@Numpty,
Numpty;64671 wrote:Not my savior, when you start spouting rubbish like that then I will challenge the existence of some dude in sandles.
You said he existed, you believe he existed, you use 'evidence' in the BIble to 'prove' his existence.
So, my challenge is to provide the 'other' evidence which will substantiate your claims.
Prove there was a Jesus, and I will belive there was a man by that name (so far you have failed)
When you manage to prove he existed the next challenge is to provide evidence he was the son of a deity.
Over to you.
By that statement you put a lie to your protest and to your previous statements that He does not exist. The way you phrased it, you acknowledge that He existed on earth and does exist.
If you know this much, then you must also acknowledge that He is your savior regardless of your lack of acceptance of Him and His sacrifice.
I don't need to prove it to you. The heavens and the earth prove it. His incorruptible Word proves it.
This thread states there is no such thing as a Christian. I differ with that view. I state that I am a Christian. Therefore the premise of this thread is proved false. If the person who started this thread chooses to state that he is no longer a Christian, that is his choice, but it doesn't negate the fact that there are other Christians.
Your difficulty in accepting His existence is not an issue with which I wish to waste time. You obviously have chosen to believe that the Bible is false. I don’t know your reasons. I don’t need to know. You do.
Luke 16:19-31, "There was a rich man who would dress in purple and fine linen, feasting lavishly every day. But a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, was left at his gate. He longed to be filled with what fell from the rich man's table, but instead the dogs would come and lick his sores. One day the poor man died and was carried away by the angels to Abraham's side. The rich man also died and was buried. And being in torment in Hades, he looked up and saw Abraham a long way off, with Lazarus at his side. 'Father Abraham! ' he called out, 'Have mercy on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this flame!'
" 'Son,' Abraham said, 'remember that during your life you received your good things, just as Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here, while you are in agony. Besides all this, a great chasm has been fixed between us and you, so that those who want to pass over from here to you cannot; neither can those from there cross over to us.
" 'Father,' he said, 'then I beg you to send him to my father's house— because I have five brothers—to warn them, so they won't also come to this place of torment.'
"But Abraham said, 'They have Moses and the prophets; they should listen to them.'
" 'No, father Abraham,' he said. 'But if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.'
"But he told him, 'If they don't listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not be persuaded if someone rises from the dead. “”