5 Surprising Reasons

Topic Notes

There are over 320 MILLION gods that are being worshiped today (millions of them are from Hinduism)

This vast number makes it easy to be overwhelmed and confused when trying to decide which is real.

The author is a former atheist who believes that the biggest disappointment you can have in life is believing in the wrong god.

The mind and the body. What is the difference?

There is a non-physical component to each of us.

The author urges… DO RESEARCH about your position before standing firmly upon it.

The 5 Reasons to believe in the Christian God:

• Reason #1: The Christian God is the Only God That Claims to Have a Relationship With You
• While this is not a REASON to believed in God, it is a reason to INVESTIGATE
• Did Jeff really compare God to a really cute girl?
• God speaks to those who know Him

• Reason #2: The Christian God Is the Only God Who Can Predict the Future 100% Accurately
• The Bible is not one book. The Bible is a collection of 66 books written by 40 different authors over a period of about 1500 years.
• 2 Peter 1:21 says the Bible was written was that “…holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.”
• In 700 BC, Micah wrote that the promised Messiah (Jesus) would be born in Bethlehem. Micah 5:2

• Reason #3: The Christian God Was the Only God That Was 100% Scientifically Accurate During the Dark Ages
• Things the Bible teaches: The Earth is Round (Job 26:10), The sun is in a circuit through space (Psalm 19:6), The Earth is suspended on nothing (Job 26:7)
• But many people during the Dark Ages believed that a) The Earth is flat, b) the Sun revolves around the Earth, 3) the Earth rested on the shoulders of Atlas

• Reason #4: The Christian God is the Only God Who Displays the Highest Form of Love
• This love is not the love that we generically use (“I love football” or “I love this steak” or “I love this song”), it is a SELFLESS LOVE
• If you had to give up the life of your son or daughter to save a stranger, would you do it?
• God gave up His only Son to save the world.

• Reason #5: The Christian God is the Only God who Wrote a 100% Accurate Book
• There is a ton of misinformation that is taught about the Bible.
• We at Truth Revolution has been proving the accuracy of the Bible consistently for the past 5 years.

Bible Contradiction

from ThoughtCatalog.com

• Jehoiachin’s Age Discrepancy
• 2 Kings 24:8 vs 2 Chronicles 36:9

Listener Question

“I’m currently reading Cold Case Christianity. J Warner Wallace’s cases mostly use eye witness testimony, however numerous papers are currently suggesting that such evidence is inaccurate at best.”

Resources

ARTICLE: 5 Surprising Reasons to Believe in the Christian God Instead of Other Gods by Peter Guirguis

Links

TRUTH REVOLUTION: Statistics Prove Everything
TRUTH REVOLUTION: The Early Meaning (manuscript evidence)
REASONS TO BELIEVE: Fulfilled Prophecy: Evidence for the Reliability of the Bible

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