[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"cat-redesign:jesus:en":3},{"categoryInfo":4},["Reactive",5],{"id":6,"name":7,"description":7,"slug":8,"background":9,"thumbnail":10,"supercategory":11,"created_at":12,"updated_at":13,"embed_thumbnail":14,"embed_icon":15,"featured_category":16,"name_es":17,"description_es":18,"playerembed":19,"order":20,"name_fr":21,"description_fr":22,"name_ko":23,"description_ko":24,"answers":25,"testimonials":149,"isVideo":137},16,"Jesus","jesus","https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Ftruelife1\u002Fbackgrounds\u002F16\u002Fcategorybackgrounds\u002Ffull.jpg","https:\u002F\u002Ftruelifeorg.s3.amazonaws.com\u002Fresources\u002F1671824567355_Screen%20Shot%202022-12-23%20at%202.41.55%20PM.png","Christianity","2019-12-19T19:27:40.040Z","2023-08-03T06:46:57.164Z","https:\u002F\u002Ftruelifeorg.s3.amazonaws.com\u002Fresources\u002F1671824567918_Screen%20Shot%202022-12-23%20at%202.41.55%20PM.png","https:\u002F\u002Ftruelifeorg.s3.amazonaws.com\u002Fresources\u002FJesus.png",null,"Jesús"," loves you\n\nJesús te ama","\u003Ciframe src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fplayer.vimeo.com\u002Fvideo\u002F14540233?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&color=BF1E2E&autoplay=1\" width=\"935\" height=\"526\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen>\u003C\u002Fiframe>\n",5," is the light of the world\n\nJésus est la lumière du monde."," said, \"I am the bread of life.\"\n\nJésus a dit : « Je suis le pain de vie. »"," is the Lord\n\n예수님은 주님입니다."," Christ\n\n예수 그리스도",[26,45,58,70,83,102,116,133],{"id":27,"title":28,"description":29,"featured":30,"transcript":31,"subtitle":31,"playerembed":31,"category_id":6,"slug":32,"answertype":33,"created_at":34,"updated_at":35,"thumbnail":36,"embed_thumbnail":37,"embed_icon":38,"title_es":39,"description_es":40,"playerembed_es":16,"transcript_es":16,"title_fr":41,"description_fr":42,"playerembed_fr":16,"transcript_fr":16,"title_ko":43,"description_ko":44,"playerembed_ko":16,"transcript_ko":16,"question_id":16,"category_slug":8,"category_name":-1},44,"Transcript: Did Jesus Rise From the Dead?","\u003Cp>Did Jesus Rise From The Dead?\u003C\u002Fp>\r\n\r\n\u003Cp>Dr. Gary Habermas\u003C\u002Fp>\r\n\r\n\u003Cp>Critical scholars think that the most\r\nimportant, the strongest evidence for the resurrection of Jesus is in all four\r\nGospels, and the four Gospels come from different sources and those sources all\r\nreport unanimously that women were the first witnesses to the empty tomb. Why\r\nis that significant? Because in the ancient world, contrary popular opinion,\r\nwomen could testify at a court of law in the first century, but there was an\r\ninverse relationship in how important the issue was and whether you could use a\r\nwoman.\u003C\u002Fp>\r\n\r\n\u003Cp>Think about this, you’re “making up,” inventing\r\nthe Christian story decades later and you are trying to prove an empty\r\ntomb. Do you use women as your primary witnesses? Of course not, because\r\npeople are not going to let you get away with that. Why do all four Gospels\r\nuse the women testimony? Easy because they were the first to find the\r\nempty tomb and hence that is probably the strongest evidence for the empty\r\ntomb. It is the witnesses they chose because they were truly witnesses and\r\nI think this other witness is equally strong. It is what I call “The\r\nJerusalem Factor.”\u003C\u002Fp>\r\n\r\n\u003Cp>It goes like this, if Jesus had been buried in\r\nRome and you’re preaching in Jerusalem and you say, “He is buried in Rome, go\r\nsee the tomb He is not there.”  Are you going to get on a ship and go\r\nto Rome? I don’t think so, but the early preaching started in Jerusalem,\r\nthe very city where He died and was buried, the very city where He was raised\r\nand appeared. If you want to take a Sunday afternoon stroll down to\r\nthe empty tomb you can verify for yourself in about how long, an hour, that\r\nthat tomb is empty. In other words, bury Him in some other city but don’t\r\ngo preaching it in Jerusalem unless the tomb is empty.\u003C\u002Fp>\r\n\r\n\u003Cp>Now some skeptics will say, “now come on,\r\naccording to your own book, Acts, they don’t start preaching this until fifty\r\ndays. The body would be all rotted by then.” First of all, bodies\r\ndon’t rot at fifty days. Secondly, there would be nail marks in the wrist\r\nand the feet and a spear wound. That is not going to away in fifty\r\ndays. Here is the most important reason: Christians didn’t teach “there is\r\na body in the tomb but we can’t tell who it is.” They said “there is no\r\nbody in the tomb, its empty.”\u003C\u002Fp>\r\n\r\n\u003Cp>If you find any body in the in the tomb you\r\nwould be right and Christians would be wrong. You could only make that\r\nclaim in the city in the time when it happened if there is no body in the\r\ntomb. So women in Jerusalem are tough but think about a couple of\r\nothers. Critics often say if we have more than one independent source in\r\nthe ancient world for something then we have a good chance of it being\r\ntrue. We have several independent sources for the empty tomb and critics\r\ncount that very, very highly. \u003C\u002Fp>\r\n\r\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan>Some critics say three, some critics say four\r\ndifferent sources but we have more than one. We have several, and in the\r\nancient world that makes a big difference. Here is another one. The\r\nGreek word “\u003Cb>anastasiV\u003C\u002Fb>,” the Greek word for “resurrection,” the\r\nword itself means “to stand up again.” The word is almost never used, some\r\nsay never used in ancient literature, pagans, Jewish or Christians perhaps\r\nnever in any context other than a body being raised. Now that’s important\r\nbecause if a body is raised it is not in the tomb and so again the tomb is\r\nempty. See these are some of the reasons the critics today take the tomb\r\nvery seriously and critical scholars, more critical scholars than not\r\nbelieve the tomb was empty because of facts just like these.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>",false,"","transcript-did-jesus-rise-from-the-dead","article","2019-12-19T17:42:47.160Z","2023-08-03T05:37:18.009Z","https:\u002F\u002Ftruelifeorg.s3.amazonaws.com\u002Fresources\u002F1661459149404_Screenshot%202022-08-25%20162531.png","https:\u002F\u002Ftruelifeorg.s3.amazonaws.com\u002Fthumb.png","https:\u002F\u002Ftruelifeorg.s3.amazonaws.com\u002FMarriage+Icon-01.png","\n\n¿Resucitó Jesús de entre los muertos?","\r\n\r\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan>¿Resucitó Jesús de entre los muertos?\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\r\n\r\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan>Dr. Gary Habermas\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\r\n\r\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan>Los críticos piensan que la evidencia más\r\nimportante, la más fuerte para la resurrección de Jesús está en los cu","\n\nLe texte suivant est une traduction du texte anglais intitulé « Jésus est-il ressuscité des morts ? ».\n\nDid Jesus Rise From the Dead?\n\nJésus est-il ressuscité des morts ?","\r\n\r\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan> \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\r\n\r\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan>Did Jesus Rise From The Dead?\u003C\u002Fp>\r\n\r\n\u003Cp>Dr. Gary Habermas\u003C\u002Fp>\r\n\r\n\u003Cp>Critical scholars think that the most\r\nimportant, the strongest evidence for the resurrection of Jesus is in all four\r\nGospels, and the four Gospels come from different sources and those sources all","\n\n예수께서 죽은 후에 부활하셨나요?","\r\n\r\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan> \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\r\n\r\n\u003Cp>예수께서 시체로부터 부활하셨나요?\u003C\u002Fp>\r\n\r\n\u003Cp>가리 하베르마",{"id":46,"title":47,"description":48,"featured":30,"transcript":31,"subtitle":31,"playerembed":31,"category_id":6,"slug":49,"answertype":33,"created_at":34,"updated_at":50,"thumbnail":51,"embed_thumbnail":37,"embed_icon":38,"title_es":52,"description_es":53,"playerembed_es":16,"transcript_es":16,"title_fr":54,"description_fr":55,"playerembed_fr":16,"transcript_fr":16,"title_ko":56,"description_ko":57,"playerembed_ko":16,"transcript_ko":16,"question_id":16,"category_slug":8,"category_name":-1},36,"Transcript: Did Jesus Live?","\u003Cdiv> \u003Cdiv> \u003Cdiv> \u003Cdiv> \u003Cp>\u003Cb>Did Jesus Live?\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>A Study Guide \u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cp>\u003Ci>“Some writers may toy with the fancy of a ‘Christ-myth,’ but they do not do so on the grounds of historical evidence. The historicity of Christ is as axiomatic for an unbiased historian as the historicity of Julius Caesar. It is not historians who propagate the ‘Christ-myth’ theories.” - \u003C\u002Fi>\u003Ci>F.F. Bruce, The New Testament Documents: Are they Reliable? \u003C\u002Fi>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ci> \u003C\u002Fi>\u003Cp>\u003Cb>I. What We Can Know About Jesus, Just from Secular Sources? \u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cb> \u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cp>Let’s just talk about what we know about Jesus from ancient, secular. . . non-Christian sources. If we pull out the sources (non-Christian sources only) that mention Jesus, you have about a dozen and a half sources: A couple of emperors (Trajan and Hadrian) a couple of major Roman historians (Tacitus and Suetonius), a Jewish historian (Josephus), and Jewish references in their sacred commentary on the Old Testament (the Talmud). If we use only these non-Christian writings and count what they say about Jesus . . . put these all together, and you ask “What do we know about Jesus just from these non-Christian sources, regarding His life, His teachings, His public ministry, even His miracles, His death, His resurrection, and some things about the earliest church?\" We have about 50 items. Contrary to popular opinion, Jesus is one of the most mentioned people in the ancient world. The one that’s reported most frequently is his death. About 2\u002F3s of those sources mention his death.\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cp>\u003Cb>II. Do These Secular Texts Leave Out the Miraculous? \u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cb> \u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cp>Actually, they don't [leave out the miraculous]. [These sources] they’ll tell you that Jesus was believed to have or did miracles, talk about his resurrection, and talk about his appearing to the disciples. That’s really something.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cp>\u003Cb>Recommended Further Reading: \u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cb> \u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cp>The Historical Reliability of the Gospels, by Craig L. Blomberg\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The New Testament Documents: Are They Reliable?, by F. F. Bruce\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The Historical Jesus, Ancient Evidence for the Life of Christ, by Gary Habermas\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The Case for the Real Jesus, by Lee Strobel \u003C\u002Fp> \u003C\u002Fdiv> \u003C\u002Fdiv> \u003C\u002Fdiv> \u003C\u002Fdiv>","transcript-did-jesus-live","2023-08-03T05:45:14.788Z","https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Ftruelife1\u002Ficons\u002F77\u002Fanswerthumbnails\u002Ffull.png","\n\n¿Vivió Jesús?","\n\n\u003Cdiv> \u003Cdiv> \u003Cdiv> \u003Cdiv> \u003Cp>\u003Cb>¿Vivió Jesús?\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Un estudio guía \u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cp>\u003Ci>\"Algunos escritores pueden jugar con la fantasía de un 'mito de Cristo', pero no lo hacen por las pruebas históricas. La historicidad de Cristo es tan ax","\n\nTraduction: Jésus a-t-il vécu?","\n\n\u003Cdiv> \u003Cdiv> \u003Cdiv> \u003Cdiv> \u003Cp>\u003Cb>Jesus a-t-il vécu? \u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Un guide d'étude \u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cp>\u003Ci>«Certains écrivains peuvent jouer avec la fantaisie d'un 'Christ-mythe', mais ils ne le font pas sur la base des preuves historiques. L'historic","\n\n예수가 살았을까?","\n\n\u003Cdiv> \u003Cdiv> \u003Cdiv> \u003Cdiv> \u003Cp>\u003Cb>예수가 살았는가?\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>연구 안내서 \u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cp>\u003Ci>\"일부 작가들은 '예수 신화",{"id":59,"title":60,"description":61,"featured":30,"transcript":31,"subtitle":31,"playerembed":31,"category_id":6,"slug":31,"answertype":33,"created_at":62,"updated_at":63,"thumbnail":64,"embed_thumbnail":37,"embed_icon":38,"title_es":65,"description_es":66,"playerembed_es":16,"transcript_es":16,"title_fr":67,"description_fr":16,"playerembed_fr":16,"transcript_fr":16,"title_ko":68,"description_ko":16,"playerembed_ko":16,"transcript_ko":16,"question_id":69,"category_slug":8,"category_name":-1},87,"The Never-Changing Christ For An Ever-Changing Culture","\u003Cp>From the first century to the present, Christians have declared that “Jesus Christ is Lord” (1 Co 12:3; Php 2:1; Rev 19:16) and that He is “the same yesterday, today, and forever” (Heb 13:8). His followers have proclaimed by faith what will one day be evident to all. Every earthly and temporal power will recognize and be subject to the majesty and sovereign Lordship of Jesus. James D.G. Dunn addresses the significance of Jesus for first-century believers and the decisive nature of his impact on their lives when he asserts that\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Some movements have no dominant figure in the beginning; but Christianity began with Jesus. And it was \u003Cem>the \u003C\u002Fem>\u003Cem>meaning of Jesus\u003C\u002Fem>, of what he had said and done, together with what the first Christians understood him to be and to have been, to be doing and to have done, which was the most significant factor in the new sect’s own developing self-understanding and developing sense of distinctiveness over against the other religions, sects and philosophies of the time.1\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>As the community of faith, the Church remains the herald of \u003Cem>the meaning of Jesus, \u003C\u002Fem>proclaiming \u003Cem>who\u003C\u002Fem> He is and \u003Cem>what\u003C\u002Fem> He has done. In the midst of an ever-changing world, the Church must be faithful in its witness to Jesus and His gospel. Throughout history the “bride of Christ” has affirmed its faith through simple confessions like Romans 10:9 and through more developed creedal statements like the Nicene Creed (A.D. 325) where the Church confessed its belief in\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all worlds, God of God, Light of Light, Very God of Very God, begotten, not made, being of one sub-stance with the Father by whom all things were made; who for us men, and for our salvation, came down from heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the Virgin Mary, and was made man, and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate. He suffered and was buried, and the third day he rose again according to the Scriptures, and ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of the Father. And he shall come again with glory to judge both the quick and the dead, whose kingdom shall have no end…\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>and the Chalcedonian Creed (A.D. 451), where the Church affirmed that the Lord Jesus is\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>at once complete in Godhead and complete in manhood, truly God and truly man, consisting also of a reason-able soul and body; of one substance [\u003Cem>homoousios\u003C\u002Fem>] with the Father as regards his Godhead, and at the same time of one substance [\u003Cem>homoousios\u003C\u002Fem>] with us as regards his manhood; like us in all respects, apart from sin; as regards his Godhead, begotten of the Father before the ages, but yet as regards his manhood begotten, for us men and for our salvation, of Mary the Virgin. . . one and the same Christ, Son, Lord, Only-begotten, recognized in two natures, without confusion, without change, without division, without separation; the distinction of natures being in no way annulled by the union, but rather the characteristics of each nature preserved and coming together to form one person and subsistence [\u003Cem>hupostasis\u003C\u002Fem>], not as parted or separated into two persons, but one and the same Son and Only-begotten God the Word, Lord Jesus Christ; even as the prophets from earliest times spoke of him, and our Lord Jesus Christ himself taught us.…\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>It has been the conviction of faithful Christians from the inception of the Church that to neglect or compromise such orthodox confessions is tantamount to the betrayal of the Lord. Indeed there is no genuine Christianity other than that based upon the absolute truth of Jesus Christ as the incarnate Son of God. The Body of Christ, if it is to be the true Church of its Lord, must proclaim and embody the gospel of Christ and the Christ of the gospel to all people. It is called to evangelize men and women “out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation” (Rev 5:9), embracing them in a loving community of faith and discipleship under the Lordship of Jesus Christ. In obedience to this Christ-centered mandate, the Church extends itself to all who are in need, especially the disenfranchised, the poor, the oppressed, the despised, the abused and the hurting. Because its Savior is the Savior of the world (1 Ti 4:10; 1 Jn 4:14), the Church is called to be a family of diver-sity which includes people of every race, color, class and nation. We affirm that we are stronger and better together than we can ever be apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Unfortunately, something has gone terribly amiss. We live in a culture that has gone mad in its rebellion against God. Today the Church itself appears on the verge of insanity, having forsaken the exclusive claims of its Christ and the instruction of His Word. We have lost our way and abandoned our moorings. Tragically, the deadly virus of modernity has even infected Evangelicalism. R. Albert Mohler correctly asserts that\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>the theological unity that once marked the movement has given way to a theological pluralism . . . . Indeed, by the late 1970’s it was clear that basic theological fissures were forming . . . . Though the division originated in debates over the for-mal principle of Scripture, it soon spread to material doctrines including Christology, the Atonement, justification, and virtually every other major doctrine.2\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>My main concern is how Christology (the person and work of Jesus Christ) will be understood in the future. George Barna has noted that while most Americans believe good and positive things about Jesus, almost half believe that He sinned. Further-more, pseudo-scholars continue to conjure up bizarre concoctions and fantasies about the historical Jesus that are popularized by a naive and sensationalist media which unfortunately results in significant confusion for the majority of indiscriminate Americans, most of whom are biblically and theologically illiterate. Such reinterpretations of Jesus fail to recognize His historical significance. Jaroslav Pelikan has said, “Regardless of what anyone may personally think or believe about him, Jesus of Nazareth has been the dominant figure in the history of Western culture for almost twenty centuries. . . . It is from his birth that most of the human race dates its calendars, it is by his name that millions curse and in his name that millions pray.”3\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Christians believe that Jesus will continue to be the dominant figure of the twenty-first century, and of every future century. If the Church is to maintain fidelity to “the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints” (Jude 3), however, the twenty-first century Jesus must be the Jesus of the first century. Our ever-changing culture needs the never-changing Christ who alone can provide both the foundation and direction for Christian faith and practice as the Church faces the challenges of a new era. Four pillars from the New Testament can provide stability for the Church at the dawn of a new millennium, a time when the Church needs to be recalled to biblical authority, and when it needs to define and defend its faith clearly and fully. Drawn from the comprehensive revelation of the New Testament, these four key Christological texts show how to know and worship the One whom Augustine described as “beauty ever ancient, ever new.”4\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>I. Pillar One: Logos Christology (John 1:1-18)\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cem>Logos \u003C\u002Fem>Christology is founded upon the\u003Cem> \u003C\u002Fem>Prologue to John’s Gospel (1:1-18), which has been a bulwark for reflection on a number of crucial theological themes by several significant thinkers. For example, Millard Erickson identifies five attributes and activities ascribed to the \u003Cem>Logos\u003C\u002Fem>: (1) Pre-existence, (2) Deity, (3) Creative work, (4) Incarnation and (5) Revelatory work.5 Bernard Ramm has written, “It has been standard teaching in historic Christology that the Logos, the Son, existed before the in-carnation. . . pre-existence is part of the protology (‘first things’) or the theology of beginning.”6 D. A. Carson addressed the significance of the title \u003Cem>Logos\u003C\u002Fem> when he explained that “John’s summarizing title for Jesus is the ‘Word.’ It is a brilliant choice. In the beginning was the Word; in the be-ginning God expressed himself, if you will. And that Self-Expression, God’s own Word, identified with God yet distinguish-able from him, has now become flesh, the culmination of the prophetic hope.”7\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>By using \u003Cem>Logos\u003C\u002Fem>, John takes a familiar first-century term and fills it with new meaning. The \u003Cem>Logos\u003C\u002Fem> existed in the beginning and is in some sense distinct from the Father. Yet the \u003Cem>Logos\u003C\u002Fem> is God. He is the member of the trinitarian Godhead who is the agent of creation and the source of both life and light. He is the “only begot-ten” (\u003Cem>monogenes)\u003C\u002Fem> of God (1:14, 18; 3:16, 18; 1 Jn 4:9)8 who took on flesh (\u003Cem>sarx\u003C\u002Fem>), human nature apart from sin, and entered history to reveal, literally to exegete (\u003Cem>exegesato\u003C\u002Fem>, v. 18) the invisible God. John’s use of \u003Cem>Logos\u003C\u002Fem> “seems to imply that the word he is speaking of is that prophetic word which goes forth from God’s mouth to accomplish creation, judgment, redemption and renewal. John uses \u003Cem>Logos\u003C\u002Fem> because it is the natural word for expressing the meaning of the Hebrew word \u003Cem>dabar\u003C\u002Fem> when the word was used in the context of God’s revela-tion.”9 Yet this Word is more than verbal expression. He is a person, and that per-son is the very Son of God. C. K. Barrett clarifies the issue when he remarks, “The deeds and words of Jesus are the deeds and words of God; if this be not true the book [John’s Gospel] is blasphemous.”10 \u003Cem>Logos \u003C\u002Fem>Christology is ontologically focused, for it addresses the person of Jesus Christ rather than His work. \u003Cem>Logos\u003C\u002Fem> Christology emphasizes how the Son of God is \u003Cem>different\u003C\u002Fem> from us. A focus on the incarnation, on the other hand, reveals how He has become \u003Cem>like\u003C\u002Fem> us. Both truths must be maintained in delicate balance.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The importance of the doctrine of the in-carnation cannot be overstated. It is the vital and non-negotiable expression of historic orthodox Christianity. B. B. Warfield asserted the central character of this essential formula even as theological compromise was sweeping the late nineteenth century:\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>One of the most portentous symptoms of the decay of vital sympathy with historical Christianity which is observable in present-day academic circles is the widespread tendency in recent Christological discussion to revolt from the doctrine of the Two Natures in the Person of Christ. The significance of this revolt becomes at once apparent, when we reflect that the doctrine of the Two Natures is only another way of stating the doctrine of the Incarnation; and the doctrine of the Incarnation is the hinge on which the Christian system turns. No Two Natures, no Incarnation; no Incarnation; no Christianity in any distinctive sense.11\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Warfield knew what was at stake. He realized that the doctrine of the incarnation of the Son of God permeated the New Testament, and could not be rejected without devastating results. Thus, he concluded that\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>the doctrine of the Two Natures of Christ is not merely the synthesis of the teaching of the New Testament, but the conception which underlies every one of the New Testament writings . . . it is not only the teaching of the New Testament as a whole but of the whole of the New Testament, part by part. Historically, this means that not only has the doctrine of the Two Natures been the invariable presupposition of the whole teaching of the church from the apostolic age down, but all the teaching of the apostolic age rests on it as its universal presupposition.12\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>James D. G. Dunn is led by the historical evidence to argue,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>There was no question in my mind that the doctrine of incarnation comes to clear expression within the New Testament - certainly at least in a sense which clearly foreshadows the further growth or evolution to the full blown doctrine of the historic Christian creedal statements. On almost any reckoning, John 1:14 ranks as a classic formulation of the Christian belief in Jesus as incarnate God.13\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>To profess that Jesus of Nazareth was God become man is a staggering claim. Yet, the Church’s experience of Jesus drove a band of first-century Jews to this startling confession. Some modern critics deny this fundamental tenet of orthodox Christianity. The authors of \u003Cem>The Myth of \u003C\u002Fem>\u003Cem>God Incarnate\u003C\u002Fem>14\u003Cem> \u003C\u002Fem>and the participants in the “Jesus Seminar” are just a few proponents of a movement that is already on the way to the fringe of Christian scholarship. Other experts may seek to redefine \u003Cem>Logos\u003C\u002Fem> and the incarnation. Those now enamored with “Spirit Christology”15 fit this description. Surely Carl F. H. Henry is correct when he claims that “more than any other century since Christian beginnings, our century seems confused over the identity of Jesus and unsure even of what the Nazarene thought of himself and of his role in the world . . . [But] for an orthodox Christian, the most important phrase in all intellectual history is that ‘the Word became flesh’ (John 1:14).”16 The identification of Jesus as the God-man must be affirmed at the onset of a new century.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>II. Pillar Two: Servant Christology (Philippians 2:6-11)\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The Christ-hymn of Philippians 2:6-11 has been called “a christological gem unparalleled in the New Testament.”17 With language akin to the Servant Song of Isaiah 52:13 - 53:12 and the washing of the disciples’ feet in John 13:3-17, Paul presents Jesus “as the supreme example of humble, self-sacrificing, self-denying, self-giving service. . . .”18 The hymn is rooted in ethical concern, but branches out to address Christology and soteriology as well. It is the ethical focus, however, that is the focal point in “servant Christology.”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Verse five commands19 believers to have the mind of Christ. This mind is characterized by unity (v. 2), humility (v. 3), and sensitivity (v.4). The idea of humility is developed in the hymn as God’s willingness to be involved with humanity un-folds. Jesus is described in verse 6 as continually existing in the form (\u003Cem>morphe\u003C\u002Fem>) of God. Gerald Hawthorne points out that \u003Cem>morphe \u003C\u002Fem>expresses the manner in which a\u003Cem> \u003C\u002Fem>thing appears to human senses, and al-ways identifies the form that completely expresses that thing’s underlying being. Therefore, when applied to God the word refers to His essential being, to the actual nature and character of God.20\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Paul is clearly advancing the first-century Church’s understanding of Jesus in a unique and powerful manner. Dunn as-serts that “there was little or no good evidence from the period prior to Christianity’s beginning that the Ancient Near East seriously entertained the idea of a god or son of god descending from heaven to become a human being in order to bring men salvation, except perhaps at the level of popular pagan superstition.”21 Yet this is exactly what Paul is saying. Though himself brought up and trained in the strict monotheism of rabbinic Judaism, Paul is compelled by his own encounter with and personal reflection on the risen Lord to affirm the essential deity of Jesus.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Yet “equality with God” was not a right Christ felt He had to seize or acquire, since it was His by nature. So He emptied him-self and took the \u003Cem>morphe\u003C\u002Fem> of a \u003Cem>doulou\u003C\u002Fem> (v. 7). The parallel of \u003Cem>morphe theou\u003C\u002Fem> and \u003Cem>morphen\u003C\u002Fem> \u003Cem>doulou \u003C\u002Fem>is too striking to be accidental. Images of both an ambitious Satan and Adam certainly come to mind as each in his own way attempted, albeit unsuccessfully and tragically, to seize equality with God. A servant Christology shows a better way, and the text itself adequately ad-dresses what is involved in self-emptying (\u003Cem>kenoo\u003C\u002Fem>): (1) He took the form (\u003Cem>morphe\u003C\u002Fem>, “essential nature”) of a slave (\u003Cem>doulos\u003C\u002Fem>); (2) He was made in the likeness (\u003Cem>homoioma\u003C\u002Fem>) and fashion (\u003Cem>schema\u003C\u002Fem>) of a man; (3) He humbled Himself (cf. 2:3); (4) He became obedient unto death; and (5) He died on the cross.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>These verses reveal something about the very nature and being of our God. They demonstrate that it is of the very essence of this deity to give and to serve. The Son of God did not seize status. Rather, He served. He did not surrender His deity but He did add humanity. As Erickson notes, “The incarnation was more a gaining of human attributes than a giving up of divine attributes.”22 Further, the type of humanity He added was not that of a sovereign, but that of a slave. He received not a crown, but a cross. Death is exactly what Christ endured. But it was not just any death, but death by means of an instrument that would move Cicero to write, “Let the very name of the cross be far away not only from the body of a Roman citizen, but even from his thoughts, his eyes, his ears” (\u003Cem>Pro Rabiro\u003C\u002Fem>, 5.10, 16).23\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Verses 9-11 express the divine economy and ordering of status. Theologically, “exaltation” grows out of humility and service. This is a principle of the kingdom, and one that is certainly neglected in American Christianity. Those who would be “super-exalted” (v.9) must first be super-abased. Believers are called to make themselves very low in humble, sacrificial service to others. Such servants embody what God intended humanity to be, be-cause, as William Hendricks has noted, Jesus models “what humanity ought to be and not what it has become.”24 Jesus is our ultimate example (1 Co 1:11). As Erickson argues, “Jesus is not only human as we are; he is more than human. Our humanity is not a standard by which we are to measure his. His humanity, true and un-adulterated, is the standard by which we are to be measured.”25\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Christ humbled Himself, but was exalted by God. His acceptance of service unto death was His ultimate \u003Cem>yes\u003C\u002Fem> both to God and to a lost humanity. It was His ultimate act of obedience to His Father in self-giving, self-sacrificing, self-denying service to others.26 Servant Christology calls us to serve others as our Lord has served us.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>III. Pillar Three: Cosmic Christology (Colossians 1:15-20)\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>As God-man, Jesus Christ defies simplistic explanation. The incomparable Christ transcends human wisdom. As Ben Witherington has written, “No one descriptive term or title adequately encompasses the man who fits no one formula.”27 John calls Him the \u003Cem>Logos\u003C\u002Fem>. Philippians 2 identifies Him as the \u003Cem>morphe\u003C\u002Fem> of God. The hymn found in Colossians 1:15-20 introduces Cosmic Christianity through new, but related, concepts. Here Christ is the image (\u003Cem>eikon\u003C\u002Fem>) of God, the firstborn (\u003Cem>prototokos\u003C\u002Fem>) over the cosmos and the Church, the one in whom all the fullness (\u003Cem>pan pleroma\u003C\u002Fem>) of God dwells in a body (2:9-10). Of this text F. F. Bruce writes, “This is one of the great Christological pas-sages of the New Testament, declaring as it does our Lord’s divine essence, pre-existence, and creative agency.”28 Bruce links its themes to John 1:1-4, Hebrews 1:2-4, and the Divine Wisdom motif of Proverbs 8:22-31. Cosmic Christianity is mentioned often in theological circles, but is seldom defined adequately. Its biblical warrant originates in this text, so any developing theology along this path should be firmly rooted here.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Paul’s thinking can be conceived as concentric circles of concern that began with the cosmic and the universal, but moved progressively inward first to the ecclesiastical, and finally to the personal. As the “image of the invisible God,” Christ makes visible the God no one has seen (cf. Jn 1:18). It could be said, “Christ is like God.” It could also be said, “God is like Christ.” That He is the visible manifestation of God is immediately and logically tied to His supremacy over three entities: (1) Creation (vv. 15-17), (2) the Church (vv. 18-20), and (3) the Christian (vv. 21-23). Christ is the Lord, the preeminent One, Whom each of these is to serve. His Lordship and supremacy is therefore cosmic, but it is equally personal. He is in no sense a part of creation, because He is its author in every detail. There is no room for pantheistic or panentheistic development. A finite theism is also clearly ruled out. The all-encompassing nature of His cosmic rule is made clear through the word “all,” which is used eight times in verses 15-20. Nothing is outside or beyond His sovereign Lordship. All of reality has been created by Him and for Him. Furthermore, whether it is creation, the Church or the Christian, as Lord, Christ sustains and maintains the existence of each as well. Christ is origin and goal, principle of cohesion and center, master of the visible and the invisible. Without Christ there would be no reality. Without Christ nothing would be, nor would any-thing exist.29 Yet through the Son whom the Father loves (v. 13), the cosmos (material creation), the Church (spiritual creation), and the Christian (personal creation) have been brought under the sovereign rule of God. In the old creation and in the new creation, the One and all-sufficient “head” (a distinctively Pauline formulation), the Lord Jesus reigns supreme.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>For the Church on the threshold of a new millennium, the import of a Cosmic Christology is staggering. Christ is to have first place in all things. His theology is to be our theology. His ethic is to be our ethic. His mind is to be our mind. His heart is to be our heart. Christ is to have sovereign control over His body, the Church, whether that body is manifested universally or locally. Its members, each one uniquely gifted for service (Ro 12, 1 Co 12, Eph 4, 1 Pe 4), are to be in absolute dependence upon and in complete surrender to Him for life, power, and mission. In all things, and in each individual, He and He alone is to be supreme.30\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>IV. Pillar Four: Revelational Christology (Hebrews 1:1-3)\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Revelational Christology has usually been identified with Wolhart Pannenberg and his \u003Cem>Jesus - God and Man,\u003C\u002Fem>31 where he argues that all of history is under God’s direction and is therefore a revelation of God.32 It is important to examine Pannenberg’s underlying methodology. His fundamental belief is that Jesus is at the center of every Christian theology, and that human knowledge of God is only made possible through God’s revelation in Christ. Pannenberg asserts that “one can only speak about God himself in that at the same time one talks about Jesus.”33 This basic principle reflects the fact that God desires to reveal Himself and has done so in the person of Jesus Christ. His-tory, therefore, is best conceived as the stage upon which the divine actor has played His role. A Revelational Christology, while cognizant of God’s mighty acts in history, focuses on the God who invaded history, the God who brought eternity into space\u002Ftime reality, the God who is the Lord of history. This emphasis on the God of history is the heart of Hebrews 1:1-3. Francis Schaeffer ex-presses the essence of this passage when he states “He [God] is there and He is not silent.”34 William Lane writes that the author of Hebrews brings us “face-to-face with the God who speaks. He has repeat-edly taken the initiative to disclose him-self because he wants to be known.”35 But in these last days He has spoken and dis-closed Himself decisively, climatically, even finally and for all time in the person of His Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. Because of God’s determination to be known, we can genuinely and “truly truthfully” know God. In a day when many people stress the \u003Cem>absence\u003C\u002Fem> of God and the \u003Cem>silence\u003C\u002Fem> of God, Hebrews 1 is a much needed corrective for those obsessed with \u003Cem>deus\u003C\u002Fem> \u003Cem>absconditus \u003C\u002Fem>(“the hidden God”).\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Lane underscores the important fact “that it was necessary for God and the human family to be able to speak the same language.” In the person of His Son, the Lord spoke through one who is:\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>1) appointed heir of all things (v. 2);\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>2) through whom He made the uni-verses (lit. “ages,” v. 2);\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>3) the radiance of God’s glory (v. 3);\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>4) the exact representation of His being (v. 3);\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>5) sustaining all things by His powerful word (v. 3);\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>6) the purification for our sins (v. 3); and\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>7) sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven (v. 3).\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>God has met our need to know Him “with our senses: to see him, listen to him, to touch him . . . . Like the alternating pat-terns of a kaleidoscope as it is turned in the hand, we are asked to consider Jesus who is eternal Son, Jesus who is the incarnate Son, Jesus who is the exalted Son.”36\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>This information is what Christians in the turbulent first century needed to know. This is also what Christians in this anxious century need to know. Lane concludes, “The word that the Son spoke to them yesterday is the word that he speaks today. And the word that he speaks today is the word that he pledges tomorrow and forever . . . . His abiding, unchanging quality lends stability to men and women in a period marked by instability.”37\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Conclusion\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>N. T. Wright has noted correctly “The historian of the first century . . . cannot shrink from the question of Jesus.”38 Indeed, no one can shrink from the question of Jesus. What one thinks and believes about Jesus will impact any complete theological framework, any thoughtful worldview. As Wright comments, “If you see Jesus differently, everything changes.”39\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Melanchthon criticized speculative probing and reflection about God and the Christ arguing, “We do better to adore the mysteries of Deity than to investigate them . . . since to know Christ means to know his benefits, and not as they teach, to reflect upon his natures and the modes of his incarnation.”40 But surely those who would give exclusive attention to such a dictum are destined for theological error. Clearly, the Spirit of God moved the authors of Holy Scripture to reflect upon the mystery of the incarnation. This fact is evident in the four pillars we have examined. They demonstrate that Jesus Christ is not only, “God for us,” He is also “God with us” (Mt 1:23). Athanasius, and later Anselm, saw clearly that Jesus had to be both fully God and perfect humanity in order to redeem lost humanity.41 Christology and soteriology are forever wed. Christological investigation is no mere exercise in metaphysical musings. There is no access to the work of Christ apart from His person. One must know Christ to have access to His work.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Furthermore, the Jesus we so often read about today, one who is only a wise teacher, religious sage, political revolutionary, Jewish peasant, Cynic spinner of proverbs, or spirit-inspired guru is a Jesus far removed from biblical revelation and one who is spiritually bankrupt and totally insufficient to meet the deepest needs of hurting humanity. Such is a vision of a Christ who is totally inadequate to energize and mobilize the Church to be salt and light (Mt 5:13-16) in a world immersed in darkness. I. Howard Marshall gets to the heart of the matter when he argues, “The Christian faith has as its object the Jesus whose earthly life is a matter for historical investigation, but this investigation cannot be carried on in independence of faith . . . always [bear] in mind . . . that the Jesus of Christian belief is more than a merely historical figure .”42 Marshall also points out that the early Church’s theological reflection was, in some sense, the inevitable outworking of its encounter with the risen Christ. He contends that upon careful examination the Jesus of history and the Christ of faith are one and the same. Marshall adds that\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>the object of . . . faith is . . . the Jesus whose existence and ministry have been confirmed and illuminated by historical research, but whose significance is only fully seen in the light of that experience of the risen Lord which had coloured the interpretation of Jesus offered in the Gospels and the rest of the New Testament and which continues to illuminate the mind of the believer. For as we have seen, ultimately the earthly Jesus is inadequate. Christian faith joyfully embraces the Jesus of the Bible, assured that the biblical accounts have a firm base in his-tory, but knowing that ‘the Jesus of the historians’ is not enough; only the biblical Jesus Christ, the earthly and the heavenly Lord, is adequate as the object of faith.43\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>This is the foundation of a Christology for the twenty-first century. This is the Lord who can provide the only truly satisfying solutions for the cries and pains of a world at the precipice of destruction. This is the Lord of whom Dietrich Bonhoeffer could write,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>They must come face to face with him. We may also have to come face to face with Goethe or Socrates. That is part of our culture and ethos. But far more depends upon our confronting Christ — life or death, salvation or damnation. . . it is seen that all rest upon the sentence, ‘And there is salvation in no one else’ (Acts 4:12). The encounter with Jesus is fundamentally different from that with Goethe or Socrates. One cannot avoid en-counter with the person of Jesus be-cause he is alive. With some care Goethe can be avoided, because he is dead. A thousandfold are the ways that men have used to resist or evade an encounter with Christ.44\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever” (Heb 13:8, NKJV). This is the eternal, never-changing Christ for an ever-changing culture. Those who call Jesus “Lord” must be faithful to who He is, what he has done, and the task which He has assigned. Alistair McGrath describes this relationship when he observes, “In its deepest sense, the love of God for man is that of a God who stoops down from heaven to enter into the world of men, with all of its agony and pain, culminating in the grim cross of Calvary.”45 Our great God and Savior has so loved us. Dare we love others any less? Dare we ignore the awesome responsibility that is ours? These four pillars, John 1:1-18, Philippians 2:6-11, Colossians 1:15-20 and Hebrews 1:1-3 form the solid foundation upon which any Christian orthodoxy must stand.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Originally published as Daniel L. Akin, “The Never-Changing Christ for an Ever-Changing Culture.”\u003Cem>Southern Baptist Journal of Theology\u003C\u002Fem> (Vol. 1, No. 1, Spring 1997).\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Endnotes\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>1 James D. G. Dunn, \u003Cem>Christology in the Mak\u003C\u002Fem>\u003Cem>ing \u003C\u002Fem>(Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1980, 1989) ix.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>2 R. Albert Mohler, Jr., “‘Evangelical’: What’s in a Name?” in \u003Cem>The Coming Evangelical Cri-sis\u003C\u002Fem>, gen. ed. John H. Armstrong (Chicago:\u003Cem> \u003C\u002Fem>Moody 1996) 33.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>3 Jaroslav Pelikan, \u003Cem>Jesus Through the Centuries \u003C\u002Fem>(New Haven: Yale, 1985) 1.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>4 Augustine, \u003Cem>Confessions\u003C\u002Fem>, as quoted in Pelikan, 223.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>5 Millard Erickson, \u003Cem>The Word Became Flesh\u003C\u002Fem> (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1991) 26-27.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>6 Bernard L. Ramm, \u003Cem>An Evangelical Christology\u003C\u002Fem> (Nashville: Nelson, 1985) 47.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>7 D. A. Carson, \u003Cem>The Gospel According to John \u003C\u002Fem>(Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1991) 96.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>8 In the New Testament \u003Cem>monogenes\u003C\u002Fem> only appears in these five texts.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>9&n","2019-12-19T17:50:53.775Z","2026-03-06T02:51:45.738Z","https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Ftruelife1\u002Ficons\u002F26\u002Fanswerthumbnails\u002Ffull.jpg?1466544101","\n\nEl Cristo que nunca cambia para una cultura que siempre cambia","\u003Cp>Desde el primer siglo hasta el presente, los cristianos han declarado que «Jesucristo es el Señor» (1 Co 12:3; Fil 2:1; Ap 19:16) y que Él es «el mismo ayer, hoy y por los siglos» (Heb 13:8). Sus seguidores han proclamado por fe lo que un día será evidente para todos. Todo poder terrenal y temporal reconocerá y se someterá a la majestad y soberano Señorío de Jesús. James D.G. Dunn aborda la significancia de Jesús para los creyentes del primer siglo y la naturaleza decisiva de su impacto en sus vidas cuando afirma que\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Algunos movimientos no tienen una figura dominante al principio; pero el cristianismo comenzó con Jesús. Y fue \u003Cem>el significado de Jesús\u003C\u002Fem>, de lo que había dicho y hecho, junto con lo que los primeros cristianos entendían que él era y había sido, estaba haciendo y había hecho, lo que fue el factor más significativo en el desarrollo de la auto-comprensión de la nueva secta y en su sentido de distinción frente a las otras religiones, sectas y filosofías de la época.1\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Como comunidad de fe, la Iglesia permanece como heraldo de \u003Cem>el significado de Jesús\u003C\u002Fem>, proclamando \u003Cem>quién\u003C\u002Fem> es Él y \u003Cem>qué\u003C\u002Fem> ha hecho. En medio de un mundo en constante cambio, la Iglesia debe ser fiel en su testimonio de Jesús y su evangelio. A lo largo de la historia, la «novia de Cristo» ha afirmado su fe a través de confesiones simples como Romanos 10:9 y a través de declaraciones creedales más desarrolladas como el Credo Niceno (A.D. 325) donde la Iglesia confesó su creencia en\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>un solo Señor Jesucristo, Hijo unigénito de Dios, engendrado del Padre antes de todos los mundos, Dios de Dios, Luz de Luz, Dios verdadero de Dios verdadero, engendrado, no creado, consustancial con el Padre por quien todas las cosas fueron hechas; quien por nosotros los hombres, y por nuestra salvación, descendió del cielo, y se encarnó por el Espíritu Santo de la Virgen María, y se hizo hombre, y fue crucificado también por nosotros bajo Poncio Pilato. Padeció y fue sepultado, y al tercer día resucitó según las Escrituras, y ascendió al cielo, y está sentado a la diestra del Padre. Y vendrá otra vez con gloria para juzgar a vivos y muertos, cuyo reino no tendrá fin…\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>y el Credo de Calcedonia (A.D. 451), donde la Iglesia afirmó que el Señor Jesús es\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>al mismo tiempo completo en la divinidad y completo en la humanidad, verdadero Dios y verdadero hombre, consistiendo también de un alma racional y cuerpo; de una misma sustancia [\u003Cem>homoousios\u003C\u002Fem>] con el Padre en cuanto a su divinidad, y al mismo tiempo de una misma sustancia [\u003Cem>homoousios\u003C\u002Fem>] con nosotros en cuanto a su humanidad; semejante a nosotros en todo, aparte del pecado; en cuanto a su divinidad, engendrado del Padre antes de los siglos, pero sin embargo en cuanto a su humanidad engendrado, por nosotros los hombres y por nuestra salvación, de María la Virgen... uno y el mismo Cristo, Hijo, Señor, Unigénito, reconocido en dos naturalezas, sin confusión, sin cambio, sin división, sin separación; la distinción de las naturalezas no siendo de ninguna manera anulada por la unión, sino más bien las características de cada naturaleza siendo preservadas y concurriendo a formar una sola persona y subsistencia [\u003Cem>hupostasis\u003C\u002Fem>], no como separadas o divididas en dos personas, sino uno y el mismo Hijo y Unigénito Dios el Verbo, Señor Jesucristo; así como los profetas desde los tiempos antiguos hablaron de él, y nuestro Señor Jesucristo mismo nos enseñó.