CCF GLC 3 Reliability Of The Bible Session 2

internal evidence test determines whether or not the document as written record is credible accurate by analyzing the ability of the writer or the witness to tell the truth what do we mean by internal evidence test how do I know it's true eyewitnesses account they contain embarrassing details about themselves includes events about Jesus burial and resurrection that they would not have invented did not deny their testimony and their persecution so internal evidence you look at the writings itself look at what they're claiming and then you decide for example the authors claimed to be inspired or hanged for example David said the Spirit of the Lord spoke through me Jeremiah the word the Lord came to me Paul for you know what instructions we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus John the revelation from Jesus Christ to his servant in other words the author themselves are saying the Lord said the Lord said understand that's internal evidence but there are many more evidence for example everybody read eyewitness accounts what do we mean look at how the Bible was written in as much as many have undertaken to compile an account of the things accomplished among us just as they were handed down to us by those from the beginning were eyewitnesses Luke is a doctor very precise he compiled he was with the Apostle Paul it seemed fitting for me as well having investigated everything carefully from the beginning to read it out to you in consecutive order most excellent Theophilus Theophilus is the name of a man lover of God that's his name so this guy must really be sincere devout this Jesus God raised him up again to which everybody read so the writers are eyewitness account we did not follow cleverly devised tales when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ everybody read we were eye witnesses in other words internal evidence is the author themselves are saying we saw it believe it or not unlike other religious book and I'm referring to the major religion you don't see these kind of writings example Acts 3:15 you put to death the prince of life the one whom God raised from the dead a fact to which we are witnesses so witnesses and many more vessel you just go home and read like John 1:1 one of my favorite petition about the authenticity of the Bible what was heard from the beginning what we have heard what we have seen with our eyes what we have looked at and what we have touched you see the author is saying I was there I saw it I heard it I touch him this is authentic that is what we mean by living witnesses we manifested the life was manifested and we have seen and testify so that's the picture in you know if you look at the Bible you will notice it includes embarrassing details if somebody is going to make up a religion they won't do this because they will not make a fool of themselves but look at the Bible they the Bible describe how they were quarreling remember the apostles were fighting over the position who will be the Secretary of Finance will be this the unicorn they were fighting costume you know who's gonna be the head they were they were fighting they failed to understand what Christ was saying about his death and resurrection they never understood it in other words when they wrote the Bible they were telling you exactly what was going on fell asleep my goodness during the time when Jesus needed them most what did they do never sleeping they run away like cowards and they all denied what why we invent a story like that to make people believe you unless it's true it includes events about Jesus burial and resurrection that they would not have ever invented because they never believed the meaning of death and resurrection who buried Jesus they wrote it who buried Jesus yep eyewitness women for the first witnesses you know if you want to start a religion you will never say the women were the first to witness the resurrection you know why sorry ladies but that's cultural you are not even believable in the court of law you know why women what's their problem except incision but in those days women women I don't know why they don't believe you you are not second-class you are what third third class apostles did not even believe they may even believe the resurrection so how in the world will you invent that's the idea of internal evidence test and the hand is the most amazing did not deny their testimony under persecution every one of the Apostles suffered or are martyred for their belief this amazing they testified Jesus died and rose again and they've nothing to gain you know by saying Jesus died and rose again they were persecuted not only were they persecuted they lost money they lost everything so why will people do them what will you gain after saying Jesus died and rose again you have everything to lose nothing to gain you know people will lie if you give them money if you give them power if you give them position but for the Apostles is different it's really different while will you say Jesus died and he rose again we will kill you well that's what happened they killed them do you know how they died all of these apostles James was beheaded Bartolomeo crucified in Armenia Mathew killed by a sword in Ethiopia Andrew crucified on an x-shaped cross Thomas you know we have many missionaries in India you have a group of Christians called the homicides why one day many many years ago the Apostle Thomas went were to India and they killed him Philip was crucified in Turkey Peter you know he was crucified upside down Jude crucified James beaten stone Simon crucified Apostle Paul you know why he was not crucified he was a Roman a Roman citizens will not ever be crucified it's a horrible death so the death sentence is be they cut the head my friend let me ask you a question what will make these disciples die for their faith unless they really saw Jesus died and rose again