Do You Believe Eyewitness Testimony?
Dear Lord, I pray for wisdom for those who trust the evidence of Jesus appearing after his resurrection.
Jesus was alive! How could this be?
Eyewitness testimony is admissible in a court of law. Doubters and naysayers discount the eyewitness accounts in the Bible. Yet, Luke, for example, interviewed people who met and knew Jesus. Luke, a physician by training, wrote both the book of Luke and Acts of the Apostles. He conducted his investigation into the life of Jesus methodically and thoroughly as a doctor would examine a patient. His writings complement and support other eyewitness accounts.
Apostle Paul in 1 Corinthians 15:5-6 (ESV) reports,
“That he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures, and that he appeared to Cephas (also known as Peter, my note), then to the twelve. Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep. Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles. Last of all, as to one untimely born, he appeared also to me.”
Read Scripture. Let the testimony of eyewitnesses be encouragement. Don’t doubt.
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