REASONS TO BELIEVE

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and the firmament sheweth His handywork.”  Romans 1:20-21 - “For the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead;  <B>so that they are without excuse</B>:  (21) Because that, when they knew God, they glorified Him not as God, neither were thankful;  but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.”</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="mailto: heislord@teacher.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto: heislord@teacher.com"><U><IMG SRC="2cec9850.jpg" border=0 width="201" height="133" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <bR> <div> If Jesus had been an invention, the ones who invented Him would never have written in their Gospels that they themselves had doubts about Him, especially after His resurrection (Mat. 28:17; Mark 16:14).  The Bible is the only religious book in the <I><B>world</B></I> which expresses the truth together with doubts about this same truth (Mat. 11:2-3).  Therefore, it is truth.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="mailto: heislord@teacher.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto: heislord@teacher.com"><U><IMG SRC="2cc83c80.jpg" border=0 width="131" height="200" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <bR> <div> Almost all of Jesus' personal friends died a martyr's death.  <I><B>No one</B></I> goes to death under torture for what he himself knows to be a lie.  If the corpse of Jesus were in the hands of the disciples, certainly one of the martyr's would have broken down and confessed this truth.  Or even better, if the corpse of Jesus was in the hands of His adversaries, Christianity would never have arisen because, when the apostles preached the resurrection of Christ, the chief priests would only have had to open the tomb and show the body of Jesus.</div> <bR> <div> According to Luke 24:16; John 20:14; 21:4, Christ's closest friends and disciples did not even recognize Him to be Jesus.  Imagine, if you will, that several persons plot to pass the made up story that Jesus rose from the dead.  Then, even though Jesus appears to them, they don't even recognize Him.  Now <I><B>forgers</B></I> are usually very shrewd or intelligent people.  If Jesus' associates were forgers, why would they have done the unforgivable action of a forger and say that they did not recognize the person before them as the resurrected Christ?  The answer is simple:  because they were lovers of truth, and things had happened just as they said that they did.  Therefore it is true that Christ rose from the dead.</div> <bR> <div> Because the Bible has stories in it that do not <I><B>coincide in every detail</B></I>, this gives us clear evidence that the book is not artificially constructed.  A <I><B>conjured up book</B></I> would never allow itself to seem to contradict itself.  When the Word of God seems to oppose itself, praise the Lord, for it is at this point that if you will commit this contradiction to prayer, you are about to discover a hidden Biblical truth and learn more about our loving Father.</div> <bR> <div> Foretelling <I><B>future events</B></I> is an attribute belonging to God alone which clearly distinguishes the Scriptures as Divinely inspired.  No other book has even come close to the unerring accuracy - proven throughout history - of God's promises, and <I><B>100% fulfillment</B></I> (so far) of its prophecies.</div> <bR> <div> Finally, <I><B>a changed life</B></I> - one that was selfish and corrupt, but is now full of love for his fellow beings, strikes a chord in the heart strings of any honest individual.  There is a distinction between the power of the will to quit smoking, while this change of a life's habit does not necessitate love for ones fellow beings.  That behavior is born from a Superior Being Who created us out of love.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="mailto: heislord@teacher.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto: heislord@teacher.com"><U><IMG SRC="26432320.gif" border=0 width="50" height="50" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </td> </tr></table></body>