Lee Strobel (along with countless others) is proof that God can draw anyone to Himself. The thing is we have to get over ourselves to come to His calling. Be humble, which is hard. It's amazing to see a man championing Christ when he was so against Him at one time, much like Paul, but Lee didn't even need to encounter Him in person.
Except there is no evidence of the claims the bible says. Yes we are almost certain Jesus existed and that he was a religious figure. However their is little to no evidence to substantiate the claims made by the bible. There gospels were written 40 years after Jesus death. Outside the bible there very few mentions of Jesus. In that 40 years much Jesus life and ministry was probably horrible exaggerated by the time the author wrote Mathew which was the first gospel. We don't even know who the author was. We don't know who the eye witness were. If we had more evidence out side the bible to show then maybe an argument could be made. Right it all hinges on the Bible. Just because the bible tells me so isn't a good enough argument.
@@michaelrunk5930Mark was actually the first gospel written, and the case can certainly be made that the gospels started being written only about 20-25 years after the resurrection. It is a scholarly consensus as well that the first of Pauls letters was written around 48 AD.
Those who deny or say that Allah has a son are on the wrong path. Allah is very high, he does not need the help of a person, does the one who creates everything out of nothing need the help of a person?
this is so good! I recently watched The Case for Christ and it was a great film! As an archaeologist myself I love how ALL evidence is backed up! Great! Thank you Kirk for this takeaway 😊😊
Shared this with a Muslim friend who has tried debating me on the crucifixion and has stopped being willing to dialogue with me about it. Thank u sirs.
I think religion is a farce no matter what God you believe in. The fact that people have blindly worshipped these mythical beings for all of time without any shred of real evidence (just faith) is mind boggling.
Not a fan of Kurt but I like his guest. I did not know why God led me to this video, as I said, REALLY NOT a fan of Kurt, but now I know. It was to learn something. I knew most everything medical here as I had heard it and surmised some, before, but I never knew the meaning or the story behind the word "excruciating".... God leads us, as long as we follow we will see the reason. I hope yall have a very happy and blessed 2023.
Those who deny or say that Allah has a son are on the wrong path. Allah is very high, he does not need the help of a person, does the one who creates everything out of nothing need the help of a person?
Banyak yang menolak kenyataan itu. Tapi banyak juga yang percaya. Selalu ada 2 pihak. Saya berdoa untuk seluruh orang percaya agar selalu taat dalam keyakinannya kepada Tuhan Yesus sampai kematian kita datang. Amin.
It's always sad that so many will refuse to believe, not because of lack of evidence but because they don't want to believe. God could appear right in front of them and they still wouldn't. Scripture says this. They suppress the truth in unrighteousness. We have to pray that God would give them repentance and belief.
It is crazy that after thousands of years we still need to prove Christ was nailed to the cross, died and then on the third day he rose from the dead and proved his is the Christ, the son of God Almighty who came down from heaven and became man and gave his life as a ransom to take our wickedness and sins upon himself. Great is the Father, the Son,and the Holy Spirit. Thanks to Jesus, i and my family will live with him FOREVER.
Well the evidence for Christ rising from the dead is at best 4 of his very close friends writing about it. Would you accept that I rose from the dead if I provided you with 4 letters from 4 of my close friends saying they saw me rise from the dead?
@@cypherpunk12 The apostles, Paul, and 500 all at the same time. When Jesus died, the apostles were in hiding, scared for their lives, and crushed that their mission seemed to be at an end. Then, in a few days they're out and about sharing the good news, then out to hostile countries without fear of their certain death. So, it's a lot more than what you think.
@@ronaldmorgan7632 Check your bible and do some research. Paul never saw Jesus before the Crucifixion, Paul supposedly had Jesus come down from heaven and show himself to Paul, this is after the crucifixion and Jesus floating into the clouds. The whole crucifixion and resurrection is only written by 4 of his close friends. Now the hiding part is debatable, there are two views on this. If they were in hiding that makes this even worse as we have no eyewitness accounts of the crucifixion. The other view is they were hiding amongst the crowd and seeing the whole crucifixion. As for the 500 witnesses, I think you are referring to 1 Corinthians 15:6 this is written by Paul from inside a jail cell with Jesus magically beaming what to write into Paul's head. 1 Corinthians is Paul's first letter to the Church of Corinth. So 500 magic head beamed witnesses, are not witnesses at all. So it's actually only 4 of his close friends writing about this, far less than you think.
@@ronaldmorgan7632 Sorry about the delay the video creator deleted my original response, this is why I come back and check. Paul was not at the crucifixion of Jesus, Paul never met Jesus prior to the Crucifixion. The 500 people you are speaking about is in 1 Corinthians 15:3-8 and 1 Corinthians is Paul's first letter to the church of Corinth. This letter was written by Paul from inside a prison cell, he supposedly had Jesus beaming the information into his head. Its also not people at the crucifixion, its people seeing Jesus afterwards. Now I'm sorry but magic head beamed witnesses are not witnesses. So as per my original comment, all we have is 4 of Jesus best pals saying he was crucified and rose from the dead.
@@cypherpunk12 No one is claiming that Paul met Jesus before Jesus was crucified. He met Jesus a year or so later on the road to Damascus. This caused a complete 180 for Paul. He went to see first Peter and James in Jerusalem and got the entire scoop About Jesus's life and what the creed was, thus what he should be preaching. He later came back a few later and verified that what he had been preaching was entirely accurate. Paul was a stickler for accuracy. Again, no one is claiming that 500 people saw the crucification of Jesus. They and the apostles saw him on multiple occasions. Then, Paul saw him and James (the brother of Jesus who did not believe at first, then saw him and believed). Let's at least get our facts straight before trying to make sense of them.
My Pastor shared at out Easter service last year that if anyone wants to prove a Christian wrong then simply provide for us Jesus' dead body....and we will honestly claim.out faith is based upon nothing.....which they can't provide a body, that was the point!
Amen !! Thank you for this video on UA-cam. This same Jesus is coming again soon to put an end to all this evil and wickedness. No worries if you have trusted Jesus in your heart to save you; if not pray and call out to Him now to save you.
12 And now, my sons, remember, remember that it is upon the rock of our Redeemer, who is Christ, the Son of God, that ye must build your foundation; that when the devil shall send forth his mighty winds, yea, his shafts in the whirlwind, yea, when all his hail and his mighty storm shall beat upon you, it shall have no power over you to drag you down to the gulf of misery and endless wo, because of the rock upon which ye are built, which is a sure foundation, a foundation whereon if men build they cannot fall.
We all can name two Bible characters who return from the grave: Jesus and Lazarus. But the Bible lists 10 events in which the dead are raised (not counting the future resurrection).
My question is, if the people who wrote the bible 40 years or so after his death, then how do they know that Jesus was resurrected 3 days later if they weren't there to see it?
Uh, because the ones who contributed to the NT who did not see him interviewed those who did. For instance, Mark was the first to write about the year 45, and he got most of his information from Peter.
The best explanation for the empty tomb is that the Romans did it. They had the ability and the motives to do it. They had the most to lose if the body of Jesus just rotted in the grave.
When I first heard Lee Strobel speak I got very excited that he was that Christian and good human being I was always hoping to see. Watching him talk to someone as low as Kirk Cameron genuinely breaks my heart.
