here. From some of the accounts of NDE'rs (Near Death Experiences), this does seem to happen.
There seems to be a lot of people that think they know about the Bible and who Jesus was, and what many people think they know, and believe it to be true, is actually coming from different people who don’t know themselves either, as well as propaganda Christian bashing and making inappropriate jokes about God the Father and Jesus who came to free us from the law were under on this earth! The law of sin and death! I pray that God will even give them the faith to respond to God drawing them personally in such love, but it’s really heartbreaking when those you love don’t even want to try to learn, seek, because they already have made up their mind, and reject anything to do with giving themselves an open heart and mind, to just look into what the questions they might, to look for answers. Instead they just close off and don’t want to. These our my children, who did not have the opportunity to grow up in a home where the family went to church and seem to be uninterested, angry at God, there’s definitely a spiritual battle going on for these teens, the enemy needs cast out and leave us alone so we can try to get some help with finding a church that can help us get plugged in and God will provide mentors to help us as parents and our late teens and we are in the Nashville area, please let me know if you can recommend a bible teaching church. Thank you
I keep seeing YT comments saying that the resurrection evolved into a legend. While I know this doesn't make sense since they are having records of their view/angle of what happened during their time (still lead to the cross), how do we debunk this? Yes, most of them come from reddit.
Some moron made a video saying that Jesus didn't die on the cross because it only took him 6 hours to die while there are some accounts of people dying after 5 days of being crucified, yet he didn't mention how Jesus was severely beaten & was so weak that Simon of Cyrene had to help him carry the cross. I highly doubt those people that died after 5 days where severely beaten before they where crucified & yet there are people that will believe his lie
I came across your videos quite by accident. I enjoyed watching the videos that I did and I subscribe to your channel. I am a Christian and I find you very interesting and easy to understand. God bless and thank you!
Forgive me, seeing as you have already covered this in this video. However, I am wondering where these non-Christian sources got their information. I am a Christian, but am looking to be a better defender of the faith, which is why I am asking these questions. Hiw do we know that these non-Christian sources got their info about Jesus from sources who got from other sources that just made up this guy Jesus, and everything he did? In top of that, seeing as most scholars do accept the fact that Paul wrote seven of the 13 epistles that bare his name, but the others are in question, how do we know he wrote any of them? Back to Jesus being made up, I know that the Christians got heavily persecuted for their beliefs, but Paul did say that many preach Christ out of personal gain right? And we know that Jesus is a name that can get you famous these days. Just look at the Lakeland revival that rose and fell not too long ago. Lastly, I know Josephus mentions Jesus, but he seems to be speaking rather favorably of Him, and the theory is, this is because a Christian inserted a mention of Jesus in Josephus's work to promote Christianity. How do we defend that? Thank you for answering my question when you can.
Not sure if you’re into answering the comments, but I had a challenging question over the historicity of Jesus. A person I was arguing with online calls Christianity a cult, according to the Roman sources you provided. That said they also challenged me that we have no evidential proof, that the Jesus in the Bible is the same Jesus in the pagan accounts, so there’s no way to know if they are the same Christ figure. This individual claimed that it could’ve been anyone on that cross, what proof do we have other than the gospels that was indeed the same man? I just wanted your thoughts on how you’d respond to this because I feel like they were splitting hairs at this point. Is there any way we can affirm Jesus of Nazareth being the man crucified by Pontius Pilate via name. Do they actually say Jesus ir just “the Christ?”
I know who wrote Enoch he wrote it himself you need to get into Enoch I know it's Old Testament but it's good it's meant to get Christians ready for revelation
Jesus replied, “Elijah does indeed come, and he will restore all things. But I tell you that Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but have done to him whatever they wished. In the same way, the Son of Man will suffer at their hands.” Then the disciples understood that He was speaking to them about John the Baptist. Matthew 17 11-13 ... I think Matthew muddles the prophets a bit... Elijah and Isaiah and also the story of Jonah or rather the sign of... Jonah is the Dove and the sign of the dove is given by God when John baptises the world with Jesus. (Isaiah/Yesha'yahu - the roots יָשַׁע (yasha') meaning "to save" and יָה (yah) referring to the Hebrew God. God saves - Yeshua), the Son of God, the Spirit of Truth, the Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
@@annettesupira9085 I think that if one being had written the Bible, people would be even more sceptical about it than they already are. It would come across as the ramblings of a delusional narcissist and therefore wouldn't have held up for 2000 years. By allowing ordinary humans to write the Bible instead of doing so Himself, Jesus was showing His humility and trusting His followers to simply write what they saw. One can argue that this approach might have resulted in a degree of human bias being infused into the Bible but even if that's the case, every single one of those writers ultimately reached the same conclusion about the Resurrection. That's the lynchpin that holds Christianity together so it's better to have multiple sources confirming the most important event in human history than just one source.
The gospels were written approx a few decades after Jesus lived. Christian traditions tell us that Mattew and Mark(disciple of Peter) were the fist gospels (60-70 AC), shortly after Luke was written, and finally John (95 AD) as a gospel to support the divinity of Christ against the Gnostics. Is good to note that the fact this gospels were written only 20 to 40 years after Jesus lived does not take away the relatability that they hold.
@@basanistes359No it doesn't, there are about 900 years of a gap in the roman history. Back in the day you didn't have modern technology wich allowed you to keep all written down history. Fire, water etc. could easily destroy much written down history.
An eclipse of the sun? How? Jesus was crucified at passover, which was a FULL moon, not a new moon. So, if it was an eclipse of the sun, it had to be something other than the moon doing it. And it had to be something at least as big as the moon.
Thanks, Mr. Wallace for the great information in this presentation. I will definitely be using some of this as a different angle of approach when witnessing.
Incredibly, I’ve been in a multi day ongoing dialogue via social media with a non-believer in which he’s asked me for all sorts of evidence of the legitimacy of scripture among other requests. He asked fir non-biblical (other historical sources other than scripture) which indicate that Jesus and scripture are genuine. I’ve done my best to convince him but was nearing the end of my rope running very short on persuasion. So I prayed for help. And behold this video hit my RUclips feed not long after. Coincidence? I don’t think so. I’ve been frustrated by these questions because my biblical experience is light. Several times I’ve felt like walking away because I’ve been afraid that I might be failing this man by being unable to give him all he’s asked for. And also for failing the Lord who clearly brought us together so I might serve Him. I’ve been planting seeds, but I haven’t felt like I’ve been making the kind of headway God expects. But I was led to keep pitching, professing, and giving testimony. Then this video inspired by the Holy Spirit and filmed by Jim Wallace appeared in my feed. God is so amazing!!!! Thank you Father, and please forgive me for not coming to you about this in the first place. Adam, if you’re reading this comment, yes it’s you I’m posting this comment about brother. The Lord is calling you for sure. Otherwise I don’t think I’d be awakened two nights in a row feeling like a I need to do more to help bring you along. Please don’t turn away from the Lord brother, he loves you and wants you to accept and follow him. 🙏
There is that evidence indeed : the almighty God can NOT be here now for a logical reason. He would be expected at the same time to A) know the future AND B) be able to make decisions. But this is impossible. For this reason we need a God who does NOT know the future. Indeed only Jesus claims to be that God, He is thus that non-omnipotent God.
