Some Questions the World Asks Prt. 2

It's Wed. nights lesson again and we are getting into an introduction on the questions that people have today about Christ and Christianity tonight.  Enjoy but mostly worship the King of Kings and Lord of Lords.

 

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Some Questions the World Asks Prt. 2

I.                   The First is where did We Come From?

A.   This determines how people lead their lives

1.     If you believe you came from a random process you will live your life with no real purpose and no belief in anything about God

2.     If you believe you are a creation of God you will believe you have a standard set by Him and live your life accountable to Him

3.     In the final analysis plenty of our societies decisions ride on these decisions

a.      Abortion

b.     Euthanasia, etc.

II.                We must be able to defend the central belief that holds everything else in Christianity together, the resurrection

A.   The resurrection isn’t just a piece of Christianity, without the resurrection there is no Christianity

1.     No way to be forgiven of sin

2.     Everyone doomed to eternal judgment

B.    It is the one doctrine that puts Christianity above all other religions

1.     The resurrection keeps Christ out of just a line of religious figures like Abraham, Buddha, or Confucius

2.     Christ had the power to lay down His life and take it up

3.     Paul made it very plain 1 Cor. 15:14 “And if Christ is not risen, then our preaching is empty and your faith is also empty.”

III.             We need to be able to prove that the Bible is divine and not merely from human hands

A.   If we prove the Bible is from God then we can use Scripture to answer many other questions

1.     If we can’t then the Bible stands in a long line of religious books

2.     If we can prove the Bible comes from God then it is the authority that we should live our lives by

3.     Without the Bible being the cornerstone of society norms then society can do basically what it wants

Conclusion: Remember 1 Peter 3:15 “But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear;…”