10 Reasons To Believe In God And Jesus

Whether you are an atheist, agnostic or a person who is struggling to believe, have little faith or great faith there is a set of logistical thinking that can be applied to understand the probability of God as indicated in the Old and New testaments. The following logic applies:
  1. The existence of God is a 50/50 probability. He either exists or he does not. God is either true or false. If true, then ALL true. If false, all false.

  2. Our decision to reject or accept the existence of God is also a 50/50 probability. Either right or wrong.

  3. Our decision has a potential twofold outcome: If God is FALSE, then whether we accept or reject God, the consequences is irrelevant. If God is TRUE, then our decision to accept or reject God will have eternal consequences.

  4. The same logic applies to Jesus Christ. The proposition of his divinity is 50/50 probability. He was either the unique, divine Son of God or He was not. It is either true or false. If true, all true. If false, all false.

  5. What if Jesus was a mad man who believed his own delusion? Or a liar? This is possible. But is it probable? While Jesus may have died on the cross as a mad man who believed his own delusion, what is the probability that his disciples, (who may have followed him knowing he was a lying mad man for some perceived potential power or political gain), would follow him to death?

  6. While one disciple, or even two could have been manipulated by Jesus’ charisma to die for him, what is the probability that 11 disciples (Judas killed himself) would willingly die for a mad liar?

  7. Re-framing the question: What is the probability they wouldn’t have died for a mad liar? All they had to do to avoid death was to deny Jesus as the risen Son of God after his execution. They did not deny the resurrection. All eleven apostles stuck to their testimonies until their death when executed by Jewish and Roman officials.

  8. The apostles must have seen something that compelled them to stick to their testimony to the point of death. That single something could only be the resurrected Jesus.

  9. While this does not factually prove the existence or truth of God or Jesus, it does slightly tip the scales of probability in favor of God and Jesus to 51/49 in favor of God.

  10. Given this analysis, if you are not a believer, perhaps you should rethink your decision to accept Jesus into your life. The decision you make will be either right or wrong. And there are only three possible outcomes: No consequence, eternal life or eternal death in hell without God, for eternity.

Monday, December 11, 2006

What Does The Bible Really Say?

The Message of both Old and New Testaments distilled to their simplest message is this:

  1. God created the heavens and the earth and man.
  2. Man sinned and was separated from God.
  3. God gave the Jews the law (10 commandments) which no man has or can or will fulfill, except Christ.
  4. Christ came to earth as God in the flesh.
  5. Christ was sacrificed to pay the sin debt, once for all, and his death is the all appropriation for sin.
  6. He was resurrected and has ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of God and will return.
  7. The only way to be cleansed from sin and to receive eternal life is to receive and believe in Christ.
  8. That we should be baptized, confess our sins regularly and partake of the sacraments at least once and improve our walk, as best we can, before God.

That’s it. That’s the main message, and anybody can understand it. Yet, there are thousands of books written, both pro and con, about God, Jesus and the bible. All of man’s ideas, theologies, speculations, details, doctrines and denials are irrelevant and cannot alter this message to those who will believe it.

We each must choose to accept or reject it.

Posted by Jim Hart at 5:47 PM
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