The Pharisees Tried To Destroy The Evidence, Literally.

[JAG 5000]

The takeaway point of this post is that the Lord Jesus presented compelling evidence to His enemies, the

Pharisees and Teachers Of The Law, and they responded by trying to literally KILL the evidence.

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"I would believe in God if I had sufficient evidence" say many unbelievers these days on the Internet.

"Give me convincing evidence and I will then believe in Christianity" say many unbelievers on Internet Forums.

There is constant talk on the Internet about "give me convincing evidence."

Below is a clear example of some people that had clear compelling sufficient empirical evidence that rose to the

certainty-level of 2 + 2 = 4 --- and what did they do with this evidence?

Answer: they tried to KILL the evidence, literally.

Read on . . .

The Teachers Of The Law and the Pharisees saw the miracles Jesus performed.

They had all the proof {evidence} they needed that He was worthy of their faith, and still they did not believe in Him.

John chapters 11 and 12 tells the story about the death of Lazarus and about the Lord Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead.

There were many people there and they saw Lazarus, who had been dead for 4 days, raised from the dead by the Lord Jesus.

The Teachers Of The Law and the Pharisees knew this, and fully understood this -- and they decided to "do something about it."

Lazarus-now-alive WAS HIMSELF the Logical, Empirical, Rational Evidence for the truth of Christianity.

So?

So what did the Teachers Of The Law and the Pharisees decide to do when faced with that type of strong

solid irrefutable Logical, Rational, Empirical evidence?

Answer:

That plotted first to kill the Lord Jesus who had provided the compelling evidence.

LAZARUS-NOW-ALIVE , , , WAS , , , the strong solid Logical, Rational, Empirical evidence.

"So from that day on they plotted to take his life." John 11:53

Next they plotted to kill the evidence itself which was Lazarus-very-much-alive who had been dead for 4 days.

Lazarus WAS THE EVIDENCE , , , , THE LIVING EVIDENCE.

"So the chief priests made plans to kill Lazarus as well." John 12:10

So?

So now you know why Jesus' enemies, the Pharisees and Teachers Of The Law, were evil people.

They were murderers.

Murderers who tried to KILL the evidence and get rid of it.

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[Hostage]

The Apostle Paul was a Pharisee.

[MAAG]

The fact that the Jewish people still exist, let alone having become a nation again.

[JAG 5000]

“The Apostle Paul was a Pharisee.”__Hostage

Yah. But not the murdering kind AFTER he became a
Christian.

[JAG 5000]

“The fact that the Jewish people still exist, let alone having become a nation again.”___MAAG

MAAG, help me out.
I don’t get your point.
Tell me what you mean.

[Persevero]

“Was”

[MAAG]

No Nation of people have been broken up and dispersed, chased down and murdered(think final solution, Pogroms and so on) so many times and still be a nation.

[JAG 5000]

“No Nation of people have been broken up and dispersed, chased down and murdered(think final solution, Pogroms and so on) so many times and still be a nation.”___MAAG

I got it now.
Thanks for the clarification, MAAG.

[sauropod]

Sure was.

[Bookshelf]

Faith is what counts. Nothing else.

[Bookshelf]

Faith is what counts. Nothing else.

[JAG 5000]

“Faith is what counts. Nothing else.”___Bookshelf

“Nothing else.”___Bookshelf

Want to tell me more?

I know you believe in
“faith, hope”

I know you believe in these:
Galatians 5:22-23
{1} love
{2} joy
{3} peace
{4} patience
{5} kindness
{6} goodness
{7}faithfulness
{8} gentleness
{9} self-control

[Ezekiel]

God has already trumped all enemies of truth. The truth has been routed right over, under, and through them. They never see it coming because they're not looking there.

The experts and their minions fight to the death on the Bible battlefields, because that's where they all zero in to prove their points of view.

Of course one group claims the Bible teaches "x", and here's the proof. And another group with an opposite teaching says the Bible agrees with us, and here's the proof.

50 zillion human reasoning models, spread all over the map, so anyone can pick the 'hood that he likes best, because the Bible "proves" it's the right one. Everyone is right because everyone else has it wrong so why can't we all get along, thwwack!

Meanwhile, over in the snack aisle, God's a funny Guy, miles above the fray, hoping for some company up in His world.

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There's goes the neighborhood. All that academy training, wasted!

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- I am very angry about what has happened.

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And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him. --Hebrews 11:6

If cold facts and proof were available so as to offer no logical alternative to believing in Jesus, it would nonetheless not produce what God desires for his human creations, those created in His image. --Gen 1:27

A rock may contain logical and undeniable proof of its creator God. Though God was pleased by His creation, only humans were endowed in their creation of His image. We are His workmanship, created for good works--created beforehand by God through Jesus Christ. He desires that we do those good works, not to earn salvation, but to show forth through good works the unique goodness with which he endowed his human creations.

Those good works will be done in faith, using the hope set before us (Heb. 6:18). What may seem to some to be the same works without faith are impossible to please God. Just as we mortals can detect inauthenticity in one another, how much more can God distinguish a loving, genuine human response working through His image versus an ungodly counterfeit human nature, seemingly doing a apparent, outwardly-good work, but without faith in Him! --Ephesians 2:8-9