Randy McCarthy
In this sermon, Randy continues his discussion of the authenticity and reliability of the New Testament, and identifies four facts accepted by essentially all historians, secular and Christian, concerning the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ. (Luke 24:13-35)
These facts are:
- Jesus was buried in a borrowed tomb owned by a member of the Sanhedrin;
- The tomb was discovered to be empty by a group of women;
- Multiple people with different backgrounds claimed to have personally encountered the resurrected Jesus; and
- The gospel preached by the early Christians was absolutely contrary to the disciples’ own expectations concerning the Messiah.
The best explanation for these and other facts is that God raised Jesus from the dead exactly as described in the NT Scriptures.
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This is a continuation of the previous week’s topic “The Authenticity and Reliability of the New Testament“.