you see one must listen to the claims of the document and their analysis and not assume fraud or error unless the author disqualified himself by contradictions or non-factual in accuracies and my friend you will never find any factual inaccuracies in the entire Bible that's our Bible external evidence how the document aligns itself with facts dates persons way outside the book itself well one of my most amazing discovery is Luke chapter 3 look at the number of names mentioned in just one or two verses in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar when Pontius Pilatus was governor of Judea Herod was Tetrick of Galilee his brother Philip was dead tract of the region of admire and token itis in life senior's was tetra of a Boleyn look at all the detailed names and places mentioned and most amazing thing they're all correct if there's error in any one of this something's wrong in the Bible not accurate in the high priesthood of Anna's and Caiaphas the Word of God came to John the son of Zechariah look at all the names mentioned you see friends external evidence that disciples could everybody read could not afford to risk inaccuracies not to speak willful manipulation of the facts which would advance the expose by those who would be only too glad to do so you see they were very careful in facts that's what you call internal evidence and external evidence external evidence supported by secular sources supported by church fathers example these are non-christians the famous historian josephus he wasn't a Christian look at what he wrote at that time there was a wise man who was called Jesus Pilate ordered him to become them and to die and those who had become his disciples did not abandon his discipleship they reported that he had appeared to them three days after his crucifixion and as he was alive these are from secular historian narrating what happened so you have secular sources Christos this is a famous historian Tacitus he is not a Christian look at what he wrote Christos from whom they got their name had been executed by sentence of the procurator Pontius Pilate when Tiberius was Emperor and the pernicious superstition was checked for a short time only to break up again in other verses describing how this Christian grew so what I'm trying to tell you is Jesus is a historical person Christians are really true and they talk about Jesus because I was very shocked when I met a couple who told me Jesus does not exist I was about to assume which planet did you come from because our calendar is 2000 what 17 ad ad BC is because of Christ and to tell me that you know Jesus does not exist it was invented by the Bible see gross ignorance of history I can I say you know ba-ba-boom anima I can say that you know what I did why do you believe that why you see they read it somewhere and I said why do you believe what you read and not believe what the Bible says why do you pick and choose what to believe then they look at me buckling up above Tacitus therefore to discuss the rumor Nero substituted as culprits punished with the utmost refinement of Cruelty a class of men Ruth for their vices whom the trout style Christians imagine you know what they think these Christians are bad people because men and women gathered together they loved each other holy love they think these are a lot of our sexual writ was ongoing because they take care of each other they take care of the poor among them see people don't understand Christianity while we can love each other they took care of themselves they took care of women they took care of children they took her orphans they took her widows planning a very powerful man connected with the Emperor you know how they did how he described Christians they were in the habit of meeting on a certain fixed day Sunday it was before it was like apparently they have done what early when they sang an anthem to Christ as God and bound themselves by a solemn oath not to commit any wicked deed but to abstain from all fraud theft and adultery never to break their word apparently the earth the earliest Christians were so committed that they remind themselves this is how we will live we won't chip we won't commit adultery we won't still my friends the early Christians were noted for their lifestyle and I pray she F would be like this when people ask you they look at your life hey you guys are different you know why you're committed to Jesus now the letters of the church father you won't believe this okay these are letters of church fathers to members to churches to their friends so he wrote lots of letters Iranians wrote a lot of letters away but what what are these these are Caucasians that you can glean from their writings these are Church Fathers they cited Bible verses from the gospel from acts from the pieces from Revelation in other words you can reconstruct the New Testament if you don't have the Bible and just look at the letters of the church fathers my friends do you know what I'm trying to say the early church fathers like when I write you I will now cite John chapter 1 verse 1 in the beginning was the word the Word was with God and the Word was God so I would write that in our send a letter to you and they arrived you another letter John 3:16 if you compile a lot of letters outside the Bible you can reconstruct almost the entire Bible in from here reconstruct the entire Gospel of John that's amazing now archaeology how many of you like archaeology you will discover the Ebla tablets now what's the a blood tablet the a blood tablet is one of the oldest library discovered in the world fifteen thousand tablets fifteen thousand discovered in Syria and you know why is this important it was discovered in 1974 let me tell you before 1974 all the scholars who are supposedly scholar but not thinking scholars they say the Bible is not true the book of Genesis is not true because in the book of Genesis it talks about a place called