The
Titanic sank in the Atlantic Ocean on
April 15, 1912,
but how do we know for sure? No one alive today was there
when it sank. So does that mean it never happened? Do you have to swim to the
bottom of the Atlantic to see it with your own eyes before you will believe?
Approximately 1,500
passengers drowned but 700 people survived the
tragedy.
Those survivors were eyewitnesses to the accident, and newspapers recorded their comments about what
they saw. No one living today questions
whether or not the Titanic sank
because we have a record of the eyewitness reports.
How do we know Jesus
rose from the dead? Just like we know about the Titanic—through the eyewitness reports. Paul writes, "He was raised the third day according to the
Scriptures, and that He appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. After that He appeared to more than 500 brethren at one
time...then He also appeared to James and all the apostles...and He appeared to me (Paul) also." (1 Cor. 15:6-8).
But here's
the real
proof. The
disciples were so convinced of His resurrection they were willing to die for Him. And most of them did.
When they were threatened with death and offered their release if they would
deny Christ, they would not renounce Him.
Paul was beheaded. Peter was
crucified upside down. Thomas was killed with a spear. James was
executed with a sword. Phillip was crucified. They were so convinced Jesus was resurrected that nothing could change their
minds—even torture and death.
Fact:
Jesus did
rose from the dead. He's worth following for the rest of your life.
Can you believe it? www.makinglifecount.net
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