For those that do not believe in Jesus Christ or The Bible and truly have a desire to know the truth:
I want you to seriously look into and study the following with an open mind. If The Bible is true and Jesus is God this is the most importing thing you will ever come to know.
These are just some of the pillars of my faith along with many others that have lead me to believe that the man Jesus Christ is God revealed in the flesh and that faith in Him truly leads to eternal life.
1. The Bible.
A compilation of books, written by 40 authors, in 3 different languages, over the span of 1,500 years, with 10's of thousands of cross references. All somehow telling the same story with no contradictions. How is this possible? Nothing like this has ever existed or will ever exist again.
2. Prophecies that Jesus Fulfilled.
In 1963, Peter Stoner, a professor at Westmont College did research on the mathematical odds of one man fulfilling just 8 Messianic prophecies. His conclusion is that those odds where about 1 in 10^17 (100,000,000,000,000,000). Jesus fulfilled over 300 of these prophecies. How is this possible?
3. Jesus' disciples willing to die for a lie.
Jesus' disciples where very close to him and where friends of Jesus. They walked and learned from him for an estimated 3 years. The watched as he was crucified by the Romans. But then they claimed that he later rose from the dead and was alive. Some claim they stole his body and did this for power, popularity, riches, and to overthrow the Romans, but none of that come their way. They where also put to death just as Jesus in torturous and gruesome ways. To have this many people take their lies to the grave seems to be not logical that this was a lie at all. The Babylon Bee made a exaggerated comedy skit on how foolish something like that would actually be. (
youtu.be/23UNLLbOS3w)
4. Speaking in tongues / unknown language. First mentioned 2,000 years ago in the book of Acts (Acts 2. 2 Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. 3 They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. 4 All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them. Acts 2 2-4). This act of speaking in tongues / an unknow language had many different purposes that was documented in this book. But the crazy thing is that this phenomenon still happens today 2,000 years later and science