Sodom and Gomorrah it does not exist in the same verse it talks about Atmos emblem okay he said this places do not exist therefore the Bible is wrong when they discovered the abra tablets would you believe it in one of the tablets what is described in the exact sequence describing business trading it talks about the king of sodom gomorrah admah segouin bela exactly in that order like the book of Genesis my friend in Genesis chapter 14 verse 8 it was confirmed that the Bible is correct I don't know why people don't want to believe the Bible they want to believe in this kind of writings okay that's okay so and then you have another amazing archaeological find remember archaeology is what the discovery of the pass yes or no as somebody said my wife is an archaeologist she always tried to discover my past well this is the famous Taylor prism what is the Taylor prism well the Taylor prism believe it or not was discovered in 1830 in Mosul remember Mosul Nineveh Iraq this particular prism these are writings of historical events this writing is describing what happened believe it or not in the book of first kings abbas Hezekiah people will not believe the Bible but they would believe this oshi if you read the taylor prism and you read the bible you will not put the two together because in the taylor prism it simply says that the king of assyria and his general did not attack Jerusalem even though they surrounded Jerusalem it says that the king went back to his country without conquering Jerusalem you will not know why unless you have the Bible and then it says that King heard a rumor because he had to go and not attack Jerusalem because there was a rumor now he will not know exactly what's going on and then in the prism you will read that the king was killed by the Sun and you will not know why the son killed the father but when you read the Bible now I'm just putting it fast you begin to see ah amazing you know why look the Bible says the Lord said do not be afraid because of the words that you have heard remember King Sennacherib he wants to attack Jerusalem and God says don't worry I will put a spirit in him that he will hear a rumor and return to his own land and I will make him fall by the sword in his own land now that's a prophecy and second Kings chapter 19 tells us rub Chaka the general of the king of Assyria Sennacherib was fighting against Libya he had heard that the King had left lacus these are places with the unbelievers don't believe until they saw the prison exactly the same names when he heard concerning the hawk king of cush now they never believed a guy by the name of tell Huck King of course existed because he's only found in the Bible but when they saw the prism exactly the same name King teir harfa is the king of northern Africa it was about to lead a rebellion against the king of Assyria when the king of Assyria heard it he stopped fighting the rosalyn in order to regroup and protect his own country against who this guy but there are many loose ends and then I'm going to skip I'm going to do it fast the Lord said he will not come to this city or shoot an arrow there she got his promising hezekiah Jerusalem will be protected by the way he came the same way he will return he shall not come to this city do you know the king of Assyria went to Jerusalem two times the first time he stopped because of the rumor after the rumor was quaint he went to Jerusalem again and God said he will not attack you don't worry you know what happened it is not written in the prison but it in the Bible you know what happened do you recall what is God do god sent one angel and that angel killed how many Assyrians 185,000 they died because the Lord defended Jerusalem no one there when King Sennacherib so what happened he returned home how in the world can a king go back home lost almost his entire army and the whole city will just allow that to happen no wonder the Bible tells us when the king went back home to his temple who killed him the Bible tells us while he was worshiping in the house of Nimrod numerous his two sons a dramatic gesture killed him with a sword you will not know why did this happen because the Bible says one thing and you now add the other historical facts and then you say now you know is the Bible amazing yes so I suggest if you have time you go to the British Museum all of this is in the British Museum for free archeology there is no such place like the wall of Jericho falling down my friend the wall of Jericho was discovered in the 1900 and it fell outward not inward remember the wall of Jericho remember that song Joshua fit the Battle of Jericho Jericho Jericho remember that and the wall came tumbling down that's it archaeology Pilate inscription our pilot does not exist yeah pilot but Matt of Tiberias well you go with me to Israel and I'm going to show you this right there you will see archaeology people say well this guy does not exist Erastus city treasurer that title that is found in the gut in the book of first Corinthians in the book of Romans Romans chapter 16 second Timothy chapter 4 talks about a guy by the name of Rastus city treasurer now look at this archaeology the Pool of Bethesda John chapter 5 verse 2 you know they say the New Testament is wrong no such place can I tell you why didn't I find this place when Rome was conquered when Rome conquered Jerusalem in 70 AD Rome destroyed everything not just the temple the member Rome attacked Jerusalem and then hundred twenty AD they attack it again nothing was left so none of this place existed so the Bible is wrong they could not find the Pool of Bethesda well let me tell you many many years later you go with me to Israel and I will bring you to the Pool of Bethesda and then they said the pool of Shalom Shalom does not exist John 9 7 remember Jen nine seven Jesus taught the blind man go was in the pool of siloam and receive your sight they said that place doesn't