Why Jesus Is More Than A Carpenter?
MORE THAN A CARPENTER
IS JESUS REALLY THE LORD THAT HE CLAIMED TO BE? The book More Than a Carpenter by Josh and Sean McDowell this is his personal journey on how life can bring about a change in one’s beliefs, religion and faith. McDowell testifies about how he came to find JESUS to be more than a carpenter. He displays investigative evidence that defines JESUS to be LORD. The questions that are asked and need to be answered in are, what makes Jesus so different, can you keep a good man down and Isn’t there some other way. I recently read where Christians faith in Christ is firmly rooted in history and those of us who put faith in Christ have plenty ground to stand on.
What made Jesus different can be summarized in the acts that he was able to perform and given the fact that Jesus was the only one that claimed to be God. His friends both understood and accepted this claim. His enemies however did not accept what he said and that leads us to the question of exactly who is Jesus. In today’s time Jesus is still who he says he is and those who really accept his words are born again to new life and are promised a home in heaven. Those who will not accept Jesus’ claim must die in their sins and spend eternity in hell. Jesus was and is still the only avenue to a relationship with God …show more content…
The tomb was said to be covered by a 2-ton stone and was guarded by Roman soldiers. Despite all precautions, three days later is body was gone from his place of burial. McDowell has a reasonable answer for each scenario that is shown in the book and though he does not attest absolute certainty, he clearly states that "the resurrection of Jesus Christ is either one of the most wicked, vicious, heartless hoaxes ever foisted upon people, or it is the most important fact of history." As true believer, I know that he did and because of this all our sins are
IS JESUS REALLY THE LORD THAT HE CLAIMED TO BE? The book More Than a Carpenter by Josh and Sean McDowell this is his personal journey on how life can bring about a change in one’s beliefs, religion and faith. McDowell testifies about how he came to find JESUS to be more than a carpenter. He displays investigative evidence that defines JESUS to be LORD. The questions that are asked and need to be answered in are, what makes Jesus so different, can you keep a good man down and Isn’t there some other way. I recently read where Christians faith in Christ is firmly rooted in history and those of us who put faith in Christ have plenty ground to stand on.
What made Jesus different can be summarized in the acts that he was able to perform and given the fact that Jesus was the only one that claimed to be God. His friends both understood and accepted this claim. His enemies however did not accept what he said and that leads us to the question of exactly who is Jesus. In today’s time Jesus is still who he says he is and those who really accept his words are born again to new life and are promised a home in heaven. Those who will not accept Jesus’ claim must die in their sins and spend eternity in hell. Jesus was and is still the only avenue to a relationship with God …show more content…
The tomb was said to be covered by a 2-ton stone and was guarded by Roman soldiers. Despite all precautions, three days later is body was gone from his place of burial. McDowell has a reasonable answer for each scenario that is shown in the book and though he does not attest absolute certainty, he clearly states that "the resurrection of Jesus Christ is either one of the most wicked, vicious, heartless hoaxes ever foisted upon people, or it is the most important fact of history." As true believer, I know that he did and because of this all our sins are