“Christian apologetics lays before the watching world such a winsome embodiment of the Christian faith that for any and all who are willing to observe there will be an intellectually and emotionally credible witness to its fundamental truth” James Sire
Why use apologetics in witnessing?
It is a response to persecution (1 Peter)
It is an explanation and a proclamation (Acts)
It is a deliberate argument (Paul debating with the authorities in Thessanolica)
It is a confrontation
It is a humble spiritual demonstration (Cor. Ch.2)
It is personal participation
It is correcting error and misbehavior (2 Cor.)
It is a personal witness
It is a presentation of Jesus as God (John 20:30)
Apologetics:
1.The truth about GOD
ISAIAH 40:28
2.The truth about JESUS and the RESURRECTION
ROMANS 10:9
3.The truth about the BIBLE
JOHN 8: 31-32
PROOF OF GOD:
1.Argument from Degrees of Perfection
2.The Design Argument
3.Pascal’s wager
4.The Argument from Truth
PROOFS OF JESUS AND THE RESURRECTION: FIVE POSSIBILITIES
1.The Resurrection REALLY happened
2.The apostles were deceived by an hallucination
3.The apostles created a myth
4.The apostles were deceivers who conspired to pull off the greatest hoax in history
5.Jesus only swooned and was resuscitated; he did not really die
Common anti-biblical arguments:
1.Inaccurate population and army numbers
2.Different accounts of how the RED SEA was parted
3.Chronological errors in the life of Christ
4.Different accounts of the angel sightings at the empty tomb
5.The Miracles of the Bible are not possible
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