Posted on 05/29/2013 2:02:35 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
It is impossible that Christianity is not God's revelation of truth to man. Simply impossible. The math proves it beyond question. It doesn't take faith to believe that one plus one equals two, and it doesn't take faith to identify the religion which has mathematical certainty in its corner.
God didn't have to give us mathematical proof of His existence, but He did it anyway. God didn't have to give us proof of Christianity, but He chose to do so. And God didn't have to give us proof of His love for us, but that is exactly what He did. The proof is irrefutable.
I live in Nebraska where I serve as a pastor. Imagine someone covering this entire state in silver dollars 6 feet deep. Then mark one coin and bury it anywhere across the state. Next, blindfold a man and have him choose one coin. The odds that he would choose the marked coin are the same odds of getting 8 prophecies all fulfilled in one man. God gave us about 300 fulfilled prophecies in the Person of Jesus Christ.
Here are 8 of those 300 prophecies:
(1) The Messiah will be born in Bethlehem. (Micah 5:2; Matthew 2:1; Luke 2:4-6) (2) The Messiah will be a descendant of Jacob. (Numbers 24:17; Matthew 1:2) (3) The Messiah will enter Jerusalem as a king riding on a donkey. (Zechariah 9:9; Mark 11:4-11) (4) The Messiah will be betrayed by a friend. (Psalm 41:9; Luke 22:47,48) (5) The Messiah's betrayal money will be used to purchase a potter's field. (Zechariah 11:13; Matthew 27:9,10) (6) The Messiah will be spat upon and struck. (Isaiah 50:6; Matthew 26:67) (7) The Messiah's hands and feet will be pierced. (Psalm 22:16; John 20:25-27) (8) Soldiers will gamble for the Messiah's garments. (Psalm 22:18; Luke 23:34)
There is no way one man could have fulfilled all 8 of these prophecies unless God was making it happen. Who else controls history? Who else could give us such irrefutable proof for Christianity? The odds are one in one hundred quadrillion, or 1 in 100,000,000,000,000,000.
This mathematical proof was calculated by Professor Peter Stoner. He was chairman of the mathematics and astronomy departments at Pasadena City College until 1953. He then went to Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California, where he served as chairman of the science division.
You don't have to be a mathematics professor to see that this evidence is irrefutable. No one would pick the marked coin under those conditions. No one but God could have given us these biblical prophecies, and then brought them to fulfillment right before our eyes. It is impossible that Christianity is false. The math proves it, and the Man behind the math rose from the dead, just as it had been foretold.
It doesn't take faith to see how the Bible could only have come from God. It does take faith, however, to accept Jesus as your Savior and to believe in God's promise of eternal life. God has done everything to make this way open to you. If you choose to reject it in spite of the overwhelming evidence and in spite of God's love for you, you will be walking away from an open door to paradise.
Some people won't accept proof for the Bible even when it is irrefutable. Man, by nature, is not very good at accepting the evidence which God has laid out for us. The bias against God and against the supernatural is so strong that even irrefutable evidence is viewed with suspicion and doubt.
Never mind the fact that the prophecy about Christ's crucifixion was given hundreds of years before that type of execution was being used. And who but God could have identified Bethlehem 700 years before Christ was born? You really have to have a closed mind to miss the supernatural quality of the Bible, especially when you really start to dig into it. The historical and mathematical conclusions all point to God's plan of salvation through His Son.
Here is an idea. Try looking at this mathematical proof as if you didn't have any bias against God and against the supernatural, and see how that approach works for you. The end result of your honest evaluation may shock you, and then it will change you from the inside out. That is what happens whenever man embraces the truth as revealed to us in Scripture.
One plus one equals two. Old Testament history plus New Testament fulfillment equals irrefutable proof. This is why Christianity is not a "blind faith." It is a faith built on immovable facts. Are you ready to have that firm foundation in your life? Or do you plan to finish out your time here on this planet with nothing more than an unreasonable bias against God?
No one ever said man is going to always be reasonable. That's the tragic thing about the human soul ever since sin entered the world. There are some biases which go even deeper than common sense and mathematical certainty. That's what our sin does to us, and this is why you and I need the Messiah. We need Jesus because we are sinners. We have broken God's law. And God has been gracious enough not only to give us His only Son, but even to give us conclusive proof for Christianity.
So it's no surprise to find that every other belief system and every other religion lacks even a hint of mathematical evidence, let alone irrefutable proof. The followers of those religions are no less sincere, but the foundation for their faith is not based on irrefutable evidence. Where is your faith based today? Do you have a bias against God which is keeping you from considering the mathematical certainty which supports Christianity?
If so, God still loves you, and there is still hope. Many former unbelievers who are now Christians know just what you are going through. This is a critical time for you to consider your sin against God, and your need for His forgiveness.