exist in 2004 only 2004 they discovered the pool of siloam my whole point is this people keep attacking the Bible but all archaeological discovery has never disproved the Bible let me repeat all archaeological discovery confirms the Bible not one archeological discovery has disproved the Bible that's how accurate our Bible is my favorite archaeological discovery which I will bring you if you go a bit to Holy Land Lord willing am I good in promoting Holy Land except you cannot do anything anymore because it's full so I'm not trying to promote it anymore next year maybe the Dead Sea Scrolls the Dead Sea scroll was discovered in 1948 why is this so important because the Dead Sea scroll is the oldest surviving manuscripts ever discovered by modern men let me explain to you it was kept in jars in the driest part of Israel near the Dead Sea the air is so dry no moisture so that documents can survive and when they discovered the Dead Sea scroll it's over 2,000 years old all the skeptics all the unbelievers were so excited because they will now compare the Old Testament which we have today which is a copy of the copy of the copy of the copy versus the copies they have 2000 years ago do you see the logic the Bible is not accurate therefore when we make our research we will now see how long the Bible is but they forgotten how they copy the Bible what did I tell you they don't copy sentences they don't copy word they copy what letters most interesting they discovered all the books of the Old Testament except the book of Esther one of my favorite book is The Book of Isaiah 24 feet long the Book of Isaiah now to show you what they tried to prove so they compared word-for-word Wow are present the Hebrew Bible passing the Bible compared to 2000 years ago BC Dead Sea scroll what did they discover let me give example The Book of Isaiah just one chapter Isaiah 53 has hundred sixty-six letters out of hundred sixty six letters what's the difference seventeen letters why are they different then due to spelling how do you spell an example and how do you spell n a and n well it can be spelled a and an e so it was our the difference example only four is you to writing style you know sideways or way and only three letters are different but it does not change the major theme of Isaiah 53 everybody can anybody tell me what is Isaiah 53 it is the suffering Messiah the most prophetic chapter of the entire book of Isaiah it talks about how Jesus would be crucified how the Messiah would die how he would be buried in a rich man's tomb amazing and the skeptics look Amina luckily they were going to attack the Bible and when they saw the difference Rodney what did they do what is that in Tagalog from that day onward no self-respecting scholars will ever argue again against the accuracy of our present-day Bible your present-day Bible is just the same as it was written thousands of years ago praise God do you know why I believe the Bible because of prophecy because God knows our mind he knows our problem so God said everybody read this remember the former things long past for I am God there is no other I am God and there is no one like me but how do I prove I am God God says this declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things which have not been done saying my purpose will be established and I will accomplish all my good pleasures God is saying so that you will know I'm God I'm gonna tell you what will happen before it happens I will tell you so that after it happens you know who is God am I correct now is that a good position look at me why no other religious books have prophecies like our Bible can I tell you why there's only one God who can tell the future accurately I visited the house of Nostradamus have you heard of Nostradamus that guy people believe that he can prophesy you know the Bible is very clear if you have 10 prophecies and only one does not come true you're a false prophet the prophecy of the Bible is not the same as Nostradamus or any other writings he talks about places it talks about races and the Bible says it has to come through 100% so my friend can I give an example of prophecies historical prophecies that you can verify example so that God wants you to know when I say something it will happen people used to question the Book of Isaiah you know why because the Book of Isaiah mentioned the name of Cyrus God says I want to raise up Cyrus he will become my servant Cyrus was not yet born but God mentioned the name Cyrus God says and he's gonna use Babylon again Leisha are unbelievable let's give some example of prophecy I see Kelly talks about they will destroy the walls of Tyre and break down her towers and our scrape her debris from her and make her a bear wrap and God says to tyre they will make a spoil of your riches and they pray for your merchandise break down your walls and destroy your Pleasant houses throw your stones and your timbers and your debris into the water how in the world will this prophecy be able fulfilled if you don't know history you wouldn't appreciate this tyre was a major commercial center it's like the Bible saying Tokyo will be totally wipe out how can that be well you know what happened to time how can they throw away he been - stones the timbers and the debris into the water well do you know what happened tyre was first attacked you recall how it was attacked by Babylon and then Alexander the Great came along Alexander the Great wanted to enter the temple but they refuse to let him enter the people went to the coast Alexander the Great was on the mainland there was an island the people live in that Island you know what the wrecks under the great did he destroyed the old city of Tyre get all their stones that timber and build a bridge a causeway it's called the first land reclamation project he recovered the land to make a causeway everything was laid bare to fulfill an amazing prophecy Alexander the Great