The Catholics do not call it fake.
So - if you believe it is real - then you must agree that Jesus died the way the Bible said He died.
And that He rose the way the Bible says He rose.
Correct?
God Bless you too, i think you seem like a good person as well.
AND thank you for posting this.
See, the actions of the Apostles feeling shows a stark contrast to the transformation they undergo with the Holy Spirit.
Don’t you agree?
Prooving that the lot of cowards, who altho loved Jesus, ran in fear from a duplication of persecution.
It is thru the Spirit of God that they were able to obtain the courage and knowledge and wisdom and so forth to go out and start the Church.
And it was the Spirit of God Whom helped them endure the same deaths for the sake of Jesus…
Jesus told them - they too would die for His sake.
I think the awesome transformation speaks of the power of God and not of man themselves. Who would have never went out otherwise if left to their own power to undergo the scourges of martyrship … and years of near starvation - beatings - jailings - and losing their friends to persecution thru the years.
A rich “publican,” that is, a tax collector for the Roman authorities,
and precisely for this he was regarded as a public sinner.
Knowing that Jesus was passing through Jericho, this man was seized by a great desire to see him but, being small of stature, he climbed a tree. Jesus stopped beneath the tree and turned to him,
calling him by name: “Zacchaeus, come down quickly, for today I must stay at your house” (Luke 19:5).
NOTE: THEY NEVER MET PRIOR - BUT JESUS KNEW ALL THINGS SINCE HE IS GOD.
What a message in this simple phrase! “Zacchaeus”:
Jesus calls by name a man who is despised by all. “Today”: Yes, his moment of salvation is now. “I must stay”: Why “must”? Because the Father, who is rich in mercy, **wants Jesus to go and “seek out and save what was lost” (Luke 19:10).
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This grace changed his life.