Kirk - please reach out to Tim Pool to arrange to be on his podcast. I think it would be a great opportunity and a very friendly but constructive environment.
“…. Greater is He that is in us, than He who is in the world”. See 1 John 2:18. Dear children, this is the last hour; and as you have heard the anti-Christ is coming, even now many anti-Christs have come. (Vs22) Who is the liar? It is the man/woman who denies that Jesus is the Christ.” “You shall know the Truth, and the Truth shall set you free.” Soli Deo Gloria.❤
Jesus had an extremely short crucifixion, died and had an near death experience (NDE), then rose from that tomb. Josephus also wrote about a man who survived the crucifixion. Codex Sinaiticus is the oldest manuscript of Mark, and we know that Mark was altered later by adding text to it.
This is Lee Strobel, guys. The movie "The Case for Christ (2017)" is based on a true story about this very guy, being an atheist and investigative journalist. Trying to disprove Christianity by any means necessary because his wife was becoming a Christian and he didn't want the family to rely on faith. The movie is amazing. I highly recommend everyone watch it.
Was he actually atheist? Strobel married his wife in a church, and even attended church for several years after his marriage, it doesn't sound like an athirst thing to do to me. Also when Strobel does his investigation he interviews multiple scholars, but no skeptics, for a guy who is an investigative journalist, this seems to be a very odd thing to do. Here is some food for thought however, the best case scenario for the resurrection of Jesus is is 4 of Jesus' close friends claiming it happened. If someone else was claimed to rise from the dead and the best you have is 4 letters from their close friends saying this happened, no sane person would accept this as real. in 1993 while working for the Chicago Tribune Strobel wrote about the Waco Siege, 82 adults claimed that they witnessed David Koresh die, go to heaven and come back, obviously Strobel did not join them. Strobel is a brilliantly intelligent man, he could see the death of his newspaper career, so he jumped onto religion, and today has made far more money than he can imagine from his story.
7 And lo, HE SHALL SUFFER temptations, and pain of body, hunger, thirst, and fatigue, even more than man can suffer, except it be unto death; for behold, blood cometh from every pore, so great shall be his anguish for the wickedness and the abominations of his people. 8 And he shall be called JESUS CHRIST, THE SON OF GOD, the Father of heaven and earth, the Creator of all things from the beginning; and his mother shall be called Mary. 9 And lo, HE COMETH unto his own, THAT SALVATION MIGHT COME unto the children of men even through faith on his name; and even after all this they shall consider him a man, and say that he hath a devil, and shall scourge him, and shall crucify him.
Lee Strobel spoke of the improbability of mass hallucinations. I wonder what the probability is that a group of people would intentionally put themselves in danger of being crucified themselves. Plus, live the lives of vagabonds while teaching the gospel throughout the old world. If they didn't actually witness the miracle of Jesus's life after death.
Our Heavenly Father sent His only begotten Son to save us from our sins so that we will be with him in Heaven. Jesus died and rose from the dead to enlighten us to the truth He had been preaching to us while here on earth. To promise to us that we will join Him . Praise our Father God, His Son Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit, Amen 🙏
The problem isn't people don't believe because they believe in all sorts of things that require faith. It's they don't want to change their life styl. They like sinning.
Firstly, you need to come to a place of repentance, ask God for forgiveness and accept and believe that Jesus is the Son of God. After that, Find yourself a Gospel preaching Church and buy yourself a Bible. Start in the New Testament (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John). And ask God to show you the way. He will!
Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead? But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen: and if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain. Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not. For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised: and if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins. Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished. If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable. But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. 1 Corinthians 15:12-20 KJV
Matthew 27:53&54? When THEY adamantly claim the scriptures are just words, then why do THEY fear the power of The Word so? Focus on the miracles as THEY want to maintain Christ Jesus merely a mortal prophet and Christianity as social engineering per the social engineers... Ugh
The 39 lashes he endured would account for at least a moderate 7:25 amount of blood loss. That weakened him enough that being crucified finished him off. The swoon theory, which you alluded to, has been debunked long ago.
The resurrection is not proof of Jesus being God. It's proof that the God and Father of Jesus can raise the dead. The hope is that those who believe will be raised to life by the Father.
That final proof that Jesus had died. "A flow of blood and water." When the heart stops, the heavier red platelets separate from the clear blood serum. This only happen in death.
The trouble is we keep thinking the Bible is a reliable source. Best case scenario, 4 of Jesus best friends wrote about the crucifixion, it’s fair to say this could be one sided. A person rising from the dead is not the sort of thing people do not notice, yet the best we have is this. No sane person would accept that anyone else arose from the dead if the evidence was 4 letters by people who claim to be the best friend of the resurrected person, so there is no logic accepting the Jesus resurrection as true with the same weak claims. To put this into a perspective you might understand, fast forward to the year 1977, in this year we had the vast majority of Americans educated, color cameras, doctors who knew what death was, and had multiple ways to test death, and the cause of death. Well in the year 1977 a very famous person named Elvis Presley died, doctors who specialized in death (coroners) signed the death certificate, multiple people saw the body, there is even a leaked photo of the corpse, despite all of this there is thousands of people who claim to have seen Elvis alive after his confirmed death. There are videos, and even people alive today that will tell you their testimony, people who were not even a fan of Elvis, yet despite all of this, most people (including myself) will accept that Elvis is dead. So given all this evidence for the resurrection of Elvis, to accept he is dead and Jesus rose from the dead is the greatest double standard of all time. So if you believe Jesus rose from the dead, and Elvis did not ask yourself 2 simple questions. 1. What evidence would you need to believe Elvis rose from the dead? 2. Do you have that evidence for Jesus? Because if your answer to question 2 is “no” then your beliefs are illogical, and you have a massive double standard.
LOL! No, they weren't. The gospels were written between the year 45 and 90 by those who lived with him, saw him come back, and by those who interviewed the apostles and others.
I have yet to see someone mention the fact that Mark describes Simon of Cyrene as the father of Rufus and Alexander. This means that both Mark and his readers definitely knew Simon’s sons (else the reference would be pointless) and Mark most likely knew Simon. This means that Mark had the testimony of an eyewitness to the crucifixion or at least the testimony of that witness’s sons. This gives irrefutable evidence of the historicity of Jesus and his death.
@@ronaldmorgan7632 I’m referring to the author of the work ascribed to Mark. My point stands regardless of who that actually was or what his other sources were, though personally, I don’t see any reason the author couldn’t have been John Mark and Peter one of his sources.
Mr Cameron.... My name is Adam, and i wish to ask you something... Why is it, or why do you think that God went from speaking to us with burning bushes, or sending Angels like he did to Abraham, etc. To pure silence?!? I mean yes, we (ALL) get "FEELINGS", or "VOICES" that makes us feel certain ways, or like our subconsciousness, or "SELF THOUGHT", we can hear.... But why do we not have anything "DEFINITIVE"?!? There is nothing to say that he cannot speak to us anymore, or that he cannot appear to us anymore even, etc. In fact Revelation among many other books tells us he is with us even until the end of the world itself. So why?!? Why does he not come to us? Or send his angels anymore? Or speak to us like he did Moses and Abraham?!? The reason i ask Mr Cameron.... Is i am longing for the voice of my God... I want it more than all.... To just ask "WHY"?!? I have seen so much, so many people i loved, and still love suffer so much... I have lost so much.. And i cannot get over it. It hurts too much.... It's unbearable, rips my soul apart the more i think of it.... I wouldn't wish what i have been though upon (ANYONE)... If i could take the place of my Courtney i would.. In a instance.. I love her that much... I know he is real.. "GOD" that is.... The things my Courtney told me that happened to her when she was upon deaths door, being in a "ROOM FULL OF GEARS" while she was being kept company by a man , that she had no fear, who told her she would be okay...... I just cannot help but ask why..... I mean.... He is God... He commands a force that our tiny minds cannot even fathom, why could he not send a angel to speak with someone, or appear as a voice in a fire like he did Moses?!? Why the silence?!?
