Friday, April 10, 2009
Where is the Body?
Happy Easter Everyone!
Today I will talk about a simple question,"Where is the body?" In doing my Bible studies and going through many books that give evidence for the death and resurrection of Jesus they all ask skeptics to use logic to answer the question "Where is the body?"
Imagine if Jim Jones had said he was God and he died, as did happen. Now imagine 500 followers claiming they saw him risen and the fervor gaining so much strength that people want to get them to shut up. What would the naysayers do? They would go and parade the body of Jim Jones around town proclaiming "he looks dead to me!" and thus quelling that movement.
If Jesus was not resurrected why wouldn't they do that? Well because most historians agree, they could not come up with a body. There is even an explanation in the Bible regarding the Romans making up a story that it was stolen. The funny thing is that there was actually a group of guards placed around the tomb because they thought the body would be stolen. They even rolled a 1 ton stone in front of the grave. Jesus wasn't going anywhere.
Yet, the body was nowhere to be found on Sunday. And yet even the disciples had trouble believing those that claimed to have seen Him. Even when Jesus appeared to them they didn't believe it. It was when he broke bread with them and spoke did they open up and believe it. Some people say they could not recognize him because he was in a heavenly body. Others say the disciples were mourning so much they couldn't conceive of a resurrection.
There are many reasons to not believe in Jesus, but there is one overriding reason to believe. What if you are wrong? By not believing Jesus died for you when you die you will not have eternal life. Now if I am wrong and it makes no difference to your afterlife then at the least you might have wasted some time. At the most you might have gotten involved with a religion that could do you some good if you let it: new friends, community, help with spiritual issues, helping others, being part of something bigger than yourself. Quite frankly out of all the religions out there, Christianity is based upon mercy and forgiveness while others are based on following laws to a tee.
In conclusion you will not believe even if you see it. You have to hear the word of God and take it to heart. That is how you believe. You have to pray to God that you believe he loved you enough to give his only Son. That you are willing to put God in the driver seat and let Him take control of your life. Pray to receive the Holy Spirit in your life. Then you will become a new person. Someone who has a life in heaven to look forward to. Then you will really know where the body is.
Today I will talk about a simple question,"Where is the body?" In doing my Bible studies and going through many books that give evidence for the death and resurrection of Jesus they all ask skeptics to use logic to answer the question "Where is the body?"
Imagine if Jim Jones had said he was God and he died, as did happen. Now imagine 500 followers claiming they saw him risen and the fervor gaining so much strength that people want to get them to shut up. What would the naysayers do? They would go and parade the body of Jim Jones around town proclaiming "he looks dead to me!" and thus quelling that movement.
If Jesus was not resurrected why wouldn't they do that? Well because most historians agree, they could not come up with a body. There is even an explanation in the Bible regarding the Romans making up a story that it was stolen. The funny thing is that there was actually a group of guards placed around the tomb because they thought the body would be stolen. They even rolled a 1 ton stone in front of the grave. Jesus wasn't going anywhere.
Yet, the body was nowhere to be found on Sunday. And yet even the disciples had trouble believing those that claimed to have seen Him. Even when Jesus appeared to them they didn't believe it. It was when he broke bread with them and spoke did they open up and believe it. Some people say they could not recognize him because he was in a heavenly body. Others say the disciples were mourning so much they couldn't conceive of a resurrection.
There are many reasons to not believe in Jesus, but there is one overriding reason to believe. What if you are wrong? By not believing Jesus died for you when you die you will not have eternal life. Now if I am wrong and it makes no difference to your afterlife then at the least you might have wasted some time. At the most you might have gotten involved with a religion that could do you some good if you let it: new friends, community, help with spiritual issues, helping others, being part of something bigger than yourself. Quite frankly out of all the religions out there, Christianity is based upon mercy and forgiveness while others are based on following laws to a tee.
In conclusion you will not believe even if you see it. You have to hear the word of God and take it to heart. That is how you believe. You have to pray to God that you believe he loved you enough to give his only Son. That you are willing to put God in the driver seat and let Him take control of your life. Pray to receive the Holy Spirit in your life. Then you will become a new person. Someone who has a life in heaven to look forward to. Then you will really know where the body is.
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