Why Christianity Is True: Examining the Resurrection and the Power of Faith Through Reason and Revelation

[00:00] but then why is your truth the truth

[00:02] yeah probably the number one question

[00:03] Christians get is why is Christianity

[00:06] true check this out has to be right and

[00:08] your argument is God provides us that

[00:10] truth Through the Bible but then why is

[00:12] your truth the truth yeah no that's a

[00:13] great question so because but through

[00:16] both reason and Revelation though so God

[00:19] gives us both revelation of course is

[00:21] the scriptures reason is our ability to

[00:22] interact with the natural world to see

[00:24] if the scriptures are actually true so

[00:26] why is Christianity true well first

[00:28] let's just test the Ten Commandments if

[00:30] you follow the ten commandments your

[00:31] life will be objectively better and your

[00:33] Society will be objectively better right

[00:35] I mean not killing not murdering not

[00:36] stealing honoring your parents not

[00:38] having anything above the idea of a

[00:40] sovereign God right resting for one day

[00:42] a week um you know not lying these are

[00:45] things that we can all agree like okay

[00:47] that's a good way to build Society but

[00:49] let me just one thing the whole the the

[00:50] two Miracles that Christianity hinges

[00:52] upon is creation which I think you're

[00:54] almost there is that there was a

[00:56] beginning to everything in the beginning

[00:58] God created the Heaven and the Earth and

[00:59] then the resurrection and the

[01:01] resurrection is the greatest most

[01:03] documented miracle in human history and

[01:05] we believe of course it to be true uh it

[01:08] defies every other historical

[01:09] explanation that like so in order for an

[01:12] atheist to be able to wrestle with the

[01:13] resurrection you must answer who is

[01:15] Jesus Christ okay what happened to his

[01:17] body why did all of his followers die a

[01:20] death voluntarily afterwards uh why were

[01:22] all the original Witnesses women which

[01:24] in the old world you never would have

[01:25] had women Witnesses right a lot of

[01:26] misogyny back then um why did we have

[01:29] all these people that from for from

[01:31] first from the first threshold the

[01:33] second threshold eyewitnesses say that

[01:35] Jesus Christ rose from the dead so all

[01:37] of this you know Cannon and I don't

[01:39] expect you to believe it is hinging on

[01:41] that one event so it's not about Jonah

[01:43] the whale it's not about part of the Red

[01:44] Sea it's creation Resurrection that's it

[01:46] and if those two things are true

[01:47] everything else in the Bible can be true

[01:48] does that make sense yeah and I agree

[01:50] that uh like as from for an atheist to

[01:53] try to disprove theism or or at least

[01:55] Christianity it would be almost

[01:56] impossible to say why would people die

[01:59] to say

[02:00] Jesus died on the cross for me and I saw

[02:01] it why would I admit like I'm from your

[02:04] perspective like why would I admit yeah

[02:06] yeah I saw him die and rise from the

[02:08] well yeah for example and so again the

[02:10] the the answer people would give is like

[02:11] the Jonestown cult that people could do

[02:12] really crazy stuff if they're convinced

[02:13] by a certain leader I don't I'm not

[02:14] convinced by that argument but for

[02:16] example like James the half brother of

[02:18] Jesus Paul who had no reason whatsoever

[02:20] formerly Saul persecuted Jews laid a

[02:21] great life converted to Christianity

[02:23] died a terrible death in prison um from

[02:26] the upside down uh resurrection of

[02:28] Thomas like these people had no Reason

[02:30] To Die the way they did yet they saw

[02:32] something that compelled them to all of

[02:34] a sudden put everything on the line

[02:36] which was the belief that Jesus rose

[02:38] from the dead now believe this is what's

[02:39] crazy the Romans gave an opportunity

[02:42] saying you can believe in Jesus you just

[02:43] can't say he rose from the dead they

[02:44] said no I refuse to give an inch on that

[02:47] and so there's something there so

[02:49] powerful that inspired an early church

[02:51] across an entire region and a religion

[02:52] that swept the world and so that's

[02:55] enough for me to believe that it's true

[02:57] um not to not to mention we have four

