Every year at Christmas the skeptics and haters of the gospel throw all they have at the Bible , the truth of the virgin birth etc.. whatever it is , they come out with all they have . Year after year . But the reality of the truth if the Bible and gospel will always prevail.
The arguments they used were the same ones I held.That was till I started to open the Bible and read.The one thing that really struck me when I finally decided to read some of the Bible long before I believed , was that it read differently then other "myths". It was not like the Greek "gods" or the Norse , fanciful and removed from real life . No these stories read like history. The language was plain even when it came to the miracles. There was a blood and guts feel , a authenticity .
4] that you may have certainty concerning the things you have been taught.
(Luke 1:1-4 ESV)
Luke's gospel was one of the first I read. What struck me was his introduction. How he wrote to Theophilus and assured him that what he was about to read was well investigated and what was written is truth . The word certainty is one of the key words in the opening . That what Theophilus has been taught , he can be certain of its truthfullness . Not some fanciful tale .
Putting aside for now the doctrine of Scripture being God breathed , that fact they read like real life spoke volumes to me. Read through the gospel of Luke and you find a detailed account of events .He mentions areas , names. The truth of the narrative rings true.
So the next someone throws the old , well those are just fairy tales about Jesus and the virgin birth , remind them none none of the books in the Bible start with once upon a time .
1 comment:
Hey, archeologists used to laugh at poor Luke. That is until they started finding places, he mentions, buried in the exact location that he wrote it was. Hum, makes you think. Love you, Mrs Reg
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