…\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Ha sido la convicción de los cristianos fieles desde el inicio de la Iglesia que descuidar o comprometer tales confesiones ortodoxas es equivalente a la traición del Señor. En efecto, no hay cristianismo genuino otro que el basado en la verdad absoluta de Jesucristo como el Hijo de Dios encarnado. El Cuerpo de Cristo, si ha de ser la verdadera Iglesia de su Señor, debe proclamar y encarnar el evangelio de Cristo y el Cristo del evangelio a todas las personas. Está llamado a evangelizar hombres y mujeres «de toda tribu y lengua y pueblo y nación» (Ap 5:9), abrazándolos en una comunidad amorosa de fe y discipulado bajo el Señorío de Jesucristo. En obediencia a este mandato centrado en Cristo, la Iglesia se extiende a todos los que están en necesidad, especialmente a los desposeídos, los pobres, los oprimidos, los despreciados, los abusados y los heridos. Porque su Salvador es el Salvador del mundo (1 Ti 4:10; 1 Jn 4:14), la Iglesia está llamada a ser una familia de diversidad que incluye personas de toda raza, color, clase y nación. Afirmamos que somos más fuertes y mejores juntos que separados.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Desafortunadamente, algo ha salido terriblemente mal. Vivimos en una cultura que se ha vuelto loca en su rebelión contra Dios. Hoy la Iglesia misma parece al borde de la insania, habiendo abandonado las pretensiones exclusivas de su Cristo y la instrucción de su Palabra. Hemos perdido nuestro camino y abandonado nuestros anclajes. Trágicamente, el virus mortal de la modernidad ha infectado incluso al evangelicalismo. R. Albert Mohler afirma correctamente que\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>la unidad teológica que una vez marcó el movimiento ha dado paso a un pluralismo teológico... De hecho, a finales de los años 70 estaba claro que se estaban formando fisuras teológicas básicas... Aunque la división se originó en debates sobre el principio formal de la Escritura, pronto se extendió a doctrinas materiales incluyendo la cristología, la expiación, la justificación y virtualmente toda otra doctrina mayor.2\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Mi principal preocupación es cómo se entenderá la cristología (la persona y obra de Jesucristo) en el futuro. George Barna ha notado que aunque la mayoría de los estadounidenses creen cosas buenas y positivas sobre Jesús, casi la mitad creen que Él pecó. Además, pseudo-eruditos continúan conjurando mezclas bizarras y fantasías sobre el Jesús histórico que son popularizadas por un medio ingenuo y sensacionalista lo que lamentablemente resulta en una confusión significativa para la mayoría de los estadounidenses indiscriminados, la mayoría de los cuales son analfabetos bíblicamente y teológicamente. Tales reinterpretaciones de Jesús fallan en reconocer su significancia histórica. Jaroslav Pelikan ha dicho: «Independientemente de lo que cualquiera pueda pensar o creer personalmente sobre él, Jesús de Nazaret ha sido la figura dominante en la historia de la cultura occidental durante casi veinte siglos... Es desde su nacimiento que la mayor parte de la raza humana data sus calendarios, es por su nombre que millones maldicen y en su nombre que millones oran.»3\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Los cristianos creen que Jesús continuará siendo la figura dominante del siglo XXI, y de cada siglo futuro. Si la Iglesia ha de mantener fidelidad a «la fe que ha sido una vez por todas entregada a los santos» (Jud 3), sin embargo, el Jesús del siglo XXI debe ser el Jesús del primer siglo. Nuestra cultura en constante cambio necesita al Cristo inmutable que solo puede proveer tanto el fundamento como la dirección para la fe y práctica cristiana mientras la Iglesia enfrenta los desafíos de una nueva era. Cuatro pilares del Nuevo Testamento pueden proveer estabilidad para la Iglesia al amanecer de un nuevo milenio, un tiempo en que la Iglesia necesita ser llamada de vuelta a la autoridad bíblica, y cuando necesita definir y defender su fe clara y plenamente. Extraídos de la revelación comprehensiva del Nuevo Testamento, estos cuatro textos cristológicos clave muestran cómo conocer y adorar al Único a quien Agustín describió como «belleza siempre antigua, siempre nueva.»4\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>I. Pilar Uno: Cristología Logos (Juan 1:1-18)\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>La cristología \u003Cem>Logos\u003C\u002Fem> se funda en el Prólogo del Evangelio de Juan (1:1-18), que ha sido un baluarte para la reflexión sobre varios temas teológicos cruciales por varios pensadores significativos. Por ejemplo, Millard Erickson identifica cinco atributos y actividades atribuidos al \u003Cem>Logos\u003C\u002Fem>: (1) Preexistencia, (2) Deidad, (3) Obra creadora, (4) Encarnación y (5) Obra revelatoria.5 Bernard Ramm ha escrito: «Ha sido la enseñanza estándar en la cristología histórica que el Logos, el Hijo, existió antes de la encarnación... la preexistencia es parte de la protología («primeras cosas») o la teología del comienzo.»6 D.","\n\nLe Christ immuable pour une culture en constante évolution","\n\n영원히 변하지 않는 그리스도를 영원히 변하는 문화에 영원히 바꿀 수 없다.",1,{"id":71,"title":72,"description":73,"featured":30,"transcript":31,"subtitle":31,"playerembed":31,"category_id":6,"slug":74,"answertype":33,"created_at":34,"updated_at":75,"thumbnail":76,"embed_thumbnail":37,"embed_icon":38,"title_es":77,"description_es":78,"playerembed_es":16,"transcript_es":16,"title_fr":79,"description_fr":80,"playerembed_fr":16,"transcript_fr":16,"title_ko":81,"description_ko":82,"playerembed_ko":16,"transcript_ko":16,"question_id":16,"category_slug":8,"category_name":-1},41,"Transcript: Is Jesus God?","\u003Cp>\u003Cb>IS JESUS GOD?\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>A Study Guide\u003C\u002Fp>\r\n\r\n\u003Cp class=\"wysiwyg-text-align-center\">\u003Ci>“When\r\nyou raise the question who was Jesus most people will readily say he was a good\r\nman.  After all think about the things he\r\nsaid and the things he did.” - Dr. Daniel Akin\u003C\u002Fi>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp class=\"wysiwyg-text-align-center\">\u003Ci>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fi>\u003C\u002Fp>\r\n\r\n\u003Cp>\u003Cb>I.              \r\n\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cb>\u003Cu>WAS\r\nJESUS GOD?\u003C\u002Fu>\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fp>\r\n\r\n\u003Cp>C.S. Lewis, who was perhaps the greatest apologist in the\r\nprevious century, basically said that for us to consider Jesus requires us to put him\r\nin one of three or four categories.\u003C\u002Fp>\r\n\r\n\u003Cp>-      \r\nHe was a liar\u003C\u002Fp>\r\n\r\n\u003Cp>-      \r\nHe was a lunatic\u003C\u002Fp>\r\n\r\n\u003Cp>-      \r\nHe was a legend\u003C\u002Fp>\r\n\r\n\u003Cp>-      \r\nHe was the Lord. \u003C\u002Fp>\r\n\r\n\u003Cp>\u003Cb>II.            \r\n\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cb>\u003Cu>THE\r\nEVENT\u003C\u002Fu>\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fp>\r\n\r\n\u003Cp>Question: What event does Dr.\r\nAkin say proves without doubt that Jesus is God?\u003C\u002Fp>\r\n\r\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan>Answer: The resurrection\u003Cu> \u003C\u002Fu>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\r\n\r\n\u003Cp>\u003Cb>III.          \r\n\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cb>\u003Cu>WHAT\r\nOTHERS SAY ABOUT JESUS\u003C\u002Fu>\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fp>\r\n\r\n\u003Cp>The Apostle John Says…..\u003C\u002Fp>\r\n\r\n\u003Cp>The Apostle Paul says…\u003C\u002Fp>\r\n\r\n\u003Cp>\u003Cb>IV.          \r\n\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cb>\u003Cu>WHAT\r\nJESUS SAYS ABOUT HIMSELF\u003C\u002Fu>\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fp>\r\n\r\n\u003Cp> \u003C\u002Fp>\r\n\r\n\u003Cp>\u003Cb>\u003Cu>APPLICATION\r\nQUESTIONS\u003C\u002Fu>\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fp>\r\n\r\n\u003Cp>1.     Why is\r\nit important to recognize Jesus as God? (Reference: Psalms 148:13, Hebrews 7:26-28)\u003C\u002Fp>\r\n\r\n\u003Cp>2.     Since\r\nScripture tells us to worship both God the Father and His Son Jesus, in what\r\nother ways are we to respond to them? (Reference: 1 John 5:2, Matthew 16:24)\u003C\u002Fp>\r\n\r\n\u003Cp>3.     If\r\nJesus is God, His words and commands are just as authoritative. What are some\r\nof Christ's notable commands that we at times fail to obey? (Reference: Matthew 28:16-20)\u003C\u002Fp>\r\n\r\n\u003Cp> \u003C\u002Fp>\r\n\r\n\u003Cp>\u003Cb>\u003Cu>KEY\r\nVERSES\u003C\u002Fu>\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fp>\r\n\r\n\u003Cp>John 5:18, 8:24,  8:58,\r\n10: 30-33, 17:5, John 20:28, Col 2:9, Phil 2:5-8, Heb 1:8\u003C\u002Fp>\r\n\r\n\u003Cp> \u003C\u002Fp>\r\n\r\n\u003Cp>\u003Cb>\u003Cu>ADDITIONAL\r\nREADINGS\u003C\u002Fu>\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fp>\r\n\r\n\u003Cp>\u003Ci>Jesus: The Greatest Life\r\nof All, \u003C\u002Fi>by Charles Swindoll.\u003C\u002Fp>\r\n\r\n\u003Cp>\u003Ci>I Don't Have Enough\r\nFaith to be an Atheist, \u003C\u002Fi>by Norm Geisler and\r\nFrank Turek.\u003C\u002Fp>\r\n\r\n\u003Cp>\u003Ci>\u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.amazon.com\u002FJesus-Among-Other-Gods-Christian\u002Fdp\u002F0849943272\u002Fref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1354656065&sr=8-3&keywords=is+jesus+god\">Jesus Among\r\nOther Gods: The Absolute Claims of the Christian Message\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003C\u002Fi>by \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.amazon.com\u002FRavi-Zacharias\u002Fe\u002FB000APPDAC\u002Fref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_3?qid=1354656065&sr=8-3\">Ravi Zacharias\u003C\u002Fa> \u003C\u002Fp>\r\n\r\n\u003Cp>\u003Ci>\u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.amazon.com\u002FJesus-Son-God-Christological-Misunderstood\u002Fdp\u002F1433537966\u002Fref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1354656065&sr=8-4&keywords=is+jesus+god\">Jesus the Son of God: A Christological Title Often Overlooked, Sometimes\r\nMisunderstood, and Currently Disputed\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003C\u002Fi>by D.\r\nA. Carson\u003C\u002Fp>\r\n\r\n\u003Cp>\u003Ci>\u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.amazon.com\u002FJesus-Only-Must-Gospel-Saved\u002Fdp\u002F0801072638\u002Fref=sr_1_6?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1354656410&sr=1-6&keywords=is+jesus+god\">Jesus: The Only Way to God: Must You Hear the Gospel to be\r\nSaved?\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003C\u002Fi>by \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.amazon.com\u002FJohn-Piper\u002Fe\u002FB000APOYGQ\u002Fref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_6?qid=1354656410&sr=1-6\">John Piper\u003C\u002Fa> \u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fp>","transcript-is-jesus-god","2023-08-03T05:54:50.694Z","https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Ftruelife1\u002Ficons\u002F72\u002Fanswerthumbnails\u002Ffull.png","Transcripción: ¿Es Jesús Dios?","\u003Cp>¿ES JESÚS DIOS?\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cp>\u003Cbr \u002F>Guía de estudio\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cp>\u003Cbr \u002F>“Cuando planteas la pregunta, ¿quién era Jesús?, la mayoría de la gente dirá que fue un buen hombre. Después de todo, piense en las cosas que dijo y las cosas que hizo. ”- Dr. Daniel Akin\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cp> \u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cp>\u003Cbr \u002F>I. ¿ERA JESÚS DIOS?\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cp>\u003Cbr \u002F>CS Lewis, quien fue quizás el más grande apologista en el siglo anterior, básicamente dijo que para que nosotros consideremos a Jesús, debemos colocarlo en una de tres o cuatro categorías.\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cp>\u003Cbr \u002F>- Era un mentiroso\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cp>\u003Cbr \u002F>- Era un loco\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cp>\u003Cbr \u002F>- Era una leyenda\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cp>\u003Cbr \u002F>- Él era el Señor.\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cp> \u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cp> \u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cp>II EL EVENTO\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cp>\u003Cbr \u002F>Pregunta: ¿Qué evento dice el Dr. Akin prueba sin duda que Jesús es Dios?\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cp>\u003Cbr \u002F>Respuesta: la resurrección\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cp> \u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cp>III. LO QUE OTROS DICEN DE JESÚS\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cp>\u003Cbr \u002F>El apóstol Juan dice ...