If Jesus didn't exist, then... (Hint: Choose six answers)
-Christians have no hope of salvation and eternal life.
-Christianity is false.
-He isn't the Son of God.
- He couldn't have lived a perfect life.
- He couldn't have died on the cross.
-He couldn't have risen from the dead.
If Jesus never existed, how does it follow that Christianity is false?
Christianity can't be true if its central figure never existed.
If Jesus existed, then... (Hint: Choose six answers)
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If we can come to the conclusion that Jesus did live, and that he did live a perfect life, die on the cross and rise from the grave, then.. (Hint: Choose three answers)
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Jesus Christ is come in the flesh
1 John 4:2
concerning his Son, who was descended from David according to the flesh and was declared to be the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord
Roamns 1:3-4
though he (Jesus) was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped
Philippians 2:6
Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, the offspring of David, as preached in my gospel
2 Timothy 2:8
Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of godliness: He was manifested in the flesh, vindicated by the Spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among the nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory
1 Timothy 3:16
if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved
Romans 10:9
For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread
1 Corinthians 11:23
because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved
Romans 10:9-10
who (Jesus) was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification
Romans 4:25
I charge you in the presence of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who in his testimony before Pontius Pilate made the good confession
1 Timothy 6:13
For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit
1 Peter 3:18
The words "________" and "____________" in 1 Corinthians 15:3-8 suggest that Paul got this information from an earlier source, perhaps a creed that was recited verbally in churches prior to the New Testament being written.
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Why is it extremely important to hear the testimonies of ancient non-Christian witnesses regarding Jesus' historical existence?
Because they have nothing to gain by telling the truth.
Who was Tacitus?
Perhaps the greatest historian of ancient Rome.
What facts can we learn from the testimony of Tacitus? (Hint: Choose four answers)
-Jesus was put to death by the Roman procurator, Pontius Pilate.
-Christians were named for their founder, Christ.
-Jesus was put to death during the reign of Emperor Tiberius.
-Christians were mocked, tortured, nailed to crosses, and burned alive for spreading the "superstition" of Jesus alleged resurrection.
Who was Suetonius?
A Roman historian.
What facts can we learn from the testimony of Suetonius? (Hint: Choose two answers)
-The word "Christians" is used to identify the group individuals that followed the teachings of Christ.
-Christ's teachings caused the Jews to make an uproar in Rome.