was on his way to India but he diverted this energy because the people of Tyre insulted him my friend when God says something it will be done what about Daniel chapter 8 one of them lots of prophecies that's why the skeptics said the Book of Daniel was written after the event never before but this is the prophecy he talks about you will see two horns representing two kings the mid and the Persian when this book was written remember Daniel live under the Babylonian the middle Persian understand in the Greek Empire Daniel was used by God but what did he write about he wrote about what's going to happen in the future and the shaggy God represents the kingdom of Greece Greece was not around in the large horn that is between his eyes is the first king the broken horn are the four horns now if you just read this and four kingdoms you would understand unless you go to history so don't worry if you don't understand because I will explain to you he talks about a mighty king will arise he will rule with great authority as he pleases as soon as he has reason now this is something his kingdom will be broken up and parcel towards the four points of the compass donut twist on descendants nor according to his authority which he yielded his sovereignty will be uprooted and given to others what the Bible is saying this great king will suddenly divide up his kingdom not because he wanted to number two its outside his control the Bible says his sovereignty will be uprooted his kingdom will not be given to his descendants now I know that is not logical because in the olden days the king will pass on the kingdom to his sons if not his sons his nephews but the Bible says this particular king the king of Greece will not be able to do it he'll be taken from him and then his kingdom will be divided into four but people have no idea what the Bible is talking about until the prophecy came true now who is the Bible describing Oh Nicolo capella dito Alexander next time we should remove this okay we should remove the word Alexander the Great okay because now there's no more suspense you see when Alexander the Great died how did he die not of his choice he was a young man what how old was he 33 years old at the prime of his power he died and after he died what happened to his kingdom the four generals not his descendants the four generals divided his kingdom you have general solution Ptolemy Cassander and lice images all of this happened remember the Bible was written before this happened he's got amazing do you now understand why I believe the Bible because of prophecy show me any other book not as prophecies like the Bible historical events places look at this amazing prophecy about Egypt you'll be amazed when I bring you to Egypt everybody look at me Egypt was once a world power when Abram went to Egypt the pyramid was already up there 2,000 years in other words when Abraham went to Egypt Genesis chapter 112 you have the pyramids ready he was advanced today you go to Egypt it's more backward than the Philippines how can that be they invented paper even though to me it's a Chinese but that's okay they invented the chariots the wheel again if you ask me it was China let's give them credit okay so they invented all kinds of stuff medicine come they were advanced Egypt was a superpower now explain to me how can a superpower suddenly everybody read the land of Egypt will become a desolation anyways then they will know I am the Lord because you said that Nile is mined I have made it and then the Bible continues this is a most amazing it will be the lowest of the kingdoms it will never again lift itself up above the nations and I shall make them so small that they will not rule over other nations remember Egypt is like the America of those days and the Israelites will go to Egypt for protection today you go to Egypt you will feel Sun it's really backward unbelievable I've seen many kingdoms China used to be super China they even don't remember but now look at China again coming back yes or no but look at Egypt Egypt never recovered why because God says so in contrast look at Egypt went back okay but look at it might the Bible even used to be a power I thought it was fighting against Israel though you build high like the Eagle though you set your nest among the stars it by the way I'm going to bring you to Eden also to show you what's happened here and the Bible tells us the arrogance of your heart has deceive you you live in the cleft of the rock the loftiness of your dwelling place will stay in your heart who will bring me down but you know what God says in Obadiah because of violence to your brother Jacob you will be covered with shame a new will be rid forever today you go with me to Edom you will never find anybody what is your citizenship they will never say it might today no body will claim their a race from the planet Earth no more Edom you have a place called Edom but no more look at how they used to live okay I mean it's impregnable even this is curb out on stone are you wanting to go with me - okay Edom what about Moabites move up we will go to more what the Bible says move up would be destroyed from being a people because he has become arrogant toward the Lord today do you have a passport holder what country are you from more put your citizenship Moabite why because God says you will be destroyed in contrast look at Israel Easter is the most amazing country because Israel disappeared from the planet in 70 AD when Rome totally destroyed the temple because of the rebellion in Rome in his anger again israel changed the name of yato Palestinian police Palestine Palestinian was only invented by the Romans to distance to spite the Jewish people servants imagina after Rome destroyed Jerusalem in hundred ten hundred twenty eighty Rome issued another decree we will no longer allow Jews to live in Jerusalem totally vanish no more juice no more Israel where did they go