FOF final Flashcards
(14 cards)
4 separate lines of evidence
- If God exists and the Bible teaches that Jesus is the divinely begotten Son of God, then it follows that Jesus is the divinely begotten Son of God.
- Character and teachings of Jesus are so great, they couldn’t have been contrived by mere man;
- Predictive prophecy
4 Resurrection of Jesus
Sztanyo lists 10 historical facts instead of 5
- Jesus dies of crucifixion
- Was buried in Jerusalem
- Disciples become discouraged, having lost hope because of his death
- Jesus’ tomb was found empty soon after his burial.
- His disciples experienced seeing and being with his resurrected body
- Their lives were completely transformed to the point of being put to death for their beliefs
- The disciple’s testimony began in Jerusalem where Jesus had been crucified and buried shortly thereafter.
- The church had its beginning at this time
- Sunday became primary day of worship rather than the Sabbath day.
- Saul became a believer and believed the resurrection.
Attempts to explain away the evidence
- The stolen body theory.
- The “Swoon” theory.
- Jesus had a twin brother who actually took his place on the cross.
- The theory that the disciples had hallucinations of Jesus in one form or another.
Jewish sources:
1The Talmud
- Josephus
- Eusebius
Jesus claimed to be the Son of God.
- Jesus called God His own Father, making himself equal with God
- Jesus claimed to be abel to forgive sins
- Only God is worthy of worship
- Jesus accepted worship on nine separate occasions without rebuking those who worshipped
- Jesus claimed rights and prerogatives belonging only to God
- Claimed to be the “I Am”
- Jesus claimed to be the only access to the father and also claimed explicitly to be deity as well
- John clearly identifies Jesus as the gospel of John begins.
- It seems from these passages that Jesus makes the claim for himself to be the Son of God.
Was Jesus possibly a lunatic?
1.Rarely will men follow lunatics to their death
2.Not only did men follow Jesus at the threat of death but also taught others to do the same thing
Would the hundreds of people willingly surrender their lives for a dead lunatic?
- his own family thought he was a madman during his ministry.
Four false arguments that suggest that one cannot make knowledge claims in matters of history.
- The historian never directly knows his subject
- The historian’s knowledge is necessarily incomplete.
- A historian’s research is goal-directed and, therefore, prejudiced.
- Historical research is value laden and is therefore constructed rather than discovered.
What contributes to finding solid conclusions in one’s historical research?
- The closer the witnesses are to the events in question the better is the testimony.
- Evidence from those who have no interest in, or are opposed to, supporting particular events being studied, actually supports those conclusions.
- Eyewitness testimony supports the conclusions one draws about matters of history.
- Embarrassing admissions tend to support historical claims.
- Multiple, independent witnesses support historical claims.
The he Apostle Paul stresses the importance of the resurrection The argument he makes is stated is as follows:
- If there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not been raised
- But Christ has been raised
- therefore, there is a resurrection from the dead.
Additional arguments by Sztanyo
- The physical death by crucifixion and subsequent burial of Jesus are virtually beyond historical dispute.
- The empty tomb just 3 days after his death.
- The amazing conversions of Saul and James, the Lord’s half brother
Jesus was better able to demonstrate and better able to explain
He was better able to demonstrate understanding of mankind and better able to explain God to man.
Josephus stated what?
that Jesus was the Messiah
who does Eusebius quote?
Josephus
what was written in in the Sanhedrin Tractate of The Talmud?
“on the eve of the Passover, Yeshu was hanged.”
