Question 1: How do we know the Bible is God's Word?

Answer:

1. Fulfilled prophecy regarding nations, Christ, individuals, second coming.

2. Archaeology - No archaeology discoveries contradict the Bible.

3. Science - The Bible contains scientific facts that were not known when the Bible was written.

4. Unity of Bible written by 40 men over 1600 years agree without any contradiction.

5. It contains all truth, no error.

6. Bible principles for living, all work when applied.

7. The Bible when printed delivered man from the dark ages and brought blessing to the world. It freed men from superstitions.

Question 2: Why do we believe that we are going to heaven?

Answer:

1. Jesus told us of heaven and how to get there through Him.

2. The Old Testament tells us of heaven as the land that is very far off.

3. We have the Holy Spirit indwelling us, telling us of heaven.

4. We have the promises of God's Word

5. Testimony of Godly people dying going to heaven. eg. Stephen, Acts 7:55,56

Question 3: How do we know that Jesus rose from the dead?

Answer:

1. Jesus after He rose, said that he had flesh and bones. Luke 24:39

2. The empty tomb and the ordered grave clothes when the disciples examined the tomb. Mark 16:6

3. Christ ate food with His disciples after He rose. Luke 24:41-45

4. People recognised Him after His resurrection, even the nail prints.

John 20:25

5. Christ predicted that He would rise bodily. John 2:19,22.

6. The mass psychological change in the lives of the disciples from being cowards at Christ's death, to become bold preachers after the resurrection. How else can this mass psychological change be explained?

7. Over 500 people saw Christ after He had risen from the dead over a 40 day period. So convinced were they that they were willing to die as martyrs than to deny Christ's resurrection. Would you die for an event that you were not sure about? These witnesses have a high credibility having given the world it's highest moral code.

8. The change from Saturday to Sunday as the main day of worship. The Sabbath being so important to the Jews would not have been dropped by the Jews except for an immensely important event, the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

9. The church's existence can only be explained by the miracle of Christ's resurrection.

10. Angels in the tomb declared that He had risen from the dead as He said. Luke 24:6-8

11. Women who met Christ on this morning held Christ's feet. Matthew 28:9

Question 4: Why do you believe that Jesus is God

Answer:

1. Jesus claimed himself to be God " for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins." John 8:24. I AM = God because;

a) To God, no event is beyond Him in the future, and no event is out of His control in past. Only God is the eternal, "I AM" in Exodus 3:15.

b) "I AM" is God's name forever in Exodus 3:15

c) The Jews rightly concluded that he was claiming to be God in John 8:59,58.

d) The Septuagint translates Exodus 3:15 as "I AM" not as in the J.W. version.

2. The Old Testament says that JESUS IS GOD.

" For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given:...and his name shall be called The mighty God, The everlasting Father." Isaiah 9:6.

3. Jesus Christ has the CREDENTIALS OF GOD.

a) He ROSE from the dead.

b) He DID MAN MIRACLES showing His power over nature.

- stilling storms.

- demons - casting out demons.

- sickness - healing blind, lame people.

- death - raising Lazarus.

c) He PROPHESIED THE FUTURE correctly. For example, Jerusalem's destruction by Rome (70 AD).

d) He entered Jerusalem to proclaim himself King 173,880 days after March 5, 444 BC.

The exact day that Daniel predicted in Daniel 9:24-26.

e) He solves the sin problem by dying as our substitute, thus satisfying the law's demands.

4. The Bible Declares Christ is God in these places:

a) He is called "God" seven times in the New Testament:

i) "The Word was God". John 1:1.

ii) Thomas called Him "My Lord and my God". John 20:28.

iii) "The glorious appearing of our Great God and Saviour Jesus Christ". Titus 2:13.

iv) "God was manifest in the flesh". 1 Timothy 3:16.

v) "In Him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily".

Colossians 2:9.

vi) "But unto the Son, he saith, 'Thy Throne, O God, is forever and ever." Hebrews 1:8.

vii)"There are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one." 1 John 5:7.

5. Josephus the Jewish /Roman Historian who lived from 37 to 100 AD, tells us that people of that time regarded Jesus Christ as God ("if it be lawful to call him a man.") This account is found in Josephus' "Antiquities of the Jews", page 379.

Now, there was about this time, Jesus, a wise man, if it be lawful to call him a man, for he was a doer of wonderful works, - a teacher of such men as receive the truth with pleasure. He drew over to him both many of the Jews, and many of the Gentiles. He was (the) Christ; and when Pilate, at the suggestion of the principal men amongst us, had condemned him to the cross, those that loved him at the first did not forsake him, for he appeared to them alive again the third day, as the divine prophets had foretold these and ten thousand other wonderful things concerning him,; and the tribe of Christians, so named from him, are not extinct at this day.

This confirms the Bible's account of Jesus Christ's :

a) Historical existence.

b) Deity.

c) Miracles.

d) Teacher.

e) Pharisees suggesting that Pilate kill Jesus.

f) Resurrection after three days.

g) Fulfilled Old Testament prophecies.

h) Followers known as the Christian Church.

6. The Old Testament predicted so many details about Jesus Christ's life hundreds of years before He was born.

Examples of such prophesies include: