Do you believe in the resurrection of Jesus Christ?

Question

I have had a few experiences that I consider "coming to Jesus" moments, yet I have a hard time believing that Jesus came back to the living after his death. In a couple of those experiences I have 'felt' a presence that I could call Jesus, though not as a person and not clearly defined as him. Help me believe!

Answer 1

Yes..............

There were many eyewitness accounts........and those people gave their lives for that truth. Would you give your life for a lie?

If Christ didn't resurrect - we have no faith.......and Jesus is gone.

Jesus is real. I have a personal relationship and the same power that made him rise from the dead will raise you up when you die as well (Romans)......................

So doing good deeds won't save you - the Spirit of God inside you is what takes you to heaven. Pray for faith - and remember that "faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word."

Answer 2

"Why when there is evidence that Mark, the first and the original source of the gospel, Chapter 16 is added by the early Christians?" what is your evidence for this? Jesus made twelve appearances after his resurrection: 1. His first appearance was to Mary Magdalene, on that early Sunday morning. (Mark 16:9; John 20:10-18). 2. Jesus appeared to the women returning from the tomb. (Matthew 28:9-10). 3. Jesus appeared to two disciples on the road to Emmaus. (Luke 24:13-32; Mark 16:12-13). 4. He appeared to Peter in Jerusalem. (Luke 24:34; 1 Corinthians 15:5). 5. He appeared to his disciples and other followers, and also a second time to the two men from Emmaus, in a locked room in Jerusalem. The apostle Thomas wasn't there at that time. (Luke 24:36-43; John 20:19-23). 6. A week later, Jesus again appeared to his disciples behind locked doors, and this time Thomas was present. (John 20:24-29). 7. Jesus appeared to seven of his disciples on the shore of the Sea of Galilee. (John 21:1-24). 8. Jesus was seen by 500 believers at one time. (1 Corinthians 15:6). 9. He appeared to James. (1 Corinthians 15:7). 10. He appeared to eleven disciples on a mountain in Galilee. (Matt. 28:18-20). 11. He walked with his disciples along the road to Bethany, on the Mount of Olives, and then ascended into Heaven. (Luke 24:50-53). 12. He was seen by Paul on the road to Damascus. (Acts 9:3-6; 1 Corinthians 15:8). The resurrection of Jesus Christ was the beginning of Christianity. If Christ had not been resurrected and seen by many people (more than 500), Christianity would not exist today. These people were NOT all his disciples, nor was Paul before Jesus appeared to him

Answer 3

Only you can make yourself believe in Christ. If you can't believe in the 'what appears' to be impossible act of Jesus' resurrection then you might have a difficult time accepting that He raised the dead, such as Lazerus, healed the sick, and made the blind to see. You'd also have a hard time believing that He was the Messiah, walked on water, was the Son of God, born of a VIRGIN (she hadn't sex yet) conceived by the Holy Spirit .......

Point is its called FAITH for a reason. Jesus wanted us to believe not ask for miracles. To have faith you have to accept the improbable and believe ......... that is salvation my friend. The choice is yours. Follow your heart ... if you feel you truly feel Jesus. Its completely illogical but still even Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's logical sleuth Sherlock Holmes deduced that what cannot be solved by logic must be solved by illogic.

If you only believe what is before your eyes. You're simply looking for everything that is on the surface and superficial.

Answer 4

I believe with all my heart, soul and mind!
There were hundreds of witnesses.
The Bible is has only gone through 20 generations, it is also God's LIVING word. Open your heart and your mind to God while you read it, God will work through you with his word. It is not just a bunch of words in a book if you open yourself to God. Jesus DID come and he IS coming back! If you want to believe you must ONLY read your Bible the New King James Version is the best. Do not listen to people's opinions or thoughts or think about the general Christians attitude, etc. You cannot base anything off of that, you must only focus on your Bible. People will try to get you confused or lost, that is what Satan wants. Your personal relationship with your creator is unique and your own. The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren is also a wonderful book to get you started in your Bible. God Bless you! The more you allow God to work in you the closer you will get to him, the more you draw back and look for people or things of this world the more your heart will be hardened.

Answer 5

Some thirty years after he saw the empty tomb, Peter wrote, "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead" (1 Peter 1:3). A few months after the resurrection Peter and John stood before the Jewish supreme court on charges of healing a lame man. The judges wanted to know by what power, or in what name, they had healed the man. Filled with the Holy Spirit, Peter answered, "...by the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead...And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men, by which we must be saved" (Acts 4:10,12). He recognized and testified that it was not by his power this man was healed, but that the resurrected Christ was working in him and through him. And Christ is the only one who can heal any of us. The word for saved is the same as the word for healed. This man was healed physically to show that you can be healed spiritually.

Do you believe in the resurrection of Jesus from the dead? The angels did, the women did, and the disciples finally did. Every Christian down through the centuries has believed in the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, for his resurrection is our only hope for eternal life, now and in the life to come.