they go all over the world remember some of them went to the Philippines did you know that now what happened the Bible says everybody read together I will take you from the nation's gather you from all the lands and bring you into your own land the desolate land will become cultivated you do do you realize Israel is the food capital of Europe the fruit capital even the Philippines import its banana seedlings from Israel and God says says the Lord I will take the sons of Israel from among the nations where they have gone and I will gather them from every side and bring them to their own land I will make them one nation in the land they will no longer be - no longer northern Israel southern Israel only one nation now listen to me for two thousand years no flag no national anthem no national language no real estate nothing no Israel now explain to me how can you become a nation again you know I travel a lot I know Filipinos they just go to LA after a few years they speak like Americans they don't know how to speak Tagalog excuse me sir I don't understand Tagalog here a problem because in my mind you are a Filipino at least you should always remember your language no just one generation or speak England English imagine that Jewish people look at me nobody contrast 2000 years now explain to me people ask me why I build the Bible look at the nation of Israel it is really the time of God Israel is something you need to watch because God is saying you will know this is end time you watch what I do with Israel today Israel is becoming stronger and stronger the Bible says all the nations will surround Israel and attack Israel it's becoming true the United Nations is going against Israel but you know what that land belongs to Israel there's nothing we can do because God says so so my friend do you believe in the Bible yes because you look at what nation Israel so we can skip this verse already but I want you to show you where the Philippine came to play a part in Israel who has heard such a thing who was seen such a thing can Ellen be born in one day Kenan nation brought forth all at once as soon as science revealed she also brought forth concerns how in the world did Israel become a nation in one day tell me when May 14 1948 yes or no 48 by the vote of the United Nation and the swing vote made by Carlos P Romulo under instruction by Rojas under instruction by Truman under instruction by God so my friend Israel became a nation because of us so when you go to Israel you tell them because of us that's why you can go there with no visa but bowel aunty aunty so why do I believe in the Bible Jesus my goodness look at the prophecy about Jesus Old Testament you will be born where Bethlehem Micah born of a virgin Isaiah descendant of David entered Jerusalem on a donkey time he will be born time where Jesus will come these are Old Testament and it's prophet fulfilled prophecy about Jesus my friend do you understand prophecy nope how he would die wounded he would be Pierce they will divide these garments be buried in a rich man's tomb to be resurrected by the way there are almost 400 prophecies about Jesus but just count 8 or 40 just come a few of them I will now share with you the law of probability this was done by Peter stoner to show us how impossible it is for all of this to happen unless God is involved alright let's take for example the Messiah the Messiah must be born in Bethlehem born of a virgin anybody look at me now how many of you are born in by then so you can no longer be the messiah you are disqualified how many of you are born of a virgin disqualified understand so how can all the prophecies all happen in one person okay how many of you play dice dice has how many sides six if I want six to appear what is it what is the law of probability one out of six pretty good if I paid pool to dice I want bought six to appear what is the probability it's not one is to 12 my friend because the probability gets tougher understand now did you attend your statistics trust a very upset I think many of us were absent right mine was permutation empty our probability just to let you know statistically for all of these prophecies just ate just a dove them to happen in the life of one man the way they computed it is very simple in the time of Jesus how many people were there in Bethlehem example 5000 so one other 5000 it has to be the Messiah then they computed how many of them how many people were there that would be crucified in other it had compute statistics you know they arrived an amazing computation this was verified by the academic science away in America they tried to do all of this computation and can I tell you something the guy who did the computation he was a chairman of the department of mathematics of astronomy at Pasadena City College chairman of science Westmont and this is his computation are you ready it's like putting I'm not translating that the Filipino language do you know or five peso coin I used to give one peso coin example but now our money has shrunk some more so I used 5 pesos you put two feet of coins all over the zone imagine a two feet of coin in fact my son-in-law says it should be five feet of coins all over the zone are you not imagining five peso coins all over very thick and then you put a mark one coin just put an X and drop it somewhere in the zone and then our blindfold you and I'll put you on a helicopter and you decide when you want to come down the first coin you pick up must be that one now what is the law of probability you say that's impossible the same odds as all the prophecies to be fulfilled in one person what's his name Jesus the Christ my friend Jesus is our Messiah he fulfilled all the prophecies and the Bible tells us the last reason I believe in the Bible it talks about the resurrection everybody as we close look at this amazing prophecy I delivered to you as of first importance that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures he was buried he was raised on the third day according to scriptures my friend how many religious leaders political leaders do you know who will make a claim that he or she is the Messiah and to prove that he is the savior he will die and on the third day he will come back to life do you know anybody you know the third day never claimed to be the Messiah only who Jesus can I share with you the reality of doubt sometimes I know you will doubt you will doubt if the Bible really true do I really believe all of this I want you to look at Jesus Jesus believed in the Bible he courted all our Old Testament all our Old Testament understand he did not call the Apocrypha Jesus believed in the Old Testament Jesus talked about his own writings the Apostle Paul's witness about Jesus the all the Apostles talk about Jesus therefore you look at Jesus if he really died on the cross if he rose again from the dead that will settle all my dog yes or not all right so let's analyze this was Jesus historical man yes did he die on the cross the only problem is this did he rise again no no before you say yes I'm just trying to tell you this is the crux of debate the Jesus rise again because death no problem because it's historical fact the only question is did we rise again well so there was a debate and the Apostle Paul wrote these things down he said he appeared to Cephas then to the twelve after that he appeared to more than everybody read more than 500 brethren at one time most of whom remain until now some have fallen asleep what Paul is saying is this if you don't believe me Jesus appeared to more than 500 people and you can interview them most of them are still alive that's what Paul is saying so question is this true or is this not true and then Paul continued he appeared to James then he appeared to all the apostles now James is the brother of Jesus then the Apostles and last of all as to one untimely born he appeared to me also we have to understand the Apostle Paul once upon a time he was not the apostle he was a persecutor of the church he was against Christians as we cross what happened Paul became a follower of Jesus because of resurrection so there was this famous lawyer Sir Lionel look how the most successful lawyer in the Guinness Book of record two hundred forty five consecutive murder of Peter by the way many of our politicians they need this guy well if you want to defend them they need a lawyer like this this guy's amazing except there's a problem he is not a Christian and somebody challenged him why don't you investigate Jesus to see if he is really who he claims to be you know the way to destroyed Jesus is very simple just prove that the resurrection is natural just prove that the resurrection did not happen so he investigated this lawyer what was his conclusion conclusion I say and if he compactly everybody read the evidence for the resurrection of Jesus Christ is so overwhelming it compares acceptance by proof which leaves absolutely no for them you see the problem with many people they have never investigated the facts about the resurrection have you heard of dr. Simon Greenleaf the author of the famous treatise on the law of evidence he was the one who made Harvard Law School famous he was the one who developed the rules of evidence he gave us four important rules for evidence rule number one are the witness honest are they telling the truth rule number two are the witness believable rule number three are there enough witnesses rule number four are the witnesses consistent way now everybody not me this guy understood the logic of the legal method scientific method is different from legal method scientific method is dependent on repetition example how do you know the law of gravity is true how do you prove it very simple I were repeated I will drop something it falls down I go to Japan I drops it I drop it it goes down so you prove the law of gravity by the scientific method called what repetition except when it comes the legal method how do you know I was by the way did you know I was in the Donald Trump inauguration how will I prove how I cannot use the scientific method can I tell you why I cannot repeat the event but I can show you the legal method I can show you my plane ticket I can show you my hotel registration I can show you my friend who were with me I can show you the places we ate for we met some of these politicians why it's called the legal method how do you prove Jesus died and rose again not scientific because you cannot repeat it but you can use the legal method and according to this famous lawyer this is his conclusion everybody the resurrection is one of the best documented events in the history of man my friend I believe with all my heart that Jesus died for our sins on the cross and he rose again on the third day and today he is our living Savior that my friend is why I believe in the Bible so as we close my challenge to all of you you must make your choice either this man was and is the son of God or else a madman or something worse you can shut him up for a fool you can call him or you can follow his feet and call him Lord and God in other words look at me you have only the following options either Jesus is the Son of God or he is a liar or worst of all he's crazy now what's your decision after studying the life of price studying the evidence I have humbled myself I'm not done on my knees and I say Jesus you are the Messiah the son of God in if I believe in Jesus I have no problem believing in the Bible so what are the evidences bibliography internal tests external tests archaeology but as prophecy Israel and Jesus let us in prayer you

Channel: Gabriel Rebuta

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Keywords: CCF, glc 3, reliability of the bible, session 2

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Length: 64min 1sec (3841 seconds)

Published: Fri Jul 19 2019