\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cp>\u003Cbr \u002F>El apóstol Pablo dice ...\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cp>\u003Cbr \u002F>IV. LO QUE JESÚS DICE SOBRE SÍ MISMO\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cp> \u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cp>PREGUNTAS DE APLICACIÓN\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cp>\u003Cbr \u002F>1. ¿Por qué es importante reconocer a Jesús como Dios? (Referencia: Salmos 148: 13, Hebreos 7: 26-28)\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cp>\u003Cbr \u002F>2. Dado que las Escrituras nos dicen que adoremos a Dios el Padre y a Su Hijo Jesús, ¿de qué otras maneras debemos responderles? (Referencia: 1 Juan 5: 2, Mateo 16:24)\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cp>\u003Cbr \u002F>3. Si Jesús es Dios, sus palabras y mandamientos son igualmente autoritarios. ¿Cuáles son algunos de los mandamientos notables de Cristo que a veces no obedecemos? (Referencia: Mateo 28: 16-20)\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cp> \u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cp>Versos clave\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cp>\u003Cbr \u002F>Juan 5:18, 8:24, 8:58, 10: 30-33, 17: 5, Juan 20:28, Col 2: 9, Fil 2: 5-8, Heb 1: 8\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cp>\u003Cbr \u002F> \u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cp>LECTURAS ADICIONALES\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cp>\u003Cbr \u002F>Jesús: la vida más grande de todas, por Charles Swindoll.\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cp>\u003Cbr \u002F>No tengo suficiente fe para ser ateo, por Norm Geisler y Frank Turek.\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cp>\u003Cbr \u002F>Jesús entre otros dioses: las afirmaciones absolutas del mensaje cristiano, por Ravi Zacharias\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cp>\u003Cbr \u002F>Jesús el Hijo de Dios: un título cristológico a menudo pasado por alto, a veces mal entendido y actualmente en disputa, por D. A. Carson\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cp>\u003Cbr \u002F>Jesús: el único camino a Dios: ¿debes escuchar el Evangelio para ser salvo ?, por John Piper\u003C\u002Fp>","\n\nEst-ce que Jesus est Dieu?","\r\n\r\n\u003Cp>\u003Cb>IS JESUS GOD?\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Un guide d'étude\u003C\u002Fp>\r\n\r\n\u003Cp class=\"wysiwyg-text-align-center\">\u003Ci>“Lorsque\r\nvous posez la question de savoir qui était Jésus, la plupart des gens répondront facilement qu'il était un homme\r\n","\n\n예수님은 하나님이십니까?","\r\n\r\n\u003Cp>\u003Cb>IS JESUS GOD?\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>A Study Guide\u003C\u002Fp>\r\n\r\n\u003Cp class=\"wysiwyg-text-align-center\">\u003Ci>“When\r\nyou raise the question who was Jesus most people will readily say he was a good\r\nman.  After all think about the things he\r\nsaid and the things he did.” - Dr. Daniel",{"id":84,"title":85,"description":86,"featured":30,"transcript":87,"subtitle":88,"playerembed":89,"category_id":6,"slug":90,"answertype":91,"created_at":92,"updated_at":93,"thumbnail":94,"embed_thumbnail":95,"embed_icon":38,"title_es":52,"description_es":96,"playerembed_es":97,"transcript_es":16,"title_fr":98,"description_fr":99,"playerembed_fr":16,"transcript_fr":16,"title_ko":100,"description_ko":101,"playerembed_ko":16,"transcript_ko":16,"question_id":16,"category_slug":8,"category_name":-1},68,"Did Jesus Live?","\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"color: inherit; font-family: inherit;\">If you ask a Christian \"How do you know that Jesus lived?\" they are prone to say something like \"Because the Bible says so.\" But is the Bible the only evidence that exists for Christ's life? Enjoy this video with Dr. Gary Habermas, the leading Christian resurrection author and scholar, as he shares evidence that you may have never considered.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cp>\u003Cspan>You can learn more from \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.garyhabermas.com\u002F\">Dr. Gary R. Habermas\u003C\u002Fa>. He is a Distinguished Research Professor and Chair of the Department of Philosophy and Theology at \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.liberty.edu\u002F\">Liberty University\u003C\u002Fa>. We also highly recommend his book, \"\u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.amazon.com\u002Fgp\u002Fproduct\u002F0899007325\u002Fref=s9_simh_gw_p14_i2?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=040AG97R8XNPVGP0JP30&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=470938631&pf_rd_i=507846\">The Historical Jesus: Ancient Evidence for the Life of Christ\u003C\u002Fa>.\"\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cp>TrueLife.org would be more than happy to help introduce you to a pastor so you can experience the great blessing of being in a church family. Please use our \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.truelife.org\u002Flocations\">Church Finder\u003C\u002Fa> to easily locate and email a pastor near you.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ftruelife.org\u002Fanswers\u002Fhow-can-i-be-forgiven-and-go-to-heaven-video\">Click here if you are ready to be forgiven and go to Heaven!\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>","\u003Cp>\u003Cb>Did Jesus Live?\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>A Study Guide\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Ci>“Some writers may toy with the fancy of a ‘Christ-myth,’ but they do not do so on the grounds of historical evidence. The historicity of Christ is as axiomatic for an unbiased historian as the historicity of Julius Caesar. It is not historians who propagate the ‘Christ-myth’ theories.” - \u003C\u002Fi>\u003Ci>F.F. Bruce, The New Testament Documents: Are they Reliable?\u003C\u002Fi>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ci>\u003C\u002Fi>\u003Cp>\u003Cb>I. What We Can Know About Jesus, Just from Secular Sources?\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cb>\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cp>Let’s just talk about what we know about Jesus from ancient, secular. . . non-Christian sources. If we pull out the sources (non-Christian sources only) that mention Jesus, you have about a dozen and a half sources: A couple of emperors (Trajan and Hadrian) a couple of major Roman historians (Tacitus and Suetonius), a Jewish historian (Josephus), and Jewish references in their sacred commentary on the Old Testament (the Talmud). If we use only these non-Christian writings and count what they say about Jesus . . . put these all together, and you ask “What do we know about Jesus just from these non-Christian sources, regarding His life, His teachings, His public ministry, even His miracles, His death, His resurrection, and some things about the earliest church?\" We have about 50 items. Contrary to popular opinion, Jesus is one of the most mentioned people in the ancient world. The one that’s reported most frequently is his death. About 2\u002F3s of those sources mention his death.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cb>II. Do These Secular Texts Leave Out the Miraculous?\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cb>\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cp>Actually, they don't [leave out the miraculous]. [These sources] they’ll tell you that Jesus was believed to have or did miracles, talk about his resurrection, and talk about his appearing to the disciples. That’s really something.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cb>Recommended Further Reading:\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cb>\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cp>The Historical Reliability of the Gospels, by Craig L. Blomberg\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The New Testament Documents: Are They Reliable?, by F. F. Bruce\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The Historical Jesus, Ancient Evidence for the Life of Christ, by Gary Habermas\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The Case for the Real Jesus, by Lee Strobel \u003C\u002Fp>","If you ask a Christian \"How do you know that Jesus lived?\" they are prone to say something like \"Because the Bible says so.\" But is the Bible the only evidence that exists for Christ's life? Enjoy this video with Dr. Gary Habermas, the leading Christian","\u003Ciframe src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fplayer.vimeo.com\u002Fvideo\u002F8785891?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&color=BF1E2E&autoplay=1\" width=\"935\" height=\"526\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen>\u003C\u002Fiframe>","did-jesus-live","video","2019-12-19T17:46:20.070Z","2023-08-03T05:55:56.673Z","https:\u002F\u002Ftruelifeorg.s3.amazonaws.com\u002Fresources\u002F1630248320238_Screen%20Shot%202021-08-29%20at%2010.44.34%20AM.png","https:\u002F\u002Ftruelifeorg.s3.amazonaws.com\u002Fresources\u002F1630248321550_Screen%20Shot%202021-08-29%20at%2010.44.34%20AM.png","\n\nSi usted pregunta a un cristiano \"¿Cómo sabes que Jesús vivió?\", Ellos tienden a decir algo como \"Porque la Biblia lo dice\". Pero, ¿es la Biblia la única evidencia que existe para la vida de Cristo? Disfrute de este video con el Dr. Gary Habermas, el principal autor","\u003Ciframe src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fplayer.vimeo.com\u002Fvideo\u002F464431692\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen>\u003C\u002Fiframe>","\n\nJésus a-t-il vécu?","\n\nSi vous demandez à un chrétien \"Comment savez-vous que Jésus a vécu?\", Ils ont tendance à dire quelque chose comme \"Parce que la Bible le dit.\" Mais est-ce que la Bible est la seule preuve qui existe de la vie du Christ? Profitez de cette vidéo avec le Dr Gary Habermas, l'auteur et","\n\n예수가 살았는가?","\n\n성경이 오직 예수그리스도의 생존을 증명하는 것이 아닌가 하는 질문에 대해 기독교",{"id":103,"title":104,"description":105,"featured":30,"transcript":31,"subtitle":31,"playerembed":31,"category_id":6,"slug":106,"answertype":33,"created_at":107,"updated_at":108,"thumbnail":109,"embed_thumbnail":37,"embed_icon":38,"title_es":110,"description_es":111,"playerembed_es":16,"transcript_es":16,"title_fr":112,"description_fr":113,"playerembed_fr":16,"transcript_fr":16,"title_ko":114,"description_ko":115,"playerembed_ko":16,"transcript_ko":16,"question_id":16,"category_slug":8,"category_name":-1},3,"What Are the Different Theories Concerning Christ's Resurrection?","\u003Cp>The Gospels tell us that after Jesus was crucified a man named Joseph of Arimathea asked Pilate for permission to take the body and bury it in a never-before-used tomb. He wrapped the body in linen, and women later came and prepared the body for a proper burial with spices and perfumes. Luke writes that when the women returned on the third day “they found the stone rolled away from the tomb,” and when they went inside “they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus,” and that angels appeared and told them that Jesus was alive and had risen (Luke 24:1-6).\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\t\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The resurrection of Jesus is at the center of Christian belief, for “if Christ has not been raised [our] faith is worthless; [we] are still in [our] sins” (1 Corinthians 15:17). Thankfully, there is strong evidence supporting the bodily resurrection of Jesus. There are also convincing responses to theories that suggest that He didn’t rise from the dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cb>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>One such theory is sometimes known as the swoon theory. This theory argues that Jesus never really died, and left the tomb under His own power. He may have fainted or gone into a coma and then recovered. There are several problems with this theory. The Roman soldiers overseeing the crucifixion checked Jesus, found Him dead, and then pierced His side with a spear. Jesus was embalmed and John 19:39 says that the spices and perfumes used to prepare the body for burial weighed “about a hundred pounds.” He was also wrapped in linen and given no medical attention for three days. Those who propose this theory would have us believe that Jesus somehow survived all of this and then managed to move the stone at the tomb’s entrance Himself! The truth is that crucifixion was designed to guarantee death, and no one ever survived it.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cb>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Another theory says that the women must have gone to the wrong tomb. While it is possible that they could have initially made this mistake, it is one that the authorities would have easily corrected. They knew where the tomb was, because they placed guards there. Had the women spread stories about the resurrection because they had seen a different empty tomb, the Roman and Jewish authorities could have easily referred everyone to the still-occupied tomb. The other problem with this theory is the fact that the disciples verified the women’s report by going to the tomb themselves. John describes how he and Peter “were running together” and how he got to the tomb first and “saw the linen wrappings lying there” (John 20:2-8).