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[Thankatroop12]

Whenever I think of this it makes me question my faith. I know Jesus was real, but is there any proof that he did what it says in the Bible.

 

[Linusthe2nd]

Whenever I think of this it makes me question my faith. I know Jesus was real, but is there any proof that he did what it says in the Bible.

Do you mean sources outside the Bible? If you beleve the Bible is the Word of God, then I don’t see how you could question the witness given by Christ’s Apostoles and Disciples. It was the Apostoles and Disciples who wrote the New Testiment. If you accept the Bible, you surely must accept their testimoney.

Linus2nd

 

[ChildOfTheLight]

I have heard I said that there is more documentation of what Jesus did and said than of other historic figures including Julius Cesar. It can be hard to believe sometimes because what he did was so amazing. Remember, there are other texts and “gospels” that were not divinely inspired and so did not make the bible, but many also have the same stories.

I too find that I can have doubts, but instead of thinking the stories are made up, I struggle with thoughts of was it really a miracle, or did the writers just see it as such? Maybe they didn’t see the whole thing. Just push the thoughts from your mind.

Blessed is the one who believes without seeing is the theme here. Blessed is also the one, I would imagine, who believes without having proof. Try to use your doubts as a chance to offer a prayer of renewed faith to Jesus, such as “Lord, I want to believe in You simply because my heart wants to believe, not because there is evidence”.

 

[Abu]

Thankatroop12
I know Jesus was real, but is there any proof that he did what it says in the Bible.

Quadratus writes (circa 123 A.D.) that in his day there were still persons around who had been cured or raised from the dead by Jesus – prime witnesses. [Eusebius, *Church History, 4.3, 1.2; See Free From All Error, Fr W. Most, p 12].

Even Adolf von Harnack, a rationalist historian of high repute among Rationalists and Protestants, wrote that the Synoptic Gospels were written before 70 A.D. – before the fall of Jerusalem, and accepted the tradition that St Luke derived his information on the infancy of Jesus from Mary His Mother. Theologische Quartalsch, Tubingen 1929, IV, p 443-4].
[See *Apologetics and Catholic Doctrine, The Saint Austin Press, 2001, Sheehan/Joseph p 89, 93].

Not only are the facts of Jesus miracles recorded by His own Apostles who were present – Saints Matthew and John were companions of Christ, and Saints Mark and Luke lived in constant contact with His contemporaries. His miracles “were so frequent, the eyewitnesses so numerous, and the evidence so stark, that not even Christ’s enemies disputed the fact of their occurrence. Instead they ascribed them to the power of the devil, or defied Him to perform another one in His own favour.” (See Mt 12:24; 27:39-42; Jn 11:47). Apologetics and Catholic Doctrine, Sheehan/Joseph, Saint Austin Press, 2001, p 104].

Archaeological discoveries all show the historicity of the Scriptures.

 

[Pugsly]

Whenever I think of this it makes me question my faith. I know Jesus was real, but is there any proof that he did what it says in the Bible.

If you went around teaching and "performing miracles" in the backwoods of North Carolina (for example)......and then many of your previously cowardly followers began to teach with authority and power.....and to die for you. I would consider that as a proof that there was something very powerful going on with you...and your teaching.