@Yan Sollo FCA But isn't that an excuse? There is (NOTHING) to stop him from communicating with us. NOTHING! Forgive me friend, but silence and what "WAS" or what was "WRITTEN" has no bearing upon my life as a free thinking man with a heart that lives. I sit in awe of the events and tragedies of my life experiences, and all i can hope for is just a conversation, or even him justing saying to me. I'M HERE! Forgive me again, but sometimes words printed in a book just isn't enough. Seeing isn't believing, but sometimes believing is "SEEING" the thing you believe in, and i need it now more than ever and so do so many more. I cannot accept the thoughts of "THIS OR THAT HAPPENED" and that is why you don't see it etc. I cannot accept that in my existence NO ONE CAN EXPLAIN BTW, that my (1) chance at life i cannot even say hey.. You are the almighty creator, glory personified. But please, i beg, speak with me. That is all. Call em a doubting Thomas. That is fine. But sometimes again, believing is seeing, and when you have witnessed the things i have, and seen the worst things life can hand you, you need such things to happen. Even if just for sanity sakes only.
One of the problems with the nonbelieving community is that historical evidence counts only for the rest of history. I mean I get it, we don’t base our whole lives on what Homer did, that is, the necessity for truth and purity for the rest of history doesn’t have stakes as high as it does for the risen Christ. However, to dismiss the paradigm of historical evidence either counts for no one or counts for everyone. I wish that people would hold the same burden of proof.
Thats one of the reasons the deciples died rather than deny Jesus .. it goes agaisnt human nature .. would you die for somone knowing that they were lieing... of coarse not ..wich means they died knowing Jesus had rose again an whitnessed it and instead of denying him they died praising his name
Jesus Was Born Incarnate Jesus was born incarnate to a young Jewish virgin, lived a sin free life, was illegally persecuted and then crucified on a cross on Calvary. He arose three days later defeating death and ascended into Heaven where He sits at the right hand of God. “Jesus knew He was entering the world to be the final and ultimate sacrifice for sin. His body had been divinely prepared by God specifically for that purpose. Jesus was going to die for the sins of the world, and He knew it. Moreover, He was doing it willingly and joyfully . That was the whole point of His incarnate birth. Jesus came to earth, of course, to reveal God to mankind. He came to teach truth. He came to fulfill the Law. He came to offer His kingdom. He came to show us how to live. He came to reveal God’s love. He came to bring peace. He came to heal the sick. He came to minister to the needy. He was raised in a family who didn't believe in His divinity. He had six half-brothers and two or three half-sisters who didn't believe in His divinity until after His resurrection. What gets me is demons knew His divinity but men and women of His time didn't. Strange. I presume Mary and Joseph knew His divinity. But in Luke 2:49-50 [NKJV] “He said to them, [His earthly parents] “Why did you seek Me? Did you not know that I must be about My Father’s business?” Did they not understand Jesus' divinity? This makes me wonder. "But seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you." (Matthew 6:33 NKJV) Luke 3:23 states that Jesus was "about 30 years of age" at the start of his ministry. Jesus preformed 14-15 miracles (they were called signs) in the three years or so of His ministry on earth. Many miracles were preformed by Jesus Christ but not specifically identified and recorded in God's word. Jesus' miracles were followed by Jesus forgiving the individuals of their sins and commanded they sin no more. Many of Jesus' miracles were not identified. No other religious leader forgave mankind of their sins. Our sins separate us from God, and there’s nothing we can do to make things right. So, we need someone to save us from our sins and make us acceptable to God. That someone is Jesus Christ. 'Neither is there salvation in any other: for among men there is given no other Name under heaven, whereby we must be saved.” (Acts 4:12 GNV) That’s why God sent Jesus to earth. Jesus’ death on the cross paid for every wrong we’ve ever committed or will do. Jesus made it possible for us to have a relationship with God the Father. I am a sinner from birth and need help, Jesus Christ is that help, my only hope. Therefore by the deeds of the law (Ten Commandments) no flesh will be justified in His sight, for by the law our sins are recognized not saved. I try to confess my sins and iniquities before Jesus Christ, at the foot of the cross daily. Jesus said in Matthew 28:19, to His disciples that: “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.” I will not have to stand before The Great White Throne of God, my sins have been cleansed by Jesus Christ's crucifixion on the cross. And I am clothed in the righteousness of Christ of all my sins and iniquities before-today, today and forever. I Love Jesus Christ despite the fact that I'm human and I fail Him daily; I pick up my cross daily and follow Him. I believe that Jesus is the Son of God and that He was crucified on the cross where He died for my sins and inequities and that He rose again on the 3rd day to give me a way through salvation and sanctification. He loves me dearly and forgives my sins and inequities. His Word says that if I deny Him before men, He will deny me before His Father. Following is one of the greatest verses in God's Word. “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” (John 3:16 NKJV) I am a Christ-follower and live in the Kingdom of God on earth in Jesus Christ, my Lord, Savior and Leader. I have faith and trust in the grace and mercy of God for eternal life for my soul in Heaven when I pass from this life into paradise. I proclaim this openly to the world, that I am sinner, that I am sorry for my sins and iniquities and repent of my sins and iniquities and receive Jesus Christ by faith into my heart, mind and soul as my Lord, Savior nd Leader. I openly confess Him as Lord from this moment on, I want to follow Him, I pledge to obey Him daily, and read His word. I will include those in my prayers who are lost and have chosen to deny God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit. Jesus Christ declared: “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” (John 14:6 NKJV) I am in the “Lamb's Book of Life” and will not face “The Great White Throne of God” which leads to Hell. God bless
If Jesus didn't die from crucifixion, then presumably he would have...what....lived out the rest of his natural days some place in hiding, while the Apostles traveled around the world, and got themselves executed for telling everyone lies that he died and ascended when they knew better? How did he get out of the tomb?
Early in the video, Lee Strobel comments that there is no historical evidence of anyone surviving crucifixion. The question he then completely overlooks is: what historical evidence exists for anyone being resurrected? There is none. And before you say it’s in all the Gospels and in the other books of the Bible, Old or New Testaments, please recognize that those are not historical documents but books of faith.
I understand that people want to make a distinction between historical documents and books of faith, but the gospels were testaments by people that witnessed events. They were so convinced that they were willing to die rather than recant their testimony. That sounds like something that would be admissible as a sworn statement.
@@stl7694 the NT books were written decades after the events by Greek-speaking believers most likely outside of Palestine. A fraction of a percentage of Jews were educated enough to read or write. These were stories told over and over again for years before they were eventually written down. Matthew and Luke are derivative of Mark and another document called Q. They all have contradictions. These are not historical documents in any way. The authors, whatever their names were, were no more witness to a living and/or risen Jesus than you are.