\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cb>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Some argue that the body may have been stolen by the disciples, the women, or by Joseph of Arimathea (the owner of the tomb). Matthew’s gospel tells us more about this theory. The group of religious leaders known as Pharisees, remembered Jesus’ prophecy about rising again on the third day, and convinced Pilate to have the tomb guarded, so that Jesus’ disciples could not steal the body. Matthew says that “they went and made the grave secure, and along with the guard they set a seal on the stone” (Matt. 27:66). This seal was a sign of authentication that the tomb was occupied and the power and authority of Rome stood behind the seal. Anyone found breaking the Roman seal would suffer the punishment of an unpleasant death. Also, moving the stone would have been incredibly difficult to do, and it certainly wouldn’t be quiet. Additionally, most of the disciples were put to death because they were proclaiming Jesus’ resurrection. It is highly unlikely that they would all choose to die for something they simply made up, especially when they could have saved their lives by changing their story.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cb>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Matthew also tells us about how the religious leaders of the time explained the empty tomb. The chief priests and elders got together and paid some of the soldiers guarding the tomb to claim that the disciples came during the night, while the guards were asleep, and stole the body. The guards “took the money and did as they had been instructed; and this story was widely spread among the Jews, and is to this day” (Matthew 28:11-15). Under Roman law guards were executed for falling asleep at their post, making it extremely unlikely that they would have been sleeping soundly enough for the disciples to come and steal the body.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cb>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>It is even more unlikely that the women stole the body. All the same problems exist with the additional difficulty of the women being unable to move the stone themselves. They recognized their own inability to do so when they returned to the tomb, planning to finish the burial rites with additional spices. In thinking about the problem, “they were saying to one another, ‘Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance of the tomb?’” (Mark 16:3).\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cb>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Another suggestion is that Joseph of Arimathea stole the body because of his secret belief in Jesus. He would encounter all the same problems that the disciples would in stealing the body, and he doesn’t appear to have a strong motive. If the body were stolen, surely it would have been found by those attempting to put to rest rumors of a resurrection. Also, none of the theories address the multiple resurrection appearances of Jesus.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cb>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>One theory that does attempt to explain the resurrection appearances is the hallucination theory. It suggests that those who claimed to see Jesus after his crucifixion were imagining it and didn’t really see Him. One reason that a person might imagine the reappearance of a loved one is as a sort of wish fulfillment. Perhaps the overwhelming desire to see the person again would result in a hallucination. However, the disciples appear to have accepted Jesus death and had returned to their ordinary lives. The biggest problem with the hallucination theory is that hallucinations are private and individual. They don’t occur in groups. Yet, in one instance Jesus “appeared to more than five hundred brethren at one time” (1 Corinthians 15:6).\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cb>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>A belief that was popularized by a group of people known as Gnostics was that Jesus was resurrected spiritually and not physically. This teaching came out of a belief that anything physical is bad and that everything in the spiritual world is good. The description of the appearances clearly shows that Jesus had a real body after His death and resurrection. He was physically touched. Mary Magdalene clung to Him (John 20:17), Thomas felt His wounds (John 20:27), and Jesus ate broiled fish (Luke 24:41-43). Spirits can’t be touched, and they definitely don’t eat.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cb>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>In his book The Passover Plot, Hugh Schonfield suggests that those who claimed to see Jesus after His crucifixion were actually witnessing an imposter, perhaps Joseph of Arimathea. The fact that many of those who saw Him didn’t immediately recognize Him is used as evidence to support this theory. However, in each and every case, the witnesses’ initial doubt about Jesus’ identity was replaced by a confidence that it was in fact Jesus. This theory also fails to provide an explanation for the empty tomb.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cb>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Something caused the disciples to move from despair to belief in the days after Jesus’ death. Their discouragement was replaced by conviction that He was, indeed, the risen Savior. The tomb remained empty, Jesus’ dead body was never again seen, and those who saw and believed were forever changed. The most believable explanation for this is that Jesus rose from the dead in bodily form, just as He said He would.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cb>\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>SUGGESTED RESOURCES\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cb>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Those who would like to read more on this topic are encouraged to check out:\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cb>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>--- ONLINE RESOURCES ---\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Gary Habermas - journal articles on the resurrection                              \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.garyhabermas.com\u002Farticles\u002Farticles.htm\">http:\u002F\u002Fwww.garyhabermas.com\u002Farticles\u002Farticles.htm\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Peter Kreeft - Evidence for the Resurrection of Christ                                              \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.peterkreeft.com\u002Ftopics-more\u002Fresurrection-evidence.htm\">http:\u002F\u002Fwww.peterkreeft.com\u002Ftopics-more\u002Fresurrection-evidence.htm\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Lee Strobel - The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus                            \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fwatch?v=Z5wKYcK_kUs\">https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fwatch?v=Z5wKYcK_kUs\u003Cspan>\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>--- PRINT RESOURCES ---\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Winfried Corduan - No Doubt about It: The Case for Christianity (\u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Famzn.com\u002F0805416471\">http:\u002F\u002Famzn.com\u002F0805416471\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Norman Geisler - Baker Encyclopedia of Christian Apologetics (\u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Famzn.com\u002F0801021510\">http:\u002F\u002Famzn.com\u002F0801021510\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fp>","what-are-the-different-theories-concerning-christ-s-resurrection","2019-12-19T17:26:41.470Z","2023-08-03T05:29:37.266Z","https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Ftruelife1\u002Ficons\u002F117\u002Fanswerthumbnails\u002Ffull.jpg","\n\n¿Cuáles son las diferentes teorías en cuanto a la resurrección de Cristo?","\n\n\u003Cp>Los Evangelios nos dicen que después de que Jesús fue crucificado, un hombre llamado José de Arimatea le pidió a Pilato permiso para tomar el cuerpo y enterrarlo en una tumba que nunca antes se había usado. Envolvió el cuerpo en lino, y más tarde vinieron mujeres","\n\nQuels sont les différentes théories concernant la résurrection du Christ ?","\n\n\u003Cp>Les évangiles nous disent qu'après la crucifixion de Jésus, un homme nommé Joseph d'Arimathée a demandé à Pilate la permission de prendre le corps et de l'enterrer dans une tombe jamais utilisée auparavant. Il a enveloppé le corps dans un linceul, et plus tard des femmes","\n\n다른 신자 부활 이론들은 무엇인가?","\n\n성경은 예수가 십자가에 처형된 후 아리마태요의 요셉이라는 사람이 피라토에게",{"id":117,"title":118,"description":119,"featured":30,"transcript":120,"subtitle":121,"playerembed":122,"category_id":6,"slug":123,"answertype":91,"created_at":34,"updated_at":124,"thumbnail":125,"embed_thumbnail":126,"embed_icon":38,"title_es":39,"description_es":127,"playerembed_es":128,"transcript_es":16,"title_fr":129,"description_fr":130,"playerembed_fr":16,"transcript_fr":16,"title_ko":131,"description_ko":132,"playerembed_ko":16,"transcript_ko":16,"question_id":16,"category_slug":8,"category_name":-1},67,"Did Jesus Rise From the Dead?","\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"color: inherit; font-family: inherit;\">Have you ever wondered what convincing evidence there is for Christ's resurrection?  Enjoy this video with Dr. Gary Habermas, the leading Christian resurrection author and scholar, as he shares evidence that you may have never considered.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cp>You can learn more from \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.garyhabermas.com\u002F\">Dr. Gary R. Habermas\u003C\u002Fa>. He is a Distinguished Research Professor and Chair of the Department of Philosophy and Theology at \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.liberty.edu\u002F\">Liberty University\u003C\u002Fa>. We also highly recommend his book, \"\u003Ca target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.amazon.com\u002FCase-Resurrection-Jesus-Gary-Habermas\u002Fdp\u002F0825427886\u002Fref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1284259865&sr=1-1\">The Case For the Resurrection of Jesus\u003C\u002Fa>.\"\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cp>TrueLife.org would be more than happy to help introduce you to a pastor so you can experience the great blessing of being in a church family. Please use our \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.truelife.org\u002Flocations\">Church Finder\u003C\u002Fa> to easily locate and email a pastor near you.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ftruelife.org\u002Fanswers\u002Fhow-can-i-be-forgiven-and-go-to-heaven-video\">Click here if you are ready to be forgiven and go to Heaven!\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>","\u003Cp>Did Jesus Rise From The Dead?\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Dr. Gary Habermas\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Critical scholars think that the most important, the strongest evidence for the resurrection of Jesus is in all four Gospels, and the four Gospels come from different sources and those sources all report unanimously that women were the first witnesses to the empty tomb. Why is that significant? Because in the ancient world, contrary popular opinion, women could testify at a court of law in the first century, but there was an inverse relationship in how important the issue was and whether you could use a woman.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Think about this, you’re “making up,” inventing the Christian story decades later and you are trying to prove an empty tomb. Do you use women as your primary witnesses? Of course not, because people are not going to let you get away with that. Why do all four Gospels use the women testimony? Easy because they were the first to find the empty tomb and hence that is probably the strongest evidence for the empty tomb. It is the witnesses they chose because they were truly witnesses and I think this other witness is equally strong. It is what I call “The Jerusalem Factor.”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>It goes like this, if Jesus had been buried in Rome and you’re preaching in Jerusalem and you say, “He is buried in Rome, go see the tomb He is not there.”  Are you going to get on a ship and go to Rome? I don’t think so, but the early preaching started in Jerusalem, the very city where He died and was buried, the very city where He was raised and appeared. If you want to take a Sunday afternoon stroll down to the empty tomb you can verify for yourself in about how long, an hour, that that tomb is empty. In other words, bury Him in some other city but don’t go preaching it in Jerusalem unless the tomb is empty.