Evidence That Demands a Verdict, 1 by Josh McDowell

They are read more, quoted more, loved more, believed more, and translated more because they are the greatest words ever spoken. But the words of Christ are not great on the grounds that they have such a statistical edge over anybody else*s words. They are read by more people, quoted by more authors, translated into more tongues, represented in more art, set to more music, than any other book or books written by any man in any century in any land. “In the words of Bernard Ramm: 'Statistically speaking, the Gospels are the greatest literature ever written. I am far within the mark when I say that all the armies that ever marched, all the navies that ever were built all the parliaments that ever sat and all the kings that ever reigned, put together, have not affected the life of man upon this earth as powerfully as has that one solitary life.” 'Nineteen long centuries have come and gone, and today He is the centerpiece of the human race and the leader of the column of progress. While He was dying His executers gambled for the only piece of property He had on earth - his coat When He was dead, He was taken down and laid in a borrowed grave through the pity of a friend.

He was nailed upon a cross between two thieves. While still a young man, the tide of popular opinion turned against Him. He never did one of the things that usually accompany greatness. He never traveled two hundred miles from the place where He was born. He worked in a carpenter shop until He was thirty, and then for three years He was an itinerant preacher. “The famous essay, 'One Solitary Life,' states: 'Here is a man who was born in an obscure village, the child of a peasant woman. Time, the great destroyer, can neither exhaust its strength nor put a limit to its range.”Įvidence that Demands a Verdict, eBook: Historical Evidences for the Christian Faith This phenomenon is unaccountable, it is altogether beyond the scope of man's creative powers. All who sincerely believe in Him experience that supernatural love towards Him. Its powers and faculties become an annexation to the empire of Christ.

He asks for the human heart He will have it entirely to Himself He demands it unconditionally, and forthwith His demand is granted. He asks for that which a philosophy may often seek in vain at the hands of his friends, or a father of his children, or a bride of her spouse, or a man of his brother. Across the chasm of eighteen hundred years Jesus Christ makes a demand which is beyond all others difficult to satisfy. “Napoleon said: 'Christ alone has succeeded in so raising the mind of man towards the unseen that it becomes insensible to the barriers of time and space.

Evidence That Demands a Verdict, 1 by Josh McDowell