I so wish my brother could have seen this video before he passed away last week. He struggled with the question of Jesus for years. Jesus was God I believe. God has and had the ability to produce Himself in the human form, flesh. Jesus was His only begotten Son. I find it interesting, and difficult to understand how some can believe in an unlikely "big bang" whence life began billions of years ago and yet NOT believe in something greater than anything we can understand. When they don't understand the "Big Bang" theory. I think my brother left this life at least partially at peace with his belief in God and in Jesus Christ. I believe I will se my brother again.
12:00 Just like we see nowadays, who says those people with dissenting opinions didn't strawman or straight up lie about what was said? Just look at the media nowadays. I wouldn't say that this kind of evil and deceit is a new thing. I'm sure it was happening then as well. I absolutely love you videos but I heard what I thought was a misstep in logic that I should comment on. Food for thought, you know? But for the record, the Specific examples you showed in regards to Jesus, I believe and I love that you've procured them for this video!
That's quite a search you done on all the outside sources of finding out about jesus's ministry. You said that certain ones believed the apostles worshiped Jesus as God, which they did because Jesus was God as a man according to the scriptures of the Old testament. That's why Peter preached what he preached in Acts 2:38 about repentance baptism in the name of Jesus Christ and infilling of the Holy Ghost, knowing that's what Jesus told him to do in Matthew 28: 19, Mark 16:16, and Luke 24:47. So God being omnipresent, was still on the throne, and yet was in Jesus Christ, reconciling the world back into himself, according to the scriptures.
I tried giving two atheists evidence for Jesus like Josephus and Tacitus and saying there’s more records of Him than Julius Caesar, but they rejected all of it as not being evidence. I even directed them to J. Wallace but one atheist had the arrogance to say that he debunked Wallace with facts and logic.
Its fine, our Lord raised lazarus from the dead and some still didnt believe . Some ppl dont want God to exist and even if he appeared before him they will still deny him, sadly.
I think the best evidence about both the existence of Christ and its miracles is in fact the most hostile testament ever written about him, When someone is saying, "Yes he did miracles, but it wasn't with the power of God" And then goes on and on rambling about why they hated him This pretty much 100% proves: a) he was a real person b) he did miracles c) Bible is true It's the equivalent of a team loosing a game, The winning team saying they played better The loosers saying that the others cheated You can deduct the game happened. 1000000 years from now, it doesn't matter And we have 2 such books Talmud & Quran
“Praised be Adonai, the God of Isra’el, because he has visited and made a ransom to liberate his people by raising up for us a mighty Deliverer who is a descendant of his servant David. It is just as he has spoken through the mouth of the prophets from the very beginning - that we should be delivered from our enemies and from the power of all who hate us. “This has happened so that he might show the mercy promised to our fathers - that he would remember his holy covenant, the oath he swore before Avraham avinu to grant us that we, freed from our enemies, would serve him without fear, in holiness and righteousness before him all our days. You, child, will be called a prophet of Ha‘Elyon; you will go before the Lord to prepare his way by spreading the knowledge among his people that deliverance comes by having sins forgiven through our God’s most tender mercy, which causes the Sunrise to visit us from Heaven, to shine on those in darkness, living in the shadow of death, and to guide our feet into the paths of peace.” His father Z’kharyah was filled with the Ruach HaKodesh and spoke this prophecy.
I guess all we can do is pray for the obstinate skeptics. Anything short of them being able to get in a time machine, going back and witnessing Jesus with their eyes, nothing will be good enough for them. Pray that God will soften their hearts.
Is there proof that the apostles wrote the gospel? Or that the apostles existed? Other then the Bible? Considering the Christian Holidays are so in sync with the pagan holidays. People say that Rome created Christianity in an effort to control the dominant religion. Asking for a friend...
Polycarp of Smyrna was taught by the Apostle John. Does it make sense that if Rome created Christianity, they would create a religion that spoke against the Roman Empire? Does it make sense that they would create the story of Paul, who being a Roman citizen, preached that his true citizenship is in heaven, placing his Roman citizenship as inferior? Does it make sense Rome would create a religion where Rome killed not only the founder (Jesus), but some of the greatest students of the founder (Paul, Peter)?
I actually expect enemies to give biased viewpoints since they are the ones who have an "axe to grind". People who know you generally don't over-exaggerate how good you are. They tell all of your business.
Jesus had two disciples by the name of Judas. We know very little about one of them - Judas, the son of James who was a son of Zebedee. chosen to replace Iscariot. Could it be he who wrote about Jesus?
To me, one of the evidences that attest to the reality of Jesus, is that time is measured as time before and after His arrival. I can't imagine any fairytale having such a profound effect on mankind that any portion of its content would have the same global effect.
Just found this 7 year old gem. Praise Jesus
Like it. My experience is that "A mind convinced against the will is of the same opinion still." Logic entering a corrupt mind does not seem to follow the path to the heart. Rather, it stays in the mind, is corrupted by the evil one, and touches, negatively, upon the will or emotion. That said, however, the Holy Spirit can work magic to a softened heart.
Amen 🙏🏽
Not magic but still
Amen.
…Yah. like this man and his ministry!…
I knew of other sources outside the Bible, but I never really sought after them, but I wasn't in doubt, but like someone else commented, we want to be able to give an answer to those who ask us about other references. I've shared it on Facebook and with my family and friends.
I am not in the book-selling business so no financial motive....I recommend "Cold-Case Christianity" by J. Warner Wallace....less than $10 on Amazon....his perspective as a cold-case detective and the findings of his research are excellent!
As for me I don't need evidence outside the Bible because without faith you have nothing!
Why now show evidence...not just take faith...If I believed Pol Pot was the 2nd coming..should I take that on faith. Bad epistomolgy in my eyes
This is the stupidest thing I have ever heard. God loves those who dwell in wisdom. Faith alone is not wise if your faith isn't affirmed by evidence @@joelteague2008
Hey! I just want to say that I really appreciate what you’re doing. I’ve been researching a lot of apologetics since last year after personally discovering Jesus and I’ve been wanting to write a book of my own. Thank you so much for what you do. You really help a lot!
I appreciate that!
But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear. 1 Peter 3:15
Thank you for debunking lies said about Christianity.