Not quite true. Mark is 70AD at most but might be even sooner at 40-50AD while the Paul started writing his letters less than 2 decades after Jesus died.
@@Hyperencrpted12345 Paul’s first letter is fairly reliably dated to the mid-50s CE. That’s true. The generally accepted dates for Mark date between 60-75 CE but some do argue for earlier. That is still decades after the crucifixion is generally dated in or within a few years of 30 CE. Even if Mark were accepted to have been written in the 40s CE, that is still a decade or more after the fact. However, general consensus says later. My statement stands. These are not historical documents. You will never get an historian to agree that the Bible is anything other than a compilation of faith statements with some historical context no different than the Koran.
A "lie" to be able to deceive some that it's true must have some truth in it, ** Genesis 26:4, 28:14, 17:18-21, 21-12**, Muhammad is an Ismaelite. It would mean that at the time of Muhammad, even Arabs have heard about the miracles of Jesus, and believe that Jesus was seen alive, that the Quran had to "explain" that Jesus was never crucified. The timing of the crucifixion was crucial to avoid rioting. God in His sovereignty had timed it to happen on a day before Sabbath. During those times where most people only walk to go around, most of the Jews would have been in their own localities or at home for the Sabbath. Only interested residents of Jerusalem would have witnessed the crucifixion. And after Sabbath, there will be no cause for rioting, for "the crucified" was alive. Maybe this is the reason for the controversy, whether Jesus really was crucified or not. It is said that even Barnabas wrote that Jesus was not crucified. He was not among the original 12 disciples, the apostles of Jesus Christ, he may have not witnessed the crucifixion, but saw the resurrected Jesus Christ.
7 And lo, HE SHALL SUFFER temptations, and pain of body, hunger, thirst, and fatigue, even more than man can suffer, except it be unto death; for behold, blood cometh from every pore, so great shall be his anguish for the wickedness and the abominations of his people. 8 And he shall be called JESUS CHRIST, THE SONG OF GOD, the Father of heaven and earth, the Creator of all things from the beginning; and his mother shall be called Mary. 9 And lo, HE COMETH unto his own, THAT SALVATION MIGHT COME unto the children of men even through faith on his name; and even after all this they shall consider him a man, and say that he hath a devil, and shall scourge him, and shall crucify him.
It has been said of Jesus that "his body rose from the dead." What an absurdity conjured up by earthly minds which were at a loss to satisfactorily explain the death of Jesus as a felon on a cross! What need would Jesus have of an earthly body to continue existence in the afterlife? How could such a ridiculous myth persist even into the 21st century? It has been a measure of the lack of understanding of "Christians" that they have blindly accepted such a dogma to this very time.
He acts like he has evidence of this. There is indirect evidence there was a Yeshua who died but nothing on him rising from the dead. And most of you commenting have never bothered to research this. The problem as I said repeatedly in my own playlist against Strobel is he is a highly acclaimed investigative reporter--or was. And he completely disregarded investigating anything. His lack of journalistic integrity was astounding. His interviewees were largely fundamentalist and his research was from largely fundamentalist books written by those very interviewees which is why I am accusing him of never having been an atheist when he did those interviews. I am researching the claims of those interviewees and it isn't evidence it is speculation and usually bad speculation or flat out untruths. If you research what general consensus of scholars are vs what Strobel's interviewees state you will find quite different opinions. Bascially Strobel's contention was "the fundamentalists said it made sense so it did." He never fact checked or looked for contrary opinions. He offered his own light "what ifs" then just agreed with the counter opinion of the fundamentalist without searching further. And that's the real truth behind his biased book that made him very rich. Cheers, DCF
"First of all, we have no evidence anywhere of anyone ever surviving a full Roman crucifixion." Surviving a crucifixion is impossible, but a resurrection after death? No problem.
All the witnesses agreed that they saw the Risen Lord Jesus Christ. Not just apostles but the people we well Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; by which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: and that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: after that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time. For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. 1 Corinthians 15:1-9 KJV The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach, until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen: to whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God: and, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me. For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence. Acts 1:1-5 KJV
He is risen!!! Hallelujah
Amen!
He is Risen indeed! Hallelujah!
Hahaha ...
Any physical evidence?
so is elvis..he died and ROSE FROM THE DEAD, because of testimonies of ppl !!!
Lee Strobel (along with countless others) is proof that God can draw anyone to Himself. The thing is we have to get over ourselves to come to His calling. Be humble, which is hard. It's amazing to see a man championing Christ when he was so against Him at one time, much like Paul, but Lee didn't even need to encounter Him in person.
Except there is no evidence of the claims the bible says. Yes we are almost certain Jesus existed and that he was a religious figure. However their is little to no evidence to substantiate the claims made by the bible.
There gospels were written 40 years after Jesus death. Outside the bible there very few mentions of Jesus. In that 40 years much Jesus life and ministry was probably horrible exaggerated by the time the author wrote Mathew which was the first gospel.
We don't even know who the author was. We don't know who the eye witness were.
If we had more evidence out side the bible to show then maybe an argument could be made. Right it all hinges on the Bible. Just because the bible tells me so isn't a good enough argument.
@@michaelrunk5930Mark was actually the first gospel written, and the case can certainly be made that the gospels started being written only about 20-25 years after the resurrection. It is a scholarly consensus as well that the first of Pauls letters was written around 48 AD.
Lee is lying to gullible people in order to sell books.
Awesome conversation! Just watched "The Case for Christ". It's cool to see Lee talking about Christianity today!
Oh I love these MEN OF GOD❤ GOD HELP MY FAMILY TO FOLLOW YOU ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Praying for you
I will as I do every day for my husband & his family plus my side. My late parents ❤️ him with all their hearts ❤️ 💕
Such powerful testimony of our Lord and Saviour! God Bless you both, Kirk and Lee!
Whaaaat? Are. You having a fit?
Such BS id rather go for lepricauns and such
This is ridiculous
Amen the truth about Jesus is out to all people to believe in our lord Jesus
Those who deny or say that Allah has a son are on the wrong path. Allah is very high, he does not need the help of a person, does the one who creates everything out of nothing need the help of a person?
@@Ayna123Jesus is God and is the creator.
@@jordanmadden7388 he created satan ?.. bad choice !
this is so good! I recently watched The Case for Christ and it was a great film! As an archaeologist myself I love how ALL evidence is backed up! Great! Thank you Kirk for this takeaway 😊😊
Yes also the evidence for the great flood and Noah's ark XD
Shared this with a Muslim friend who has tried debating me on the crucifixion and has stopped being willing to dialogue with me about it.
Thank u sirs.
I think religion is a farce no matter what God you believe in. The fact that people have blindly worshipped these mythical beings for all of time without any shred of real evidence (just faith) is mind boggling.
About as willing as you are to accept his views.
Just face it, learning about God is just plain fun!
Thank you for doing this Mr L. Strobel. What your saying is so true! Your book and the film made from it really helped me and others.
I am just reading your book The case for Christ and there you are on UA-cam 😊 I need to loan this book to a few people I know, it is really good
He is risen, hallelujah
The case for christ is such a great book! Thank you, Lee Strobel !
Excellent. Fair. Truthful. Engaging. Develops and models fact based dialogues in the public.