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Now some skeptics will say, “now come on, according to your own book, Acts, they don’t start preaching this until fifty days. The body would be all rotted by then.” First of all, bodies don’t rot at fifty days. Secondly, there would be nail marks in the wrist and the feet and a spear wound. That is not going to away in fifty days. Here is the most important reason: Christians didn’t teach “there is a body in the tomb but we can’t tell who it is.” They said “there is no body in the tomb, its empty.”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>If you find any body in the in the tomb you would be right and Christians would be wrong. You could only make that claim in the city in the time when it happened if there is no body in the tomb. So women in Jerusalem are tough but think about a couple of others. Critics often say if we have more than one independent source in the ancient world for something then we have a good chance of it being true. We have several independent sources for the empty tomb and critics count that very, very highly. \u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Some critics say three, some critics say four different sources but we have more than one. We have several, and in the ancient world that makes a big difference. Here is another one. The Greek word “\u003Cb>anastasiV\u003C\u002Fb>,” the Greek word for “resurrection,” the word itself means “to stand up again.” The word is almost never used, some say never used in ancient literature, pagans, Jewish or Christians perhaps never in any context other than a body being raised. Now that’s important because if a body is raised it is not in the tomb and so again the tomb is empty. See these are some of the reasons the critics today take the tomb very seriously and critical scholars, more critical scholars than not believe the tomb was empty because of facts just like these.\u003C\u002Fp>","Have you ever wondered what convincing evidence there is for Christ's resurrection? Enjoy this video with Dr. Gary Habermas, the leading Christian resurrection author and scholar, as he shares evidence that you may have never considered.","\u003Ciframe src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fplayer.vimeo.com\u002Fvideo\u002F8724775?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&color=BF1E2E&autoplay=1\" width=\"935\" height=\"526\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen>\u003C\u002Fiframe>","did-jesus-rise-from-the-dead","2023-08-03T05:53:56.072Z","https:\u002F\u002Ftruelifeorg.s3.amazonaws.com\u002Fresources\u002F1630248650677_Screen%20Shot%202021-08-29%20at%2010.50.20%20AM.png","https:\u002F\u002Ftruelifeorg.s3.amazonaws.com\u002Fresources\u002F1630248652158_Screen%20Shot%202021-08-29%20at%2010.50.20%20AM.png","\n\n¿Alguna vez se ha preguntado cuál es la evidencia convincente de la resurrección de Cristo? Disfrute de este video con el Dr. Gary Habermas, el principal autor y estudioso de la resurrección cristiana, mientras comparte evidencia que tal vez no haya considerado.\n\nPuede obtener más información del","\u003Ciframe src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fplayer.vimeo.com\u002Fvideo\u002F464431848\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen>\u003C\u002Fiframe>","\n\nJésus est-il ressuscité des morts ?","\n\nAvez-vous déjà demandé quelle était la preuve convaincante de la résurrection de Christ? Profitez de cette vidéo avec le Dr Gary Habermas, le principal auteur et chercheur chrétien sur la résurrection, alors qu'il partage des preuves que vous n'avez peut-être jamais envisagées.\n","\n\n예수께서 시체로부터 부활하시었나요?","\n\n예수 그리스도의 부활에 대한 확실한 증거가 무엇인지 궁금해 하셨나요? 그리스",{"id":134,"title":135,"description":136,"featured":137,"transcript":138,"subtitle":139,"playerembed":140,"category_id":6,"slug":141,"answertype":91,"created_at":34,"updated_at":142,"thumbnail":143,"embed_thumbnail":144,"embed_icon":38,"title_es":145,"description_es":78,"playerembed_es":146,"transcript_es":16,"title_fr":79,"description_fr":147,"playerembed_fr":16,"transcript_fr":16,"title_ko":81,"description_ko":148,"playerembed_ko":16,"transcript_ko":16,"question_id":16,"category_slug":8,"category_name":-1},62,"Is Jesus God?","\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"color: inherit; font-family: inherit;\">Many people state that \"Jesus was not God,\" but what did Jesus say? Come join Dr. Danny Akin, the President of Southeastern Seminary, as he shares the answer.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cp>\u003Cspan>You can learn more from \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.dannyakin.com\u002F\">Dr. Danny Akin\u003C\u002Fa>. He is the President of \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.sebts.edu\u002F\">Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary\u003C\u002Fa> and we highly recommend his books \"\u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.amazon.com\u002FGod-Sex-Creators-Intimacy-Marriage\u002Fdp\u002F0805425969\u002Fref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1283998867&sr=8-2\">God on Sex\u003C\u002Fa>\" and \"\u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.amazon.com\u002FTheology-Church-Daniel-L-Akin\u002Fdp\u002F080542640X\u002Fref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1284081485&sr=8-1#reader_080542640X\">A Theology for the Church\u003C\u002Fa>.\"   \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cp>TrueLife.org would be more than happy to help introduce you to a pastor so you can experience the great blessing of being in a church family. Please use our \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.truelife.org\u002Flocations\">Church Finder\u003C\u002Fa> to easily locate and email a pastor near you.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ftruelife.org\u002Fanswers\u002Fhow-can-i-be-forgiven-and-go-to-heaven-video\">Click here if you are ready to be forgiven and go to Heaven!\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>",true,"\u003Cp>\u003Cb>IS JESUS GOD?\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>A Study Guide\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp class=\"wysiwyg-text-align-center\">\u003Ci>“When you raise the question who was Jesus most people will readily say he was a good man.  After all think about the things he said and the things he did.” - Dr. Daniel Akin\u003C\u002Fi>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp class=\"wysiwyg-text-align-center\">\u003Ci>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fi>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cb>I.               \u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cb>\u003Cu>WAS JESUS GOD?\u003C\u002Fu>\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>C.S. Lewis, who was perhaps the greatest apologist in the previous century, basically said that for us to consider Jesus requires us to put him in one of three or four categories.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>-       He was a liar\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>-       He was a lunatic\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>-       He was a legend\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>-       He was the Lord. \u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cb>II.             \u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cb>\u003Cu>THE EVENT\u003C\u002Fu>\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Question: What event does Dr. Akin say proves without doubt that Jesus is God?\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Answer: The resurrection\u003Cu>\u003C\u002Fu>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cb>III.           \u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cb>\u003Cu>WHAT OTHERS SAY ABOUT JESUS\u003C\u002Fu>\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The Apostle John Says…..\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The Apostle Paul says…\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cb>IV.           \u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cb>\u003Cu>WHAT JESUS SAYS ABOUT HIMSELF\u003C\u002Fu>\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp> \u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cb>\u003Cu>APPLICATION QUESTIONS\u003C\u002Fu>\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>1.     Why is it important to recognize Jesus as God? (Reference: Psalms 148:13, Hebrews 7:26-28)\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>2.     Since Scripture tells us to worship both God the Father and His Son Jesus, in what other ways are we to respond to them? (Reference: 1 John 5:2, Matthew 16:24)\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>3.     If Jesus is God, His words and commands are just as authoritative. What are some of Christ's notable commands that we at times fail to obey? (Reference: Matthew 28:16-20)\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp> \u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cb>\u003Cu>KEY VERSES\u003C\u002Fu>\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>John 5:18, 8:24,  8:58, 10: 30-33, 17:5, John 20:28, Col 2:9, Phil 2:5-8, Heb 1:8\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp> \u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cb>\u003Cu>ADDITIONAL READINGS\u003C\u002Fu>\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Ci>Jesus: The Greatest Life of All, \u003C\u002Fi>by Charles Swindoll.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Ci>I Don't Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist, \u003C\u002Fi>by Norm Geisler and Frank Turek.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Ci>\u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.amazon.com\u002FJesus-Among-Other-Gods-Christian\u002Fdp\u002F0849943272\u002Fref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1354656065&sr=8-3&keywords=is+jesus+god\">Jesus Among Other Gods: The Absolute Claims of the Christian Message\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003C\u002Fi>by \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.amazon.com\u002FRavi-Zacharias\u002Fe\u002FB000APPDAC\u002Fref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_3?qid=1354656065&sr=8-3\">Ravi Zacharias\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Ci>\u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.amazon.com\u002FJesus-Son-God-Christological-Misunderstood\u002Fdp\u002F1433537966\u002Fref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1354656065&sr=8-4&keywords=is+jesus+god\">Jesus the Son of God: A Christological Title Often Overlooked, Sometimes Misunderstood, and Currently Disputed\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003C\u002Fi>by D. A. Carson\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Ci>\u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.amazon.com\u002FJesus-Only-Must-Gospel-Saved\u002Fdp\u002F0801072638\u002Fref=sr_1_6?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1354656410&sr=1-6&keywords=is+jesus+god\">Jesus: The Only Way to God: Must You Hear the Gospel to be Saved?\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003C\u002Fi>by \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.amazon.com\u002FJohn-Piper\u002Fe\u002FB000APOYGQ\u002Fref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_6?qid=1354656410&sr=1-6\">John Piper\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cdiv>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fdiv>","Many people state that \"Jesus was not God,\" but what did Jesus say? Come join Dr. Danny Akin, the President of Southeastern Seminary, as he shares the answer.","\u003Ciframe src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fplayer.vimeo.com\u002Fvideo\u002F14540233?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&color=BF1E2E&autoplay=1\" width=\"935\" height=\"526\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen>\u003C\u002Fiframe>","is-jesus-god","2023-08-03T06:24:20.606Z","https:\u002F\u002Ftruelifeorg.s3.amazonaws.com\u002Fresources\u002F1630247870396_Screen%20Shot%202021-08-29%20at%2010.37.13%20AM.png","https:\u002F\u002Ftruelifeorg.s3.amazonaws.com\u002Fresources\u002F1630247871659_Screen%20Shot%202021-08-29%20at%2010.37.13%20AM.png","¿Es Jesús Dios?","\u003Ciframe src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fplayer.vimeo.com\u002Fvideo\u002F464440826\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen>\u003C\u002Fiframe>"," \u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"color: inherit; font-family: inherit;\">De nombreuses personnes affirment que «Jésus n'était pas Dieu», mais que dit Jésus? Rejoignez le Dr Danny Akin, le président du Southeastern Seminary, alors qu'il partage la réponse.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cp>\u003Cspan>Vous pouvez en apprend","\n\n여러 사람들은 \"예수께서 신이 아니시었다\"고 말하지만, 예수께서 무엇을 말씀하셨는",[]]