Have you ever had a friend say to you, “The reason I don’t believe the Bible is true is because it was passed from one person to another. If you keep passing a message along, the story changes. How do I know the Bible hasn’t changed?”
-Here’s the Answer!-
The New Testament was written within 60 (most books within 30) years of the death of Christ. (A.D. 30)
Evidence:
-Copies of the New Testament have been found that date within or close to the first Century. They are available right now!
-Early Church leaders were quoting many of the New Testament books by around 100 A.D. Thus, they had to be in circulation!
-The New Testament writers didn’t know about the destruction of Jerusalem (A.D. 70). Thus they had written the books before!
-According to history, Paul died in the mid-60’s A.D. He is still alive at the end of the book of Acts, and Luke was written some time before that!
Conclusion:
There was no time for myth to grow up about Christ. Keep in mind that the New Testament was written under Roman leaders who would have given anything to prove Christianity wrong. If there had been any error in the New Testament, it would have been exposed. There were still many witnesses around who would have said, “Hey I was there! That’s not what happened!” Also, many of the authors died for what they wrote. Why would they have died for a lie?!
The Bible is True!
See, I knew you would figure out the relation of the picture to the text! Much thanks to Dr. Bird for the material!
4 comments:
huh?????
DID EVERYONE REMEMBER TO DO THE PRAYER THING TODAY??
I'm so glad to see that you are keenly studying Christian apologetics the week of your wedding. :-)
HAPPY "SOON TO BE MARRIED DAY!" bet you didn't know today was that day! hehe..ttyl!
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