The afternoon memorial service for Ray C. Stedman closed with a moment of silence. Then quietly but clearly we all heard the first haunting notes of "Amazing Grace" from a lone Scottish bagpipe. We turned toward the back of the room and watched spellbound as a tall Scotsman in a full Scots plaid uniform marched slowly down the aisle as each note fell distinctly on our ears and into our hearts. The fourth verse of "Amazing Grace" reads:

Through many dangers, toils and snares,
I have already come;
'Tis grace hast brought me safe thus far,
And grace will lead me home.

Ray had lived his whole life and now it was time to go home. And he trusted in the grace of God while he was living, while he was dying, and when he arrived in eternity. He lived it out. There was a richness in his life because he lived in the belief that Jesus Christ rose again from the dead. But it wasn't like a belief in fable or myth. It was a belief based on evidence that had been presented. Ray's work on earth is done, but I can still hear him reading the words of Paul in 2 Corinthians 5:6-9: "...being always of good courage, and knowing that while we are home in the body we are absent from the Lord--for we walk by faith, not by sight--we are of good courage, I say, and prefer rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord. Therefore also we have as our ambition, whether at home or absent, to be pleasing to Him." Ray has experienced his own personal resurrection into the very presence of God because he had placed his faith in Jesus who is the resurrection and the life.

So yes i do believe

Answer 6

Yes. If Jesus wasn't resurrected to eternal life, then we have no hope of eternal life. Jesus defeated sin and death. The wages of sin is death. Adam and Eve brought sin and death into the world. Jesus took it out for me. All I do is believe in Jesus and what He did for me. Salvation is a free gift from God for believing on His Son Jesus Christ. Because He arose, I will too. The devil thought he'd destroyed mankind by bringing sin and death into the world through Adam, but God had a Master Plan. Without the shedding of blood there is no remission of sins. God set the law that a unblemished, perfect lamb must be sacrificed. Jesus was God's sinless, perfect Lamb of God who took away the sins of the world so we could be reconnected to God. Adam and Eve had eternal life until they disobeyed God and brought sin and death into the world. Now, since Jesus came and died on the cross, was buried and resurrected for you and me, we can have eternal life once again.

Call upon the name of Jesus and thou shalt be saved.

Answer 7

There were many first-hand witnesses who saw Christ after His resurrection, dear one. Approximately 500. What YOU might have experienced was His Holy Spirit, because that is Who He sent when He ascended. It is God's Holy Spirit that calls us to God. You have apparently been called! What a joyous thing to celebrate! All you have to do is accept Him into your heart and your name will be written in the Lamb's Book of Life!

God bless you!

Answer 8

I will say this much.... I love you so much!! I trust you with all my heart and soul and think you are just a fabulous wonderful beautiful human being!! I hope you find answers to your questions and your faith grows as a result of knowing God and Jesus more!!

Take Care

Answer 9

Absolutely. He lives.

If you want help to believe, the Bible says that if you lack faith, to pray to God for stronger faith (my paraphrasing).

My experience has been that I blatantly sit down with my Bible and say, "God, teach me. Open my eyes and my heart."
If your heart is not hardened; if you sincerely seek to believe, then God, thru His Scripture, WILL speak to your heart. I don't always just love what I am taught, but I can always recognize that's because deep in my heart I know it means I may have to change something I'm doing or thinking.

He wants us to come to him as little children -- that just means with an open mind and full trust, like children trust.
Satan does not like that, and he will try his hardest to confuse you and make you belligerent, etc., but, if you draw near to God, HE will draw near to you, and Satan must flee.

Jesus Christ, His life, death, resurrection, and return to the Father in Heaven is prophesied in a few hundred times in the Old Testment. To me, that's plenty of "proof". So, going from that, I said, "God, I'm here, and I know what I've read and how I feel -- I'm confused. Now, if YOU are there, please help me believe, and open the eyes of my heart. I need to know You."

My life and how I felt about it began to change. I felt His love, I accepted His love and I was able to say, "Jesus Christ, I believe you are the Son of God. I believe you died for my sins and were raised again. I desire You to save me, and I will live eternally with You in Heaven."

But, to begin with, it is a DECISION on your part. A verb.

And, it doesn't mean life here on earth will be a bed of roses -- but, what it means to me is that no matter how bad, or how good, life here on earth is -- nothing that happens here can begin to compare with how wonderful eternal life with God will be. WOW.

Also, rest assured, if you've posted this question here, and you are sincere in asking, "Help me believe!", well, God read it too. And, so did a lot of believers WHO WILL BE PRAYING FOR YOU.

From one who was stubborn,
sheek Txn
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Answer 10

YES! In everything give praise unto God. Jesus & God are one in the same, this is only one point of the belief system. You must weigh your evidence based on the things you see in the "Word of God". That is how you will know, check the evidence...