Nope. He didn't.Just don't be afraid to look into it some more.
Lost ?
@@SisterKristen yeah because youve looked into it more than wallace
@@SisterKristen try watching it again maybe a second time will help...
Or press play turn your volume up...
Or better let’s think about this. When a movie comes out, and you watch reviews before you go see it and all of them are negative, you naturally go into the movie with a negative expectation and start finding all of the negatives.
But when you go into it unbiased you actually catch different thing and can base the movie on your own opinion which everyone has by the way.
Do you see where I’m going with this.
You have a negative mind towards Christianity. Blank out everything you’ve heard about it and if you want the truth read the Bible, do some research on documents found, for yourself and then see what you see. That’s the best way to be sure. Look up the information for yourself. Trust me, all that actually take up the endeavor of doing research are shocked to find that there is so much evidence that proves the Bible as true.
@@SisterKristen PS most of us attended school most of our life and 4 years of college. Take the same time and effort studying the Bible and it’s claims. If you don’t like this gentleman has or other scholars that devote all of their time to the study, then you can’t possible speak as if you know the truth. If you haven’t trained and studied like an MD you probably shouldn’t be operating on people.
Does that make sense
Thank you for consolidating and sharing these resources. This is very beneficial for showing external evidences of Jesus that are consistent with the internal evidences of Scripture.
@@kozykarma7471 and these bad words about Jesus was the same reason why Jesus we crucified. Jesus was hated by the masses, for accusations by his own people saying he was a blasphemer. So actually there are very consisted
You are a great teacher for my continuing education in Apologetics. I work in law enforcement also, so we both are very black and white with our investigations. My walk with Jesus Christ has been more and more fruitful since studying, and I appreciate your work!
There are those who will just never believe.
Luke 16:29-31
Abraham said to him, ‘They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.’ And he said, ‘No, father Abraham; but if one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.’ But he said to him, ‘If they do not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded though one rise from the dead.’ ”
~I absolutely love the approach taken on this!~Having studied law, seeing this subject as an investigation, has made an enormous impact on my journey to Christianity!~Id like to suggest this to other Christians who have tried to reach loved ones about Jesus, but not been able to get through to them...just like how i was about it for most of my life!~Thank you for this!~☆~
Ahhh!!! Uncle the information collected by you is so much comforting and also solid help to tell people the right things who really want to know about Christ.. God bless you uncle abundantly 😇😇
I guess people can be quite childish I mean who turns up at your birthday party...your enemies? Since your friends turned up you suddenly don't exist??? Crazy.
A record says Jesus was seen by a general of Julius Caesar who was in Jerusalem during Jesus's works there leading up to his death.
Pontius Pilate went and checked out Jesus on the streets talking to crowds. Pilate's report to Tiberius emperor exists.
The Jewish Sanhedran compiled records of Jesus and were seeking intelligence on him by sending people to talk to his parents, friends who knew Jesus, a teacher of Jesus and over 500 people saw Jesus before his ascension to Heaven.
The Roman soldiers who guarded his tomb quickly believed he was the son of God.
Jesus's life, works and doings is recorded by followers and those that despised him.
Cheers from Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia.
GOD SAVE US ALL!
Wasn't this account labeled as heretical?
Please GOD I need saving in Jesus name amen
How come this isn’t taught in church? It wasn’t in mine. If this was taught I think more people would stay instead of leave the faith and become atheist I’ve watched a lot of your videos because I was struggling to understand all of it. Thank you for making this channel. It is helping me personally deepen my faith in Jesus Christ.
That was fascinating! I just found your channel, and I've been enjoying your episodes very much!
Strengthens my faith and gives me ammo to fight for the truth of Christ's existence.
It's the year 2022 and it's all by the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ. Thank you Lord Jesus.
This video was posted on my 14th birthday
For a 14 year old to be interested in this stuff is pretty awesome. Don’t let anyone ever ruin that curiosity.
Happy late birthday!
I am 15 years old as well, I had made over many "manuscripts" if you say..
I had been interested in Apologetics for only 3 months.
I hope you question your faith and become stronger and stronger.
I can give my notes here as well..
Do it.
Sweet
Praise Jesus. Excellent presentation!!!
Thank you!
@@ColdCaseChristianity I have seen a few of your videos, especially the one's on building a case to answer atheist's most common objections to the truth of Jesus. I have tried proclaiming the gospel on Linkedin, because honestly I see so much deception from influential people pushing their views and working professionals running after these half truths. They don't realize that all the principles they need is in the bible, and all the solutions to getting rid of corruption in the workplace, is in the bible. I see many posts in support of the LGBT community and how these influential leaders claiming that an innovative and progressive society is one where there is no opposition to the LGBT worldview, and that any opposing worldview is discrimination. When I state my views, I find that there is a spirit of opposition from the working professional community, from people who believe God and Jesus have no place in the workplace, and that moral principles should be upheld independent of God (even though He is the standard of morality). People with impressive job titles, issuing me warnings that I should keep my views to myself, or 'reminding' me that Linkedin isn't a place for sharing religious views. The pro-LGBT Linkedin members become quite toxic, calling Christians hypocrites, even for the slightest suggestion of the Christian worldview.
I have spent the last couple of days defending and replying to these objections but they just keep on coming, and its honestly overwhelming. I hold a junior position in my company and I am defending the gospel against professionals of high ranking, using common counter arguments that Christian Apologists use. I know that any point I could risk losing my job if my company execs catch wind of what I am doing. But I just cannot standby. I know there are other Christians on Linkedin that need to see a fellow Christian acting fearlessly for Jesus, because we are called to be the salt of the earth, the beacon on the hill for all to see.
@@nsdkido When I used to work, I would many times say to someone, "Do you do devotions?"
It does not matter too much what answer I get because it's generally a lead-in to, "I do. Do you want to know what I learned this morning?" (Many do have daily devotions or journaling times and the question is not offensive).
The response is usually in the affirmative and I share something of what I learned. I have a relationship with a Person and He is constantly talking to me and teaching me. When it's impactful, I like to share it. It's been a good share most of the time. My personal encounter is personal and my intent is not to convert someone else. Rather, I share a relationship with my Friend (the Holy Spirit).
@@nsdkido I have prayed for you.
Keep up your strength in the Lord.
God Bless you and yours.
Thank you much i formation yo research that i never knew. I will be following and listening
You are very welcome
Wow , this is what i've been looking for. Thank you Mr. Wallace.
Glad it was helpful!
Most serious scholars do not accept the discrption of Jesus as found in the writings of Flavius Josephus. This similar to the last chapter of John and the last 14 verses of Mark...later additions made to prove points of faith. Jesus, however, was a real, living person. It is divinity that has always been in question.