Not a fan of Kurt but I like his guest. I did not know why God led me to this video, as I said, REALLY NOT a fan of Kurt, but now I know. It was to learn something. I knew most everything medical here as I had heard it and surmised some, before, but I never knew the meaning or the story behind the word "excruciating".... God leads us, as long as we follow we will see the reason.
I hope yall have a very happy and blessed 2023.
Only the Spirit in a man/woman can understand and be grateful for this, but it is “foolishness” to an unbeliever. ❤
Only a mental disease I would say, or one beer too many.
St.Paul said..." I delivered to you, as of first importance, that which I also received..." Keeping it straight and true.
And, even skeptics like Bart Ehrman believe this oral tradition to date within five years after the resurrection!
I love me some Lee Strobel... Kirk Cameron is awesome, and bless him for having him on, he needs to try to get Greg Koukl and Frank Turek on too.
Those who deny or say that Allah has a son are on the wrong path. Allah is very high, he does not need the help of a person, does the one who creates everything out of nothing need the help of a person?
Thank you for this! Thank you Lord Jesus for giving your life for us and for the promise of Heaven! ❤️
You are my favorite Christian person out there on television
❤ watching to this. Kirk is a 👍🏻 host
Love this!! Thank you boys, God Bless you and keep spreading the good news!❤️✌️😊
Lee Lee Strobel is a wonderful gentleman
If by wonderful you mean delusional I agree.
@@jmaniak1 yes, I was being sarcastic
Banyak yang menolak kenyataan itu. Tapi banyak juga yang percaya. Selalu ada 2 pihak. Saya berdoa untuk seluruh orang percaya agar selalu taat dalam keyakinannya kepada Tuhan Yesus sampai kematian kita datang. Amin.
It's always sad that so many will refuse to believe, not because of lack of evidence but because they don't want to believe. God could appear right in front of them and they still wouldn't. Scripture says this. They suppress the truth in unrighteousness. We have to pray that God would give them repentance and belief.
Dinosaur ?
It's actually sad that so many will want to believe despite the blatant evidence that Christianity is a concocted superstition.
@@sarahahmed113 There is no evidence of that.
@@davidkrapensits4367 Doggy. Kitty. Bear-bear. Birdy. Did you have a point?
@@ronaldmorgan7632 dinosaur
Timcast would like to have you on his show. There is a guy there named Ian. I feel he is so close to salvation.
It is crazy that after thousands of years we still need to prove Christ was nailed to the cross, died and then on the third day he rose from the dead and proved his is the Christ, the son of God Almighty who came down from heaven and became man and gave his life as a ransom to take our wickedness and sins upon himself. Great is the Father, the Son,and the Holy Spirit. Thanks to Jesus, i and my family will live with him FOREVER.
Well the evidence for Christ rising from the dead is at best 4 of his very close friends writing about it. Would you accept that I rose from the dead if I provided you with 4 letters from 4 of my close friends saying they saw me rise from the dead?
@@cypherpunk12 The apostles, Paul, and 500 all at the same time. When Jesus died, the apostles were in hiding, scared for their lives, and crushed that their mission seemed to be at an end. Then, in a few days they're out and about sharing the good news, then out to hostile countries without fear of their certain death. So, it's a lot more than what you think.
@@ronaldmorgan7632 Check your bible and do some research. Paul never saw Jesus before the Crucifixion, Paul supposedly had Jesus come down from heaven and show himself to Paul, this is after the crucifixion and Jesus floating into the clouds. The whole crucifixion and resurrection is only written by 4 of his close friends. Now the hiding part is debatable, there are two views on this. If they were in hiding that makes this even worse as we have no eyewitness accounts of the crucifixion. The other view is they were hiding amongst the crowd and seeing the whole crucifixion. As for the 500 witnesses, I think you are referring to 1 Corinthians 15:6 this is written by Paul from inside a jail cell with Jesus magically beaming what to write into Paul's head. 1 Corinthians is Paul's first letter to the Church of Corinth. So 500 magic head beamed witnesses, are not witnesses at all.
So it's actually only 4 of his close friends writing about this, far less than you think.
@@ronaldmorgan7632 Sorry about the delay the video creator deleted my original response, this is why I come back and check.
Paul was not at the crucifixion of Jesus, Paul never met Jesus prior to the Crucifixion. The 500 people you are speaking about is in 1 Corinthians 15:3-8 and 1 Corinthians is Paul's first letter to the church of Corinth. This letter was written by Paul from inside a prison cell, he supposedly had Jesus beaming the information into his head. Its also not people at the crucifixion, its people seeing Jesus afterwards. Now I'm sorry but magic head beamed witnesses are not witnesses.
So as per my original comment, all we have is 4 of Jesus best pals saying he was crucified and rose from the dead.
@@cypherpunk12 No one is claiming that Paul met Jesus before Jesus was crucified. He met Jesus a year or so later on the road to Damascus. This caused a complete 180 for Paul. He went to see first Peter and James in Jerusalem and got the entire scoop About Jesus's life and what the creed was, thus what he should be preaching. He later came back a few later and verified that what he had been preaching was entirely accurate. Paul was a stickler for accuracy. Again, no one is claiming that 500 people saw the crucification of Jesus. They and the apostles saw him on multiple occasions. Then, Paul saw him and James (the brother of Jesus who did not believe at first, then saw him and believed). Let's at least get our facts straight before trying to make sense of them.
My Pastor shared at out Easter service last year that if anyone wants to prove a Christian wrong then simply provide for us Jesus' dead body....and we will honestly claim.out faith is based upon nothing.....which they can't provide a body, that was the point!
Hallelujah hallelujah hal - leeeee- luuuuu- jahhhhhh!!!!
Hello
I enjoy hearing interviews with Lee Strobel, as well as his 3 movies. He has done so much research on all of his subjects.
Amen !! Thank you for this video on UA-cam. This same Jesus is coming again soon to put an end to all this evil and wickedness. No worries if you have trusted Jesus in your heart to save you; if not pray and call out to Him now to save you.
Yes I've heard he's coming next Tuesday.
12 And now, my sons, remember, remember that it is upon the rock of our Redeemer, who is Christ, the Son of God, that ye must build your foundation; that when the devil shall send forth his mighty winds, yea, his shafts in the whirlwind, yea, when all his hail and his mighty storm shall beat upon you, it shall have no power over you to drag you down to the gulf of misery and endless wo, because of the rock upon which ye are built, which is a sure foundation, a foundation whereon if men build they cannot fall.
Happy Easter!!!
Mike seaver Love the video!
We all can name two Bible characters who return from the grave: Jesus and Lazarus. But the Bible lists 10 events in which the dead are raised (not counting the future resurrection).
This is really good stuff
The truth will always be the truth whether you belive
So thankful for u men sharing truth
Where can I watch this full interview?
Praise to Jesus Christ for paying for all of our sins he was and is the only perfect lamb
Is there any evidence for all the people that were raised from the dead and came out of their tombs when Jesus died?
Well said . God bless 🕊️
Praise God! Jesus is alive, he is risen!!!
so was elvis.. praise elvis !
My question is, if the people who wrote the bible 40 years or so after his death, then how do they know that Jesus was resurrected 3 days later if they weren't there to see it?
They don't care.. they need to believe because they fear death.