[02:59] different actually if you count acts

[03:00] five different eyewitness accounts

[03:02] Matthew Mark Luke and John and then acts

[03:04] of different perspectives of This One

[03:06] Singular event and then we have Josephus

[03:08] and then we have the second and third

[03:09] rate um historians that say that

[03:11] something happened in this region at

[03:13] that time and and then also I don't

[03:15] expect you to be persuaded by this but

[03:17] accepting Jesus into my life changed

[03:18] everything for me it changes your

[03:20] perspective changes your worldview

[03:21] changes who you are from within and it

[03:23] gives you purpose that nothing else can

[03:24] explain that is one of the most powerful

[03:27] pieces of historical evidence the fact

[03:30] that so many people gave their lives for

[03:33] this random Jewish guy from Nazareth in

[03:36] the midst of the Roman Empire in the

[03:40] midst of crazy things happening Here

[03:43] Comes this guy from an unknown family

[03:46] right and Rises up and starts performing

[03:49] Miracles and preaching and doing things

[03:51] very Against the Grain and then killed

[03:54] like so many other people trying to

[03:56] start a movement and yet he rises and

[03:58] appears to his followers why on Earth

[04:02] would you die for a lie remember these

[04:04] Apostles went out and proclaimed that he

[04:06] was alive why would they do it knowing

[04:09] that they are probably going to die and

[04:11] then why would it continue to spread

[04:13] like wildfire there is documentation of

[04:16] people riding from the first few

[04:17] centuries of Miracles taking place after

[04:20] the apostles not just the book of Acts

[04:21] but I'm talking about hundreds of years

[04:23] later Miracles happening at the

[04:25] preaching of the word of God and during

[04:27] these church services and then we see

[04:30] the Roman Empire coming to Christianity

[04:32] to a certain degree how did that happen

[04:35] there are a lot of questions out there

[04:36] and people want to know why should I

[04:38] follow Jesus I'm going to tell you

[04:39] something if you will seek Jesus you

[04:42] will get answers if you will humble

[04:44] yourself you will get answers I've had

[04:46] to ask a lot of questions and I've had

[04:48] to be open to correction because man I

[04:51] had a lot of crazy beliefs but as I kept

[04:54] searching as I kept looking as I kept

[04:58] reading and opening my heart to the

[05:00] truth Jesus kept coming and filling me

[05:03] to the point now where I know Jesus

[05:05] Christ is the Son of God he's the savior

[05:07] of the world in the in a crazy world

[05:09] with like alien stuff and like

[05:12] scientific happenings and whatever else

[05:14] is going on AI advancements my faith is

[05:16] only growing in the reality that Jesus

[05:18] is coming back that this man who died

[05:22] 2,000 years ago and rose again is coming

[05:24] back to rule and Reign on this Earth I'm

[05:27] not trusting in an ideology or just a

[05:30] religion I'm trusting in an actual

[05:33] individual in Jesus who I believe was

[05:37] God In the Flesh and I want to encourage

[05:40] all of you guys out there whether you're

[05:42] Christian or not to Simply seek and be

[05:46] open to who God is because there's a lot

[05:49] of Christians out there that don't have

[05:51] the right belief system concerning the

[05:52] Lord they don't have the right Theology

[05:55] and Doctrine and that's okay as long as

[05:57] you're humble and open to rece receiving

[06:00] correction by the holy spirit for

[06:02] anybody out there I encourage you to

[06:03] read the New Testament every single day

[06:05] and pray to God throughout your day

[06:07] don't just pray to God one time and

[06:09] that's it I'm talking about praying to

[06:10] God throughout the day and then having a

[06:12] time where you read the Bible

[06:14] specifically the New Testament and you

[06:16] ask questions to the Lord and say Lord I

[06:18] want to know answers I want to seek the

[06:20] truth I want to know who you truly are

[06:23] as we learned to develop this walk with

[06:25] God our lives grow in faith and it's

[06:27] pretty amazing it can be very difficult

[06:29] you're starting off I know for me it's

[06:31] been over 10 years and it's only

[06:33] increased every single year as I keep

[06:35] Jesus the focus of my life but hey I'll

[06:37] see you guys in the next one God bless

[06:38] you