I believed the Bible as a child. Believing is easier as a child before the muck of maturity engulfs an individual. When the dross of growing up and chaff of education came into my life, I clung to the childlike beliefs and, through commitment and re-commitment, found that there is experiential reality in Jesus Christ... and I attribute that to the "guarantee" and assurances of a living God in the Person of the Holy Spirit. Did you know that Jesus said He had to return to heaven after His resurrection? He said He would send the Holy Spirit to live inside of the disciples. Later, another author said the Holy Spirit is God. Tricky understanding, but it sure is real (don't use your mind, though, to try to understand this... it's too "messed up" to fathom this... use your heart).
Give an example of a serious scholar who doesn't accept the evidence. More importantly what is the basis for their rejection?
The Holy Spirit is so remarkable. He knows what to say and when and how to say it. Usually, what the Holy Spirit says, though it's always according to Scripture, is intended for you alone and is not in a form that can be shared. That's almost another way of saying that the message is deeper than the intellect... it's at a heart level and very private. This morning, I was reading Oswald Chambers' quote from My Utmost For His Highest, and the passage was from John 7:17 where it states "If anyone wants to do His will, he shall know concerning the doctrine..." to which O.C. comments, "The golden rule to follow to obtain spiritual understanding is not one of intellectual pursuit, but one of obedience. If a person desires knowledge and insight into the teachings of Jesus Christ, he can only obtain it through obedience. The Spirit of God uncovers...."
I do not mean to cut O.C.'s insight short, but I wanted to add my devotional content. There are many phrases that we all know that constitute a "library" of "golden rule's": e.g. "An apple a day..."; "do unto others as you would..."; "an apple a day..."; "a penny saved is..."; ad infinitum. In this O.C. gem, he suggests that spiritual understanding and knowledge, though it may come in through the eye and ear gates of an individual, is to be mixed with something more (i.e. the Holy Spirit) before knowledge is realized. To me it ultimately boils down to a mystery of the "free will" that God has built into each of us and it is mixed with that other mystery called "God's grace".
I am not a scholar by any means. I do believe, as others, that the inspired word is without error. R.C. Sproul in his commentary on the Westminster Confession of Faith states that that statement is only true of the original languages in which the Scriptures were written... a bit of trouble for me since I don't read Hebrew or Greek. But, more of late than my earlier years, I am reading from a minimum of 9 translations whenever I have "challenges". I chuckle at the thought that, because I use different translations, assuming each has a team of 30 or more Hebrew and Greek scholars, I get the benefit of hundreds of learned intellectuals, poets, linquists, and artists interpreting what God is saying. Sometimes it "works" and sometimes is doesn't help. Usually, however, within days of my first question, the Lord is gracious, and His Holy Spirit which resides within my spirit, is able to get a message through to my mind. It just pops in... many times through another Scripture passage while I do my daily quiet time, prayer, and journaling. It's truly amazing.
When I read the comments from others, or hear them in person, I find that the comments come from a "natural" mind - missing the content of the super-natural. I think our current society is leaning toward the natural more and more and losing the touch of the possibilities beyond the natural. Ooops! I've gone way too long in this reply and I offer my apologies.
Josephus wrote about Jesus he didnt talk about his miracles. But he didnt say that he was a fraud and say his miracles were made up either. If Jesus wasnt who he was Josephus would of wrote about it
Godbless you and the work you do. I just finished reading your book and enjoyed it very much will be recommending it to people.
Wow, thank you!
When approached with logic, reason, intellectual honesty; by process of elimination there is no other way to explain the historical Jesus than what we have in the N.T. writings - especially the 4 canonical gospels as eyewitness accounts. As Paul said in Acts 26:26, "these things were not done in a corner". The impact went way beyond 1st cent Judea / the Galil and affected the Roman empire such that we have these non Christian, pagan / Roman references to Jesus.
Im on a research journey for just this information - outside of the Bible itself because I have someone I pray for daily who gave up Christianity and faith in the Word (not really God-breathed, just supposedly written by followers) ....to the point where I myself even want other sources to reinforce beliefs in things unseen, the Bible, and also to build on my apologetics. THANK YOU, J. Warner Wallace!!!! Note: Have had Cold-Case Christianity for several years and keep it in easy to reach place for quick reference. Great writing.
Quoting Non-Biblical sources ONLY.
The historic Jesus represented or referred from *anti-Christian historic sources* and cults bent on the destruction of the Biblical events read as follows:
From extra-biblical sources alone, Jesus had a brother called James (Josephus), and was located in Palestine (Tacitus, Lucian, Acts of Pilate). Jesus was known to be a wise, virtuous and ethical man (Josephus, Mara Serapion) who was reported to have both performed miracles (Acts of Pilate) and made prophecies that were fulfilled (Phlegon, cf. Josephus). A result of his ministry was that he had many disciples, from both the Jews and the Gentiles (Josephus, Talmud). At the beginning of his ministry he encountered a man called John the Baptist of whom baptized him (Josephus).
Jesus was worshiped as a deity (Pliny, Lucian), and some believed he was the Messiah (Josephus) and called him “king” (Mara Serapion). Some people saw Jesus as a philosopher with unique teachings (Lucian, Mara Serapion, Gospel of Thomas). The Jewish leaders judged Jesus as guilty of apostasy (Talmud, cf. Apocryphon of John), and no-one came forward to support Jesus in his trial (Talmud).
He died at the hands of Pontius Pilate (Tacitus) who crucified him (Josephus, Talmud, Lucian, Gospel of Truth, Acts of Pilate). The event occurred on Passover Eve (Talmud), he was nailed to a cross (Phlegon, Gospel of Truth, Acts of Pilate, cf. Tacitus), and after his death the executioners gambled over his clothing (Acts of Pilate). There was a three-hour darkness at the moment of the crucifixion (Thallus, Phlegon), and an earthquake (Phlegon), all of which corroborates New Testament events.
Jesus’ teachings spread after his death (Tacitus, cf. Suetonius, Pliny), the Christian religion was named after Jesus (Tacitus), Christians formed a section of society (Pliny), and exercised faith in Jesus’ teachings (Lucian). Christians also believed in their own eternal immortality and scorned death (Lucian), and that Jesus’ death procured their salvation (Gospel of Truth).
The disciples never abandoned Jesus’ teachings even in persecution (Josephus), and many Christians were exiled from Rome for their beliefs in him (Suetonius). Many were also still present in Rome by the fall of Jerusalem in 70 AD (Tacitus, Suetonius). They were also described as law breakers for meeting in secret, and were blamed for drinking blood, and burning their children (Pliny, cf. Trajan, Hadrian).