Uh, because the ones who contributed to the NT who did not see him interviewed those who did. For instance, Mark was the first to write about the year 45, and he got most of his information from Peter.
@@maxipaw-dc5xj Is it fun trying to speak for others but make yourself look foolish instead?
A game of telephone. Yeah cause that always works so well
(Isaiah 53:5) Maranatha Lord.☁️
The best explanation for the empty tomb is that the Romans did it. They had the ability and the motives to do it. They had the most to lose if the body of Jesus just rotted in the grave.
LOL! What did they have to fear? Why would they let Josephus take the body for burial in the first place?
When I first heard Lee Strobel speak I got very excited that he was that Christian and good human being I was always hoping to see. Watching him talk to someone as low as Kirk Cameron genuinely breaks my heart.
Wow that was good !
Jesus he knows me.
Kirk - please reach out to Tim Pool to arrange to be on his podcast. I think it would be a great opportunity and a very friendly but constructive environment.
Jesus is alive I talked to Him this morning
Did he say anything back?
Love this!
Jesus Lives!!!
“…. Greater is He that is in us, than He who is in the world”. See 1 John 2:18. Dear children, this is the last hour; and as you have heard the anti-Christ is coming, even now many anti-Christs have come. (Vs22) Who is the liar? It is the man/woman who denies that Jesus is the Christ.” “You shall know the Truth, and the Truth shall set you free.” Soli Deo Gloria.❤
The question is what is the evidence for resurrection.
Any physical evidence?
Great theatrics; Kirk. (BOO.)
Jesus had an extremely short crucifixion, died and had an near death experience (NDE), then rose from that tomb.
Josephus also wrote about a man who survived the crucifixion.
Codex Sinaiticus is the oldest manuscript of Mark, and we know that Mark was altered later by adding text to it.
Ummm, no.
@@ronaldmorgan7632,
😂🤣😂 If you haven’t read either account you probably should, and BTW your comment doesn’t make much sense.
As a former straight edge Atheist who experienced the afterlife in 2005, Jesus is God Almighty amen.
This is Lee Strobel, guys. The movie "The Case for Christ (2017)" is based on a true story about this very guy, being an atheist and investigative journalist. Trying to disprove Christianity by any means necessary because his wife was becoming a Christian and he didn't want the family to rely on faith. The movie is amazing. I highly recommend everyone watch it.
Was he actually atheist? Strobel married his wife in a church, and even attended church for several years after his marriage, it doesn't sound like an athirst thing to do to me. Also when Strobel does his investigation he interviews multiple scholars, but no skeptics, for a guy who is an investigative journalist, this seems to be a very odd thing to do. Here is some food for thought however, the best case scenario for the resurrection of Jesus is is 4 of Jesus' close friends claiming it happened. If someone else was claimed to rise from the dead and the best you have is 4 letters from their close friends saying this happened, no sane person would accept this as real. in 1993 while working for the Chicago Tribune Strobel wrote about the Waco Siege, 82 adults claimed that they witnessed David Koresh die, go to heaven and come back, obviously Strobel did not join them. Strobel is a brilliantly intelligent man, he could see the death of his newspaper career, so he jumped onto religion, and today has made far more money than he can imagine from his story.
4 Days after the confliction with no water. He had to do it, and do it on his own free will. Ecclesiastes 9:5
If it’s true it changes everything. “If”
For those interested in such topics, I recommend an e-book "Unearthing the Gospel" by Margaret Szewczenko 🌼
7 And lo, HE SHALL SUFFER temptations, and pain of body, hunger, thirst, and fatigue, even more than man can suffer, except it be unto death; for behold, blood cometh from every pore, so great shall be his anguish for the wickedness and the abominations of his people.
8 And he shall be called JESUS CHRIST, THE SON OF GOD, the Father of heaven and earth, the Creator of all things from the beginning; and his mother shall be called Mary.
9 And lo, HE COMETH unto his own, THAT SALVATION MIGHT COME unto the children of men even through faith on his name; and even after all this they shall consider him a man, and say that he hath a devil, and shall scourge him, and shall crucify him.
Lee Strobel spoke of the improbability of mass hallucinations. I wonder what the probability is that a group of people would intentionally put themselves in danger of being crucified themselves. Plus, live the lives of vagabonds while teaching the gospel throughout the old world. If they didn't actually witness the miracle of Jesus's life after death.
Resurrection is the key proof to believe Jesus as God. Acts 17:31
Our Heavenly Father sent His only begotten Son to save us from our sins so that we will be with him in Heaven. Jesus died and rose from the dead to enlighten us to the truth He had been preaching to us while here on earth. To promise to us that we will join Him . Praise our Father God, His Son Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit, Amen 🙏
The problem isn't people don't believe because they believe in all sorts of things that require faith. It's they don't want to change their life styl. They like sinning.
How do you have a relationship with God?
Firstly, you need to come to a place of repentance, ask God for forgiveness and accept and believe that Jesus is the Son of God.
After that, Find yourself a Gospel preaching Church and buy yourself a Bible. Start in the New Testament (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John). And ask God to show you the way.
He will!
Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead? But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen: and if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain. Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not. For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised: and if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins. Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished. If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable. But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.
1 Corinthians 15:12-20 KJV
1 John 5:4-5 Do you believe?
Matthew 27:53&54? When THEY adamantly claim the scriptures are just words, then why do THEY fear the power of The Word so?
Focus on the miracles as THEY want to maintain Christ Jesus merely a mortal prophet and Christianity as social engineering per the social engineers... Ugh
Crazy. I just watched a video that said without his ankles being broken, there is almost no way he died while on the cross. Hmmmmm….
The 39 lashes he endured would account for at least a moderate 7:25 amount of blood loss. That weakened him enough that being crucified finished him off. The swoon theory, which you alluded to, has been debunked long ago.
The resurrection is not proof of Jesus being God. It's proof that the God and Father of Jesus can raise the dead. The hope is that those who believe will be raised to life by the Father.
That final proof that Jesus had died. "A flow of blood and water." When the heart stops, the heavier red platelets separate from the clear blood serum. This only happen in death.
Hallelujah ❤🙏
The trouble is we keep thinking the Bible is a reliable source. Best case scenario, 4 of Jesus best friends wrote about the crucifixion, it’s fair to say this could be one sided. A person rising from the dead is not the sort of thing people do not notice, yet the best we have is this. No sane person would accept that anyone else arose from the dead if the evidence was 4 letters by people who claim to be the best friend of the resurrected person, so there is no logic accepting the Jesus resurrection as true with the same weak claims.
To put this into a perspective you might understand, fast forward to the year 1977, in this year we had the vast majority of Americans educated, color cameras, doctors who knew what death was, and had multiple ways to test death, and the cause of death. Well in the year 1977 a very famous person named Elvis Presley died, doctors who specialized in death (coroners) signed the death certificate, multiple people saw the body, there is even a leaked photo of the corpse, despite all of this there is thousands of people who claim to have seen Elvis alive after his confirmed death. There are videos, and even people alive today that will tell you their testimony, people who were not even a fan of Elvis, yet despite all of this, most people (including myself) will accept that Elvis is dead. So given all this evidence for the resurrection of Elvis, to accept he is dead and Jesus rose from the dead is the greatest double standard of all time. So if you believe Jesus rose from the dead, and Elvis did not ask yourself 2 simple questions. 1. What evidence would you need to believe Elvis rose from the dead? 2. Do you have that evidence for Jesus? Because if your answer to question 2 is “no” then your beliefs are illogical, and you have a massive double standard.
