Jesus once said to His antagonists, “If I do not do the works of my Father, do not believe me; but if I do, though you do not believe Me, believe the works, that you may know and believe that the Father is in Me, and I in Him” (John 10:37-38). Also, after the Resurrection, when Jesus first appeared to His frightened disciples, they thought they were seeing a ghost. But Jesus said to them, “Behold My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself. Handle Me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see I have” (Luke 24: 39). In both cases, Jesus asked those he was addressing to examine the objective evidence to see if what He was saying to them was true. More than any other religion, Christianity challenges people to examine the evidence, whether it be current evidence or historical.
Last Sunday, we examined some of the evidence in an effort to determine the validity of Psalms 14:1, which declares that it is the epitome of foolishness for someone to believe that there is no God. As we saw, the facts provided by scientific discoveries in the 20th Century alone seems enough to affirm His existence.
That being the case, this Sunday we’re going to look at Scripture and compare it with additional evidence in an effort to determine if this God that must surely exist is, in truth, the one presented to us by our Bibles.
In such an age of skepticism, it is more than a little important that we understand why we believe what we do. I Peter 3:15 reminds us that we should ‘always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks us a reason for the hope that is in us.’ As things seem to be rapidly deteriorating around us, many that are still lost in their sins may turn to us looking for answers. We need to use every argument in our arsenal to lead them to the true and living Savior that we’ve already come to know.
Come! Join us this Sunday at Airport Baptist Church, as we examine additional information that will not only enhance our own faith, but that can embolden us in our witness to the unbelieving world around us.
For God’s glory and God’s alone,
Pastor Terry