According to Habermas a few of the forged Gnostic sources are also corroborative of the New Testament literature. They relate that on one occasion that Jesus asked his disciples who they thought he was (Gospel of Thomas), that Jesus was flesh and blood (Gospel of Truth, Treatise on Resurrection), and that he had the title “Son of Man” (Gospel of Thomas). Jesus was also said to be the “Son of God” (Treatise on Resurrection, Gospel of Truth, Gospel of Thomas).
And there is a forensics trail verified in multiple peer reviewed scientific journals, as well as I can reference over 150 published peer reviewed articles.
The external case is pretty strong.
Thank you so much for making videos like this! I love gathering proof to present for when I need it. God bless you
You are so welcome!
I love how the body of Christ is being built up with the evidence giving by our brother in the faith. Glory to God our Father and to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ 🙏❤️
God Bless you my brother!! I appreciate such a comprehensive assessment . Safe to say you've earned a sub for sure!
Welcome aboard!
@@ColdCaseChristianity I would like to submit to you cold case evidence that Almighty God has again brought His Firstborn into the inhabited earth as foretold Hebrews 1:6. I would like to give evidence proving on that day when the Son a Male who is to shepherd the earth with an iron rod was born to the woman (Rev. 12:5) her Son was caught away to his Father in heaven before the serpent could devour that child. And they in heaven called His name Emmanuel Matthew 1:23. I would like to further put to you if this has not happened there is no hope at all for the survival of the human race.
Due to corruption of the meaning of Scripture people cannot understand these truths. But it is the will of the Father that these scriptures in accord with other scriptural understanding are authorised before the rule of the Son of God over earth for which many scriptures need to be considered to understand truthfully and succinctly. Would you take on this case? You will learn much not taught by religion and you will learn from the Most High God and not men if you agree.
The problem is you can't prove the Bible using only the Bible. Plus, the gospels are anonymous. We don't know who wrote them. But I just started watching...
I've never heard of you until I saw the movie God's Not Dead. You were quite inspiring and touching. You igniited something in me that I thought was dead. I could never thank you enough. I really really wish you could come to Greenville SC and speak. We need people here like you
Jim I used to be an Agnostic toward God I claimed his existence was unknowable but you have helped me in strengthening my faith thank you for that. Just one thing in the Ancient Non-Biblical Sources Celsus offers Jesus was the Son of Panthera could you evaluate on this please?
Yes, if you read the article linked in the video I am going to more detail about that and a similar Jewish claim
Cold-Case Christianity with J. Warner Wallace I’ve read Cold-Case Christianity and that has really helped me understand the Gospels truth Christianity has the evidence that is what turned my faith around into Christ
I’m glad you’ve asked this question. I’ve been a believer for a very long time, but then became a skeptic.. I really really want to believe.. but just needed evidence that Jesus was the son of god. I know this is the opposite of faith.. but in this current day and age.. you have to be able to defend your belief.. as there are so many claims that the Jesus in the bible didn’t exist. This is so helpful 😊
Michael Mouse this is soooo helpful thank you 😊
@@abbeytarson7786 Dont feel bad about your struggle in faith. The Bible says that God has given everybody a certain amount of faith, this is not about more ot better, but each person having given a different testimony to God's grace and rightousness. The fact that you are struggling, yet continuing to seek after God shows you are His child. Some find God purely through surrender, some through a revelation, others find Him through conviction and others through rational reasoning, or any combination of these...
I've read Flavius Josephus, and I disagree with the secular naysayers who purport to be scholars, regarding the passages on Christ. They claim Josephus wouldn't have called Jesus the Messiah, because Josephus was a Jew, but this argument fails utterly because Jesus was a Jew. Most of the disciples were Jews. Josephus distinguished Jesus from about 40 other guys named Jesus in his account, and many other false messiahs who claimed to be the Christ by stating frankly that Jesus of Nazareth was THE Christ, which actually would make perfect sense, because Christianity was growing at the time, and all the Christians were calling Jesus, Jesus the Christ, Jesus Christ, or Christ Jesus. Josephus would have found it necessary to use this name in order to separate Jesus Christ from the Jesus who was the high priest at the Temple, who was killed by the Seditionists. Or the guy who claimed to be the Messiah who led his followers out of the city, and they were all tracked down and killed. There's no conspicuous break in the flow of the narrative, and considering the amount of detail given for most other figures in Josephus' writing, it's strange there isn't more about Jesus Christ than there is, but that lends credence to what IS written. Josephus probably didn't have copies of the Gospels, and he wouldn't have wanted to say too much more about it, because Jesus Christ was a controversial figure, and His followers faced persecution, so he wrote what he could get away with writing.
Surprised that no one commented since my comment 3 weeks ago. I just wanted to add that I’ve been reading a book that I uncovered in my garage while home-bound during the current pandemic. The book is by W. Graham Scroggie and is entitled, “Is the Bible the Word of God?” Goodness... what a fact-filled book that approaches the Bible with three wondering: “It seems to be; it claims to be; and, it proves to be.” The information has given me the assurance that the Bible is the actual word of God. In all fairness to a skeptic, however, I’m not one that needs proof... the Holy Spirit has been my Companion since I was a small child and I’ve had great times with Him over these scores of years. As hinted in my last comment, for me the concept of “believing and receiving” includes a long list of “things” that God does inside of a person. That long list of “things” in Ephesians 2 takes a lifetime to to realize as the process of “sanctification” takes place in one’s life. I received the Lord Jesus as a kid... and have realized, over-time, that coming to Christ as a child is of great advantage... how blessed is the child that receives in the innocence that only a child possesses!
I will listen to your videos and take notes for as long as I possibly can, I am absolutely magnetized to your content. What an absolutely comprehensive and powerful account for Jesus’s work
Of Nazareth! More than.just human! He is God which only God can do as he did. His greatest is HIS RESURRECTION AS HE PROMISED!
A friend gave me a BOOK OF MORMON. I’ve been reading it. It’s really amazing. ANOTHER TESTAMENT of prophets writings of Christ’s dealings in the Americas. I told my pastor about it and how awesome it is. Unfortunately he wasn’t happy. I’m new to Christianity. I don’t know what the big deal is. Everything I’ve read so far seems clearly Christ focused. I am interested in anything that was written about Christ. I’m going to keep reading it. I don’t see why everyone is so scared of anything that doesn’t come from the Bible.
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Have you ever read Dr. Michael Heiser's book the unseen realm? I really would like to hear your take on his work...
Revelation 14:12
12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
Amazing analysis 👏👍Jesus is Lord 😍
I really like how you form the case by citing the individual sources then putting together the body of work at the end. The way it is presented also makes it difficult to refute as using Abraham Lincoln as another historical figure. I also think about Lincoln and wonder what amount of historical accounts he would have if the events during his presidency and the end of his presidency were more benign. Much of the reason Lincoln is so well documented is that his life, presidency and nature of death were remarkable. What makes the Jesus accounts so remarkable is, while he was a king he was not an emperor over an empire but a king over a smaller community.
