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Lesson OneThe Credibility of Its Founder5 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson TwoThe Reliability of Its Book, the Bible5 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson ThreeIts Explanations for Life5 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson FourIts Continuity with the Past5 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson FiveIts Foundational Claim of Resurrection5 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson SixIts Power to Change Lives5 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson SevenIts Analysis of Human Nature5 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson EightIts View of Human Achievement5 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson NineIts Impact on Society5 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson TenIts Offer of Salvation5 Activities1 Assessment
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Course Wrap-UpCourse Completion1 Activity1 Assessment
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Discussion Questions
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At the beginning of this program we learned: “People have many reasons for rejecting the Christian faith. Some may admire Christ but dislike His followers. Others find it difficult to accept any faith that claims to be the only way to God. Why would anyone limit themselves to only one of the world’s great religions?” How valid are each of these objections? What is your response to each?
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Thtough faith believing in God , the holy The Holy Spirit and himself. I believe anything is possible Jesus had to have faith also in himself or he would never have been able to attempt the miracles he performed
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Some may admire Christ but dislike His followers:
Sadly, there are those that have experienced abuse of some kind by supposed Christians. If an individual has suffered the cruelties of a supposed Christian, then they will be marred and make many assumptions regarding other Christians. In my experience those that reject Christ due to a follower is the result of a said Christian not acting and portraying a true Christ like reflection.
Others find it difficult to accept any faith that claims to be the only way to God:
I believe that this is due to the arrogance of the heart. This is especially true of the atheist/agnostic, as soon as they acknowledge the supremacy of Christ, they cease to be the center of the universe. Generally, people do not like exclusive truth statements. When someone acknowledges Christ is the only way, this requires significant philosophical and action change.
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The virgin birth of Jesus Christ, the signs, wonders and miracles that He performed, His crucifixion on the cross and His resurrection from the dead and His ascension into heaven are all the fulfilments of prophecies and predictions that had been pronounced hundreds of years earlier in the Old Testament.
If people have the capacity to believe in something based on facts, evidence and consistency, then the story of Jesus is as credible as the existence of a person called Abraham Lincoln. The consistency and cohesion of the Bible backed up by historical evidences point to its ultimate author – Jesus Christ!
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Disliking followers is totally possible in that we are not Christ but strive to be like Christ. Our failures as humans in a fallen world can cause us to be disliked by others and perhaps seen as liars. In our current culture where truth comes from an individual person’s belief system, many will claim the only way as limited and unfair. Again, with the personal truth philosophy prevalent today, having the choice of many religions to justify your actions totally fits. These objections are valid when viewed through the lenses of today’s secular culture.
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1. There are some people who admire Christ but dislike His followers. I have heard this before from others, and if I am to be honest, I have also felt it. But, I would encourage those people to “FOLLOW CHRIST.” He is the ONLY perfect person. People all come short, even them. Therefore, Christianity should be judged on the merits of Christ Jesus and not anyone else.
2. There are people who would reject any faith claim that says there is only one way to God. I understand why people may be curious; but there must be only ONE objective truth. Either Christ isn’t the only way to God, or He is. By looking at what he did in the name of God, prophecies fulfilled in the Old Testament by Jesus, and His power of nature, then He has the right to make that exclusive claim.
3. People would only limit themselves to only one of the world’s major world religion because investigation of the text, the person of Jesus, His life, birth, death and resurrection were witness by multiple credible sources.
4. I do not believe that these objections are valid at all. I honestly believe that if people would look at this with an objective mind, they could see that their objections have no validity to them at all.
5. My response to each were already stated. And I would add, if one would thoroughly investigate the claims, and works of Jesus, they would find that He is who He claimed He was.