Good morning! "The truth is..." Starts many an opinion in our media these days. Tonight a PBS special will throw some more fuel on the debate over Biblical authenticity. What do you believe? If you believe in Jesus, then you believe in His word and can be content that the Bible is indeed authentic. If you do not believe in Jesus, then you should be able to find plenty of 'evidence' to support your unbelief. In school the classes often show us how much of how we view the truth through our own perceptions and preconceptions. Then came Jesus, who stated quite simply that He is the Truth. I write that with a capital "T" for just as God is far above all other gods, so the Truth of Jesus is far above all other "truths". A skeptic would of course tell me to prove it. I will never be able to prove anything to a skeptic's satisfaction for if I could, there would be no choice.
We see the choice as simple: believe in Jesus or reject Him. The world wants to have many choices. "I don't believe in Jesus, but I believe in Krishna, or voodoo, or this or that..." However, when the final judgement comes the question will be put to Jesus. "Is this one of yours?" And Jesus will welcome those who believe in Him and deny those who denied him. Is that exclusive? Well, yes. If you reject someone, you will have excluded yourself. Why does the world expect the Way to be any different? The world seems to want both the seductive pleasures of sin and a reward in Heaven for believing in whatever offers the easiest path to redemption. If God is just and Jesus is the Truth, does anyone think that when the final judgement begins that anything will do. God does not seem to be one who will say, "Okay, whatever" when the Book of Life is opened. Our names will be there or they will not, just what it says in the Bible. The world would call us exclusivist because one who does not believe is not accepted. Not quite, we know from the Bible, that those who choose not to believe will not be accepted. Excluding someone, as organizations and clubs do in the secular world, is done by others. In Christ, everyone has a choice; to believe and accept on the one hand, or to not believe and exclude one's self on the the other.
I suspect that no archaeological evidence will be a panacea for the world's unbelief. As long as there is a choice, there will be doubt. When Jesus returns in His glory, there will no longer be any doubt, but the time for choosing will also be over. You believe already, rest content in your choice and don't worry about what the world thinks it has found. I am amused that the skeptic will always holler for evidence, facts, truth, and logic... not realizing that if God provided all of these, the skeptic would no longer have a choice to believe or not to believe.
We see God because we believe in His Son Jesus; enjoy the day!
Bucky
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