Somehow the Christian belief and following grew out of a small geographical area and a tiny population.
Also interesting is that people identify the Bible as one source. But the old and new testaments are actually multiple sources and accounts spanning over a time and a people. There is also the Christianity accounts that have occurred in time since. The linage of Popes and the documented history of Christianity up to today’s date.
1-23 John replied in the words of Isaiah/Yesha'yahu the prophet: “I am the voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way for the Lord.’” --- What is born from the flesh is flesh, and what is born from the Spirit is spirit. Stop being amazed at my telling you that you must be born again from above! 3 John --- John 1 32 Then Yochanan gave this testimony: “I saw the Spirit coming down from heaven like a dove, and remaining on him. I myself did not know who he was, but the one who sent me to immerse in water said to me, ‘The one on whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining, this is the one who immerses in the Ruach HaKodesh.’ And I have seen and borne witness that this is the Son of God.”
Thank you so much for this. It helps me out a lot!
Didnt we also divide our calendar based off His life/death? (BC/AD)
Thank you very much for posting this!
My pleasure!
Amazing!!!!! Praise God!!!!!!
The first ten minutes are so profound!...And then it gets good:-)
People often ask for extra-biblical information about whether Jesus existed because using only the Bible to confirm itself is a type of "circular reasoning" and its authors are considered an "interested party" to further Christianity's own advancement. Outside sources bring supporting evidences that show that Jesus of Nazareth was in fact a real person. Dealing with whether authors of books within the Bible are credible, or considering whether the testimony recorded in epistles by his inner circle are credible, is an associated, but distinctly different matter that should be addressed after the logical acceptance of the reality of Jesus' existence is established within the mind of an honest person.
But the Bible isn't a book. It is an anthology of writings. Matthew, Mark, Luke and John are written by different authors and only later were put into this anthology we call the Bible.
Dismissing It is the equivalent of dismissing teachings about Socrates by Plato, Aristotle and Xenophon because someone later compiled their writings about Socrates into a single volume.
May Father YAHweh bless your understanding and show you His Resurrected Son.
How is he wrong? According to Exodus God’s name in the Old Testament is Yahweh, and His Son is Jesus according to the New Testament. Maybe you just don’t know the background of the OT, which is understandable, but everywhere you see LORD in your bible, it was translated from ‘Yahweh’.
Resurrection??? No dead one will never reborn in the same dead body. Are you living in with stone age brain???
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Yes my brother.
Even for folks who don't read much for themselves, or go in depth to a reasonable degree ~ ?
Where it says vividly clearly in the very small epistle (letter) of JOHN it plainly states :
"Who can win in this battle against this EVIL world ~ BUT THOSE ~ who believe that Jesus Christ is the 'SON' of God" ~
"Whoever does not have the SON does not have the Father either"
" whoever honors the Son has the Father also"
SO ~ NO SON ~ (?)
no Father for you either! .....
Some folks will continue to argue this ~ i• shall not.
I just wanted to agree with your firm statement of belief.
Be well.
Shalom.
In YahuShua's/Jesus name.
Too many other scriptures to point to, in support of the SONSHIP of Jesus Christ.
Billy Davis ~
I find no discrepancy in the proper wording of your above prayer.
As a matter of fact ~ thank you for your kind consideration of others.
May YAHUWAH'S blessings be upon you as well in the name of his dearly beloved Son YahuShua/JESUS our Savior.
Shalom.
*YAHUWAH = FATHER
*YAHUSHUA = SON
*JEHOVAH = FATHER
*JESUS = SON
*LORD = YHWH = FATHER !
*Lord = Master or Sovereign = Jesus (Son)
*Although the Father and Son are as ONE in Unity ~ they have separate names of distinction ~
I.E. ~ THE Father is never given the TITLE of Christ ~ JESUS IS THE CHRIST "OF" GOD The Father etc...
Another amazing video. Great job!
Of course such as by flavius josephus, pliny, etc all.neutral but objective account a out the events re Jesus of
It REALLY IS amazing to see all these outside corroborating sources. It’s almost scary. But I’m grateful that there is great evidence that points to the truth of Jesus and Christianity.
So grateful to have found this channel! I only got to know this a few days ago😄
As I said before. The bible is a history book. It is written like one, and it is so far confirmed with all the finds. Never refuted. Only strengthend. They found Pilates seal ring. After saying David was fictious... They found writings of king david. More than a history book, it is a geneaology of the line until Jesus. Just have to love it how atheists always try and say the bible is not a history book. Yet all finds shows it is. None shows it is wrong.
You need to read history, study some Archaeology, view scholastic articles, see all the refutations and stop repeating the words of ignorant people.
Lindsay Waterman And you believe scientists have created life in the laboratory from chemicals? Demonstrating the naturalists origin of life that chemicals spontaneously assembled themselves, unguided, undirected, without design or purpose in a primordial soup, volcanic under sea vent etc;? Scientists having the simplest living organism, a working model in hand cannot replicate in a laboratory.. Look at the claims: Miller Urey never in 62 years produced all 20, essential amino acids. Never a single relevant protein. Craig Venters "synthetic, self replicating bacteria?" He simply exchanged its dna in an existing bacterium, mycoplasma mycoides, with synthetic dna assembled using yeast cells. Why didn't he make the whole cell? Why did he have to use yeast cells? You believe this could happen in a warm little pond? (darwins words)
I love these videos! Now I have something to share with people I witness too. Keep ‘em coming! God bless😊👍🏼🙏🏻💜✝️
Awesome! This is what people need to hear, especially those who are not saved. I try not to pay attention to other sources or anything like that, but unfortunately you have people like Dr. Ray Hagins declaring Jesus never existed and that we need to wake up, and he use to be a pastor!
Ravi Zacharias said that truth is exclusive. If you believed and tasted the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, and became a child of God, and a joint heir with the Son of God, I imagine that only your clinging to a false-hood can create a massive drift away from faith like the one mentioned here. From some of the accounts of NDE'rs (Near Death Experiences), this does seem to happen.
There seems to be a lot of people that think they know about the Bible and who Jesus was, and what many people think they know, and believe it to be true, is actually coming from different people who don’t know themselves either, as well as propaganda Christian bashing and making inappropriate jokes about God the Father and Jesus who came to free us from the law were under on this earth! The law of sin and death! I pray that God will even give them the faith to respond to God drawing them personally in such love, but it’s really heartbreaking when those you love don’t even want to try to learn, seek, because they already have made up their mind, and reject anything to do with giving themselves an open heart and mind, to just look into what the questions they might, to look for answers. Instead they just close off and don’t want to. These our my children, who did not have the opportunity to grow up in a home where the family went to church and seem to be uninterested, angry at God, there’s definitely a spiritual battle going on for these teens, the enemy needs cast out and leave us alone so we can try to get some help with finding a church that can help us get plugged in and God will provide mentors to help us as parents and our late teens and we are in the Nashville area, please let me know if you can recommend a bible teaching church. Thank you
Excellent presentation!
Thank you kindly!
I keep seeing YT comments saying that the resurrection evolved into a legend. While I know this doesn't make sense since they are having records of their view/angle of what happened during their time (still lead to the cross), how do we debunk this? Yes, most of them come from reddit.
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@@ColdCaseChristianity wow! This is an honor! Thank you, detective! 😄
Some moron made a video saying that Jesus didn't die on the cross because it only took him 6 hours to die while there are some accounts of people dying after 5 days of being crucified, yet he didn't mention how Jesus was severely beaten & was so weak that Simon of Cyrene had to help him carry the cross. I highly doubt those people that died after 5 days where severely beaten before they where crucified & yet there are people that will believe his lie
I'm a new believer and sometimes I believe and sometimes I disbelief. How can I work on this?
This is awesome
Thank you Jesus
JESUS Christ is comin back only in few years🙏❤💪
... said every day since he left.
Right lol the point is we don't know when and we are not supposed to know Jesus him self does not even know only the father knows!
@@davidcokeley2918 based on what evidence besides the bible?
I’m convicted by JESUS, i don’t need further proof. I just want to educate myself so that i can answer non-believers. Thank you for your work!!!
How was that last Jewish quote corrupted and how do you know that these were corruptions?
I came across your videos quite by accident. I enjoyed watching the videos that I did and I subscribe to your channel. I am a Christian and I find you very interesting and easy to understand. God bless and thank you!
Bible best book ever❤🙏
Forgive me, seeing as you have already covered this in this video. However, I am wondering where these non-Christian sources got their information. I am a Christian, but am looking to be a better defender of the faith, which is why I am asking these questions. Hiw do we know that these non-Christian sources got their info about Jesus from sources who got from other sources that just made up this guy Jesus, and everything he did?
In top of that, seeing as most scholars do accept the fact that Paul wrote seven of the 13 epistles that bare his name, but the others are in question, how do we know he wrote any of them? Back to Jesus being made up, I know that the Christians got heavily persecuted for their beliefs, but Paul did say that many preach Christ out of personal gain right? And we know that Jesus is a name that can get you famous these days. Just look at the Lakeland revival that rose and fell not too long ago. Lastly, I know Josephus mentions Jesus, but he seems to be speaking rather favorably of Him, and the theory is, this is because a Christian inserted a mention of Jesus in Josephus's work to promote Christianity. How do we defend that?
Thank you for answering my question when you can.
Not sure if you’re into answering the comments, but I had a challenging question over the historicity of Jesus. A person I was arguing with online calls Christianity a cult, according to the Roman sources you provided. That said they also challenged me that we have no evidential proof, that the Jesus in the Bible is the same Jesus in the pagan accounts, so there’s no way to know if they are the same Christ figure. This individual claimed that it could’ve been anyone on that cross, what proof do we have other than the gospels that was indeed the same man?
I just wanted your thoughts on how you’d respond to this because I feel like they were splitting hairs at this point. Is there any way we can affirm Jesus of Nazareth being the man crucified by Pontius Pilate via name. Do they actually say Jesus ir just “the Christ?”
I know who wrote Enoch he wrote it himself you need to get into Enoch I know it's Old Testament but it's good it's meant to get Christians ready for revelation
Jesus replied, “Elijah does indeed come, and he will restore all things. But I tell you that Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but have done to him whatever they wished. In the same way, the Son of Man will suffer at their hands.” Then the disciples understood that He was speaking to them about John the Baptist. Matthew 17 11-13 ... I think Matthew muddles the prophets a bit... Elijah and Isaiah and also the story of Jonah or rather the sign of... Jonah is the Dove and the sign of the dove is given by God when John baptises the world with Jesus. (Isaiah/Yesha'yahu - the roots יָשַׁע (yasha') meaning "to save" and יָה (yah) referring to the Hebrew God. God saves - Yeshua), the Son of God, the Spirit of Truth, the Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
Is not the HOLY SPIRIT behind all of the scriptures?
I meant all of scriptures in the Bible?
The Holy Spirit did inspire the Jewish scriptures aka “Old Testament “.
No, ( holyspiritspeaks.org ) Peace Shalom Paz Love 💘.
@@user-vm6en5tu3d How do you know that?
@@annettesupira9085 I think that if one being had written the Bible, people would be even more sceptical about it than they already are. It would come across as the ramblings of a delusional narcissist and therefore wouldn't have held up for 2000 years. By allowing ordinary humans to write the Bible instead of doing so Himself, Jesus was showing His humility and trusting His followers to simply write what they saw. One can argue that this approach might have resulted in a degree of human bias being infused into the Bible but even if that's the case, every single one of those writers ultimately reached the same conclusion about the Resurrection. That's the lynchpin that holds Christianity together so it's better to have multiple sources confirming the most important event in human history than just one source.
The 358 dislikes are from Richard Dawkins.....
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How do we know who wrote the gospels? It has always been my understanding that the gospels we’re not written until decades after Jesus
The gospels were written approx a few decades after Jesus lived. Christian traditions tell us that Mattew and Mark(disciple of Peter) were the fist gospels (60-70 AC), shortly after Luke was written, and finally John (95 AD) as a gospel to support the divinity of Christ against the Gnostics. Is good to note that the fact this gospels were written only 20 to 40 years after Jesus lived does not take away the relatability that they hold.
@@jutrv243 Yes it does.
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No it does not. People back then had amazing memories.
@@basanistes359 why do you believe that??
@@basanistes359No it doesn't, there are about 900 years of a gap in the roman history. Back in the day you didn't have modern technology wich allowed you to keep all written down history. Fire, water etc. could easily destroy much written down history.
An eclipse of the sun? How? Jesus was crucified at passover, which was a FULL moon, not a new moon. So, if it was an eclipse of the sun, it had to be something other than the moon doing it. And it had to be something at least as big as the moon.
That would be the secular explanation. The attempt to answer a weird event. Make sense?
Thanks, Mr. Wallace for the great information in this presentation. I will definitely be using some of this as a different angle of approach when witnessing.
Praise Yeshua Ha Mashiach
Evidence for JESUS Christ all over the shop🙏💪❤
Incredibly, I’ve been in a multi day ongoing dialogue via social media with a non-believer in which he’s asked me for all sorts of evidence of the legitimacy of scripture among other requests. He asked fir non-biblical (other historical sources other than scripture) which indicate that Jesus and scripture are genuine. I’ve done my best to convince him but was nearing the end of my rope running very short on persuasion. So I prayed for help. And behold this video hit my RUclips feed not long after. Coincidence? I don’t think so. I’ve been frustrated by these questions because my biblical experience is light. Several times I’ve felt like walking away because I’ve been afraid that I might be failing this man by being unable to give him all he’s asked for. And also for failing the Lord who clearly brought us together so I might serve Him. I’ve been planting seeds, but I haven’t felt like I’ve been making the kind of headway God expects. But I was led to keep pitching, professing, and giving testimony. Then this video inspired by the Holy Spirit and filmed by Jim Wallace appeared in my feed. God is so amazing!!!! Thank you Father, and please forgive me for not coming to you about this in the first place. Adam, if you’re reading this comment, yes it’s you I’m posting this comment about brother. The Lord is calling you for sure. Otherwise I don’t think I’d be awakened two nights in a row feeling like a I need to do more to help bring you along. Please don’t turn away from the Lord brother, he loves you and wants you to accept and follow him. 🙏
There is that evidence indeed : the almighty God can NOT be here now for a logical reason. He would be expected at the same time to A) know the future AND B) be able to make decisions. But this is impossible. For this reason we need a God who does NOT know the future. Indeed only Jesus claims to be that God, He is thus that non-omnipotent God.
I so wish my brother could have seen this video before he passed away last week. He struggled with the question of Jesus for years. Jesus was God I believe. God has and had the ability to produce Himself in the human form, flesh. Jesus was His only begotten Son. I find it interesting, and difficult to understand how some can believe in an unlikely "big bang" whence life began billions of years ago and yet NOT believe in something greater than anything we can understand. When they don't understand the "Big Bang" theory. I think my brother left this life at least partially at peace with his belief in God and in Jesus Christ. I believe I will se my brother again.
As a detective, he knows how to reason whether a witness is credible or, full of hay.
This is a great video
12:00 Just like we see nowadays, who says those people with dissenting opinions didn't strawman or straight up lie about what was said?
Just look at the media nowadays. I wouldn't say that this kind of evil and deceit is a new thing. I'm sure it was happening then as well.
I absolutely love you videos but I heard what I thought was a misstep in logic that I should comment on. Food for thought, you know?
But for the record, the Specific examples you showed in regards to Jesus, I believe and I love that you've procured them for this video!
Awesome channel. Praise the LORD. Praise JESUS.
That's quite a search you done on all the outside sources of finding out about jesus's ministry. You said that certain ones believed the apostles worshiped Jesus as God, which they did because Jesus was God as a man according to the scriptures of the Old testament. That's why Peter preached what he preached in Acts 2:38 about repentance baptism in the name of Jesus Christ and infilling of the Holy Ghost, knowing that's what Jesus told him to do in Matthew 28: 19, Mark 16:16, and Luke 24:47. So God being omnipresent, was still on the throne, and yet was in Jesus Christ, reconciling the world back into himself, according to the scriptures.
Actually subscribed at the begining of the vid. Lols... even gave a thumbs up
I tried giving two atheists evidence for Jesus like Josephus and Tacitus and saying there’s more records of Him than Julius Caesar, but they rejected all of it as not being evidence. I even directed them to J. Wallace but one atheist had the arrogance to say that he debunked Wallace with facts and logic.
Its fine, our Lord raised lazarus from the dead and some still didnt believe . Some ppl dont want God to exist and even if he appeared before him they will still deny him, sadly.
I think the best evidence about both the existence of Christ and its miracles is in fact the most hostile testament ever written about him,
When someone is saying, "Yes he did miracles, but it wasn't with the power of God"
And then goes on and on rambling about why they hated him
This pretty much 100% proves:
a) he was a real person
b) he did miracles
c) Bible is true
It's the equivalent of a team loosing a game,
The winning team saying they played better
The loosers saying that the others cheated
You can deduct the game happened.
1000000 years from now, it doesn't matter
And we have 2 such books
Talmud & Quran
“Praised be Adonai, the God of Isra’el, because he has visited and made a ransom to liberate his people by raising up for us a mighty Deliverer who is a descendant of his servant David. It is just as he has spoken through the mouth of the prophets from the very beginning - that we should be delivered from our enemies and from the power of all who hate us. “This has happened so that he might show the mercy promised to our fathers - that he would remember his holy covenant, the oath he swore before Avraham avinu to grant us that we, freed from our enemies, would serve him without fear, in holiness and righteousness before him all our days. You, child, will be called a prophet of Ha‘Elyon; you will go before the Lord to prepare his way by spreading the knowledge among his people that deliverance comes by having sins forgiven through our God’s most tender mercy, which causes the Sunrise to visit us from Heaven, to shine on those in darkness, living in the shadow of death, and to guide our feet into the paths of peace.” His father Z’kharyah was filled with the Ruach HaKodesh and spoke this prophecy.
I guess all we can do is pray for the obstinate skeptics. Anything short of them being able to get in a time machine, going back and witnessing Jesus with their eyes, nothing will be good enough for them. Pray that God will soften their hearts.
Thank you, that was extremely relevant and helpful!
Is there proof that the apostles wrote the gospel? Or that the apostles existed? Other then the Bible? Considering the Christian Holidays are so in sync with the pagan holidays. People say that Rome created Christianity in an effort to control the dominant religion. Asking for a friend...
Polycarp of Smyrna was taught by the Apostle John.
Does it make sense that if Rome created Christianity, they would create a religion that spoke against the Roman Empire?
Does it make sense that they would create the story of Paul, who being a Roman citizen, preached that his true citizenship is in heaven, placing his Roman citizenship as inferior?
Does it make sense Rome would create a religion where Rome killed not only the founder (Jesus), but some of the greatest students of the founder (Paul, Peter)?
😳 Oh.. Just realized the comment section was turned on. Seem to remember them always being off when I watched these in the past. Lol
1 Corinthians 15:3-4 (The Gospel)
1 Thessalonians 4:14
If you can't accept the Biblical account of Jesus, how does ex-Biblia accounts prove Him and His historicity?
This was awesome! Very helpful!
People dont take it seriously for the same reason you dont take expect a friend of someone to give an unbiased viewpoint.
I actually expect enemies to give biased viewpoints since they are the ones who have an "axe to grind". People who know you generally don't over-exaggerate how good you are. They tell all of your business.
The Amplified Bible states that the author of Jude was the brother of James, and half brother of Jesus.
Jesus had two disciples by the name of Judas. We know very little about one of them - Judas, the son of James who was a son of Zebedee. chosen to replace Iscariot. Could it be he who wrote about Jesus?
Judas Iscariot was replaced by Matthias according to the New Testament.
I'm pretty sure Judas was replaced by Saul of Tarsus...not tryna be all technical, just saying. Seems that the eleven jumped the gun.
This guy is good