Keep cutting and pasting the same argument, and I'll keep knocking it down. It's not just 4 people.
@@ronaldmorgan7632 it's 4 people telling the story.
The gospels were writen 5 or more centuries by Greek Catholics, who spoke to people, who never meet Jesus or his apostles!
LOL! No, they weren't. The gospels were written between the year 45 and 90 by those who lived with him, saw him come back, and by those who interviewed the apostles and others.
Saying it's indisputable, is just not a credible fact, he can make!
Only silly people believe in God. However, I proudly say I am one of them.. He is risen.
I have yet to see someone mention the fact that Mark describes Simon of Cyrene as the father of Rufus and Alexander. This means that both Mark and his readers definitely knew Simon’s sons (else the reference would be pointless) and Mark most likely knew Simon. This means that Mark had the testimony of an eyewitness to the crucifixion or at least the testimony of that witness’s sons. This gives irrefutable evidence of the historicity of Jesus and his death.
Are you referring to the Mark who interviewed Peter to write the first gospel?
@@ronaldmorgan7632 I’m referring to the author of the work ascribed to Mark. My point stands regardless of who that actually was or what his other sources were, though personally, I don’t see any reason the author couldn’t have been John Mark and Peter one of his sources.
Yet people feel confident in arguing about how the pyramids were constructed.
The Babylon Bee Nails it in 4 minutes 59 seconds
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Mr Cameron....
My name is Adam, and i wish to ask you something...
Why is it, or why do you think that God went from speaking to us with burning bushes, or sending Angels like he did to Abraham, etc. To pure silence?!?
I mean yes, we (ALL) get "FEELINGS", or "VOICES" that makes us feel certain ways, or like our subconsciousness, or "SELF THOUGHT", we can hear....
But why do we not have anything "DEFINITIVE"?!? There is nothing to say that he cannot speak to us anymore, or that he cannot appear to us anymore even, etc. In fact Revelation among many other books tells us he is with us even until the end of the world itself.
So why?!? Why does he not come to us? Or send his angels anymore? Or speak to us like he did Moses and Abraham?!?
The reason i ask Mr Cameron.... Is i am longing for the voice of my God... I want it more than all.... To just ask "WHY"?!?
I have seen so much, so many people i loved, and still love suffer so much... I have lost so much.. And i cannot get over it. It hurts too much.... It's unbearable, rips my soul apart the more i think of it....
I wouldn't wish what i have been though upon (ANYONE)... If i could take the place of my Courtney i would.. In a instance.. I love her that much...
I know he is real.. "GOD" that is.... The things my Courtney told me that happened to her when she was upon deaths door, being in a "ROOM FULL OF GEARS" while she was being kept company by a man , that she had no fear, who told her she would be okay......
I just cannot help but ask why..... I mean.... He is God... He commands a force that our tiny minds cannot even fathom, why could he not send a angel to speak with someone, or appear as a voice in a fire like he did Moses?!?
Why the silence?!?
@Yan Sollo FCA But isn't that an excuse?
There is (NOTHING) to stop him from communicating with us. NOTHING!
Forgive me friend, but silence and what "WAS" or what was "WRITTEN" has no bearing upon my life as a free thinking man with a heart that lives.
I sit in awe of the events and tragedies of my life experiences, and all i can hope for is just a conversation, or even him justing saying to me. I'M HERE!
Forgive me again, but sometimes words printed in a book just isn't enough.
Seeing isn't believing, but sometimes believing is "SEEING" the thing you believe in, and i need it now more than ever and so do so many more.
I cannot accept the thoughts of "THIS OR THAT HAPPENED" and that is why you don't see it etc.
I cannot accept that in my existence NO ONE CAN EXPLAIN BTW, that my (1) chance at life i cannot even say hey.. You are the almighty creator, glory personified. But please, i beg, speak with me. That is all.
Call em a doubting Thomas. That is fine. But sometimes again, believing is seeing, and when you have witnessed the things i have, and seen the worst things life can hand you, you need such things to happen. Even if just for sanity sakes only.
This is great, if I believe in Jesus I am going to have a fabulous time when I'm dead. This has got to be the biggest scam ever.
So then, we shouldn't be expecting you?
✝️☦️🙏🏽
One of the problems with the nonbelieving community is that historical evidence counts only for the rest of history. I mean I get it, we don’t base our whole lives on what Homer did, that is, the necessity for truth and purity for the rest of history doesn’t have stakes as high as it does for the risen Christ. However, to dismiss the paradigm of historical evidence either counts for no one or counts for everyone. I wish that people would hold the same burden of proof.
Thats one of the reasons the deciples died rather than deny Jesus .. it goes agaisnt human nature .. would you die for somone knowing that they were lieing... of coarse not ..wich means they died knowing Jesus had rose again an whitnessed it and instead of denying him they died praising his name
Exactly. They have no answer for that.
Thank you Heavenly Father Jehovah, that you resurrected your son and our Messiah Jesus for his loyalty and sacrifice.🙏🏻
These people are making money off your naivety! You're being had! XD
Jesus Was Born Incarnate
Jesus was born incarnate to a young Jewish virgin, lived a sin free life, was illegally persecuted and then crucified on a cross on Calvary. He arose three days later defeating death and ascended into Heaven where He sits at the right hand of God.
“Jesus knew He was entering the world to be the final and ultimate sacrifice for sin. His body had been divinely prepared by God specifically for that purpose. Jesus was going to die for the sins of the world, and He knew it. Moreover, He was doing it willingly and joyfully . That was the whole point of His incarnate birth.
Jesus came to earth, of course, to reveal God to mankind. He came to teach truth. He came to fulfill the Law. He came to offer His kingdom. He came to show us how to live. He came to reveal God’s love. He came to bring peace. He came to heal the sick. He came to minister to the needy.
He was raised in a family who didn't believe in His divinity. He had six half-brothers and two or three half-sisters who didn't believe in His divinity until after His resurrection.
What gets me is demons knew His divinity but men and women of His time didn't. Strange.
I presume Mary and Joseph knew His divinity. But in Luke 2:49-50 [NKJV] “He said to them, [His earthly parents] “Why did you seek Me? Did you not know that I must be about My Father’s business?”
Did they not understand Jesus' divinity? This makes me wonder.
"But seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you." (Matthew 6:33 NKJV)
Luke 3:23 states that Jesus was "about 30 years of age" at the start of his ministry.
Jesus preformed 14-15 miracles (they were called signs) in the three years or so of His ministry on earth. Many miracles were preformed by Jesus Christ but not specifically identified and recorded in God's word.
Jesus' miracles were followed by Jesus forgiving the individuals of their sins and commanded they sin no more. Many of Jesus' miracles were not identified. No other religious leader forgave mankind of their sins.
Our sins separate us from God, and there’s nothing we can do to make things right. So, we need someone to save us from our sins and make us acceptable to God. That someone is Jesus Christ. 'Neither is there salvation in any other: for among men there is given no other Name under heaven, whereby we must be saved.” (Acts 4:12 GNV)
That’s why God sent Jesus to earth. Jesus’ death on the cross paid for every wrong we’ve ever committed or will do. Jesus made it possible for us to have a relationship with God the Father. I am a sinner from birth and need help, Jesus Christ is that help, my only hope.
Therefore by the deeds of the law (Ten Commandments) no flesh will be justified in His sight, for by the law our sins are recognized not saved.
I try to confess my sins and iniquities before Jesus Christ, at the foot of the cross daily.
Jesus said in Matthew 28:19, to His disciples that: “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.”
I will not have to stand before The Great White Throne of God, my sins have been cleansed by Jesus Christ's crucifixion on the cross. And I am clothed in the righteousness of Christ of all my sins and iniquities before-today, today and forever.
I Love Jesus Christ despite the fact that I'm human and I fail Him daily; I pick up my cross daily and follow Him. I believe that Jesus is the Son of God and that He was crucified on the cross where He died for my sins and inequities and that He rose again on the 3rd day to give me a way through salvation and sanctification. He loves me dearly and forgives my sins and inequities. His Word says that if I deny Him before men, He will deny me before His Father.
Following is one of the greatest verses in God's Word.
“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” (John 3:16 NKJV)
I am a Christ-follower and live in the Kingdom of God on earth in Jesus Christ, my Lord, Savior and Leader. I have faith and trust in the grace and mercy of God for eternal life for my soul in Heaven when I pass from this life into paradise.
I proclaim this openly to the world, that I am sinner, that I am sorry for my sins and iniquities and repent of my sins and iniquities and receive Jesus Christ by faith into my heart, mind and soul as my Lord, Savior nd Leader. I openly confess Him as Lord from this moment on, I want to follow Him, I pledge to obey Him daily, and read His word. I will include those in my prayers who are lost and have chosen to deny God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit.
Jesus Christ declared: “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” (John 14:6 NKJV)
I am in the “Lamb's Book of Life” and will not face “The Great White Throne of God” which leads to Hell.
God bless
If Jesus didn't die from crucifixion, then presumably he would have...what....lived out the rest of his natural days some place in hiding, while the Apostles traveled around the world, and got themselves executed for telling everyone lies that he died and ascended when they knew better? How did he get out of the tomb?
Lee looks better with a beard.
Early in the video, Lee Strobel comments that there is no historical evidence of anyone surviving crucifixion. The question he then completely overlooks is: what historical evidence exists for anyone being resurrected? There is none. And before you say it’s in all the Gospels and in the other books of the Bible, Old or New Testaments, please recognize that those are not historical documents but books of faith.
I understand that people want to make a distinction between historical documents and books of faith, but the gospels were testaments by people that witnessed events. They were so convinced that they were willing to die rather than recant their testimony. That sounds like something that would be admissible as a sworn statement.
@@stl7694 the NT books were written decades after the events by Greek-speaking believers most likely outside of Palestine. A fraction of a percentage of Jews were educated enough to read or write. These were stories told over and over again for years before they were eventually written down. Matthew and Luke are derivative of Mark and another document called Q. They all have contradictions. These are not historical documents in any way. The authors, whatever their names were, were no more witness to a living and/or risen Jesus than you are.
Not quite true. Mark is 70AD at most but might be even sooner at 40-50AD while the Paul started writing his letters less than 2 decades after Jesus died.
@@Hyperencrpted12345 Paul’s first letter is fairly reliably dated to the mid-50s CE. That’s true. The generally accepted dates for Mark date between 60-75 CE but some do argue for earlier. That is still decades after the crucifixion is generally dated in or within a few years of 30 CE. Even if Mark were accepted to have been written in the 40s CE, that is still a decade or more after the fact. However, general consensus says later. My statement stands. These are not historical documents. You will never get an historian to agree that the Bible is anything other than a compilation of faith statements with some historical context no different than the Koran.
A "lie" to be able to deceive some that it's true must have some truth in it, ** Genesis 26:4, 28:14, 17:18-21, 21-12**, Muhammad is an Ismaelite. It would mean that at the time of Muhammad, even Arabs have heard about the miracles of Jesus, and believe that Jesus was seen alive, that the Quran had to "explain" that Jesus was never crucified. The timing of the crucifixion was crucial to avoid rioting. God in His sovereignty had timed it to happen on a day before Sabbath. During those times where most people only walk to go around, most of the Jews would have been in their own localities or at home for the Sabbath. Only interested residents of Jerusalem would have witnessed the crucifixion. And after Sabbath, there will be no cause for rioting, for "the crucified" was alive. Maybe this is the reason for the controversy, whether Jesus really was crucified or not. It is said that even Barnabas wrote that Jesus was not crucified. He was not among the original 12 disciples, the apostles of Jesus Christ, he may have not witnessed the crucifixion, but saw the resurrected Jesus Christ.
That's a very good point 👍
Actually, there's nothing factual about what you said. It's all gossip, from people who never spoke with Jesus or the apostles.
1 Corinthians 1:18
7 And lo, HE SHALL SUFFER temptations, and pain of body, hunger, thirst, and fatigue, even more than man can suffer, except it be unto death; for behold, blood cometh from every pore, so great shall be his anguish for the wickedness and the abominations of his people.
8 And he shall be called JESUS CHRIST, THE SONG OF GOD, the Father of heaven and earth, the Creator of all things from the beginning; and his mother shall be called Mary.
9 And lo, HE COMETH unto his own, THAT SALVATION MIGHT COME unto the children of men even through faith on his name; and even after all this they shall consider him a man, and say that he hath a devil, and shall scourge him, and shall crucify him.
It has been said of Jesus that "his body rose from the dead." What an absurdity conjured up by earthly minds which were at a loss to satisfactorily explain the death of Jesus as a felon on a cross!
What need would Jesus have of an earthly body to continue existence in the afterlife?
How could such a ridiculous myth persist even into the 21st century? It has been a measure of the lack of understanding of "Christians" that they have blindly accepted such a dogma to this very time.
You are obviously ignorant. Try reading.
He acts like he has evidence of this. There is indirect evidence there was a Yeshua who died but nothing on him rising from the dead. And most of you commenting have never bothered to research this. The problem as I said repeatedly in my own playlist against Strobel is he is a highly acclaimed investigative reporter--or was. And he completely disregarded investigating anything. His lack of journalistic integrity was astounding. His interviewees were largely fundamentalist and his research was from largely fundamentalist books written by those very interviewees which is why I am accusing him of never having been an atheist when he did those interviews. I am researching the claims of those interviewees and it isn't evidence it is speculation and usually bad speculation or flat out untruths. If you research what general consensus of scholars are vs what Strobel's interviewees state you will find quite different opinions. Bascially Strobel's contention was "the fundamentalists said it made sense so it did." He never fact checked or looked for contrary opinions. He offered his own light "what ifs" then just agreed with the counter opinion of the fundamentalist without searching further. And that's the real truth behind his biased book that made him very rich. Cheers, DCF
"First of all, we have no evidence anywhere of anyone ever surviving a full Roman crucifixion."
Surviving a crucifixion is impossible, but a resurrection after death? No problem.
All the witnesses agreed that they saw the Risen Lord Jesus Christ. Not just apostles but the people we well
Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; by which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: and that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: after that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time. For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
1 Corinthians 15:1-9 KJV
The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach, until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen: to whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God: and, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me. For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.
Acts 1:1-5 KJV