But don't take my word for it. Instead, accept the irrefutable proof which our Creator has kindly given us in the Old and New Testaments. He loves you far more than you can fathom. He proved it at the cross, and through the fulfilled prophecies. You would have to be blind to miss it.
Dan Delzell is the pastor of Wellspring Lutheran Church in Papillion, Neb. He is a regular contributor to The Christian Post.
RE: I would guess their aversion to Christ comes from the deep-seated Jewish belief that the messiah would be a warrior king who would destroy Israel’s enemies.
So, how do they interpret Isaiah 53 - THE SUFFERING SERVANT?
The willingness of Jesus’ apostles to die horrible deaths rather than recant their faith, and their witnessing of Jesus after His resurrection is extremely probative of Christ’s resurrection for me. If He were not raised, Christianity fails. The apostles’ deaths, for me, is proof enough.
I heard that before a while back - it is not new. But the person did not say faith was not needed. Anyone who says that will be reject whatever else comes out of their mouth.
“Without faith it is impossible to please Mim: for he that comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him.”
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Nature is not a mind. We have absolutely no evidence for this. In fact, this is actually a ridiculous assertion, akin to believing in a literal ‘Mother Nature’.
Besides, if he believes so-called ‘nature’ is a conscious, calculating force.... well, that sounds a whole lot like God to me.
I have no idea. I’m not an expert on Judaism, and a Jew I’m sure could give you some answer.
He should have stated it as you did then. Tell him you want to proof read his work first, and hopefully he hasn’t taken someone else’s work and made it like it’s his.
Jesus says, “If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.”
Jews in the time of Christ looked for a military Messiah who would defeat the Romans, Palestine returning to their possession. Israel’s military savior, not a savior who would die for the sins of the world. They saw only one coming of the Messiah. Christians see two, the first one to die for the sins of the world, the second one is the military one Jews look for (Armageddon).
I’m gonnah ve to find that late tonight- we’re gettign bad lightiening here- shutting down computer- I did a quick search, but am not findign it- but i have come across it before- so it’s there- somewhere0- just gotta find it
Another very compelling element.
The very idea of a ‘resurrection’ is patently un-Jewish. The disciples would have little reason to propagate such an outlandish claim if it were not true. If anything, it would have served to alienate potential Jewish converts.
That's my belief.
[[Nature is not a mind.]] I realize that- but peopel liek demski somehow thin kit is- their hypothesis abotu how information arose is bizzare to say the least
[[Besides, if he believes so-called ‘nature’ is a conscious, calculating force.... well, that sounds a whole lot like God to me.]]
That’s why I say he misses them ark by 10 to the 2,000,000th power when the answetr is right htere in front of him
Slow down buddy, your typing is unbelievable tangled up - hard to read...
I don’t think he understands statistics and probability.
Basically, if something is possible, no matter how improbable, sooner or later it WILL happen.
RE: Jews in the time of Christ looked for a military Messiah who would defeat the Romans, Palestine returning to their possession. Israel’s military savior, not a savior who would die for the sins of the world
So, how do the Jews interpret Isaiah 53 - THE SUFFERING SERVANT?
I was mistaken, it was in philidelphia, not chicago- here’s a blurb from pathlights site
[[*Murray Eden showed that it would be impossible for even a single ordered pair of genes to be produced by DNA mutations in the bacteria, E. coli,—with 5 billion years in which to produce it! His estimate was based on 5 trillion tons of the bacteria covering the planet to a depth of nearly an inch during that 5 billion years. He then explained that the genes of E. coli contain over a trillion (1012) bits of data. That is the number 10 followed by 12 zeros. *Eden then showed the mathematical impossibility of protein forming by chance. He also reported on his extensive investigations into genetic data on hemoglobin (red blood cells). ]]
[[A number of mathematicians, familiar with the biological problems, spoke at that 1966 Wistar Institute. They clearly refuted neo-Darwinianism in several areas, and showed that its “fitness” and “adaptation” theories were tautologous—little more than circular reasoning. In contrast, some of the biologists who spoke at the convention could not see the light. They understood bugs and turtles, but could grasp neither the mathematical impossibilities of evolutionary theory nor the broad picture of how thoroughly defunct evolution really is.]]
http://www.pathlights.com/ce_encyclopedia/Encyclopedia/20hist12.htm
The consensus of them eetign was that evoltuion was not mathematically possible- not any part of it-
Evolution was guided by the hand of God and he shaped the earth and heavens to satisfy the curiosity of the man and woman he created. We are blessed to have all the things that he has created..to study, wonder at and preserve.
[[Slow down buddy, your typing is unbelievable tangled up - hard to read...]]
sorry- my usually horrible typing is much worse today as I’m rushign tryign ot get off the net before lightening hits-
Unlike me - I'd be in the face of those who killed me and say 'and that's your best shot? I'm here to tell you, it didn't work and leave them trembling'.
I have alot work to be more like Jesus - on my way but haven't arrived!
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