jerryR34 Posted April 21, 2014 Group: Removed from Forums for Breaking Terms of Service Followers: 0 Topic Count: 18 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 588 Content Per Day: 0.16 Reputation: 82 Days Won: 2 Joined: 11/22/2013 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/12/1969 Share Posted April 21, 2014 (edited) If He is, He did not rise again for us, if not, He did not die for us. How do we explain this to non-Christians? Edited April 21, 2014 by jerryR34 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missmuffet Posted April 21, 2014 Group: Royal Member Followers: 34 Topic Count: 1,989 Topics Per Day: 0.49 Content Count: 48,687 Content Per Day: 11.89 Reputation: 30,342 Days Won: 226 Joined: 01/11/2013 Status: Offline Share Posted April 21, 2014 1) If God is dead, there are no moral absolutes and no universal standard to which all men should conform. 2) If God is dead, there is no purpose or rational order in life. 3) If God is dead, any design seen in the universe is projected by men who are desperate to find meaning in life. 4) If God is dead, man is independent and totally free to create his own values. 5) If God is dead, the "real" world (as opposed to a heaven and hell) is man's only concern. The idea that "God is dead" is primarily a challenge to God's authority over our lives. The notion that we can safely create our own rules was the lie that the serpent told Eve: "ye shall be as gods" (Genesis 3:5). Peter warns us that "there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction" (2 Peter 2:1). The "God is dead" argument is usually presented as a rational, empowering philosophy for artists and intellectuals. But scripture calls it foolish. "The fool hath said in his heart, 'There is no God'" (Psalm 14:1). Ironically, those who hold to the “God is dead” philosophy will discover the fatal error in the philosophy when they themselves are dead. Read more: http://www.gotquestions.org/is-God-dead.html#ixzz2zYWkvW7I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Christ is not dead. He did die to pay the price for my sin. But then GOD raised Him up again. He sits in Heaven at the right hand of GOD. You can't explain anything to a non-believer unless they are called first by GOD to receive what you have to say. That includes believing in the resurrection of the dead. For GOD is the GOD of the living, not the dead. HE is the GOD of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. And me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fez Posted April 21, 2014 Group: Royal Member Followers: 3 Topic Count: 683 Topics Per Day: 0.12 Content Count: 11,128 Content Per Day: 2.01 Reputation: 1,352 Days Won: 54 Joined: 02/03/2009 Status: Offline Birthday: 12/07/1952 Share Posted April 21, 2014 If He is, He did not rise again for us, if not, He did not die for us. How do we explain this to non-Christians? Incarnate yes. As God no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerryR34 Posted April 21, 2014 Group: Removed from Forums for Breaking Terms of Service Followers: 0 Topic Count: 18 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 588 Content Per Day: 0.16 Reputation: 82 Days Won: 2 Joined: 11/22/2013 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/12/1969 Author Share Posted April 21, 2014 If He is still with the Father, did he sacrifice anything? How is Jesus/God/The Holy Spirit any different now than before His sacrifice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 He died as a sinless man. He didn't die as GOD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littlelambseativy Posted April 21, 2014 Group: Royal Member Followers: 6 Topic Count: 230 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 4,941 Content Per Day: 0.96 Reputation: 2,003 Days Won: 14 Joined: 02/08/2010 Status: Offline Share Posted April 21, 2014 God made a promise to Abraham that his progeny would be as the sands of the sea. as you can see, Abraham's descendants are flourishing and though man has though the millennia attempted to destroy them,they survive and thrive. God lives as do His promises. Therefore as long as there is a Jew - know that there is a God and yes,He lives ! Since God is in Christ and Christ is in God, Christ lives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gray wolf Posted April 21, 2014 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 28 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1,046 Content Per Day: 0.27 Reputation: 194 Days Won: 2 Joined: 09/25/2013 Status: Offline Birthday: 09/30/1960 Share Posted April 21, 2014 1 Cor 15 12-19 12 Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead? 13 But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen: 14 and if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain. 15 Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not. 16 For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised: 17 and if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins. 18 Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished. 19 If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayin jade Posted April 21, 2014 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 44 Topic Count: 6,178 Topics Per Day: 0.88 Content Count: 43,784 Content Per Day: 6.23 Reputation: 11,227 Days Won: 58 Joined: 01/03/2005 Status: Offline Share Posted April 21, 2014 My Lord lives. Christ was seen after His death on the cross, which was witnessed by many, and His resurrection was witnessed by many. Eye witness accounts show He rose again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerryR34 Posted April 21, 2014 Group: Removed from Forums for Breaking Terms of Service Followers: 0 Topic Count: 18 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 588 Content Per Day: 0.16 Reputation: 82 Days Won: 2 Joined: 11/22/2013 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/12/1969 Author Share Posted April 21, 2014 If He lives, how can He have died for us? If He died, how can He have been resurrected. Sometimes it is difficult to see the sacrifice when a Being is eternal...Sorry to ask hard questions, but I'm trying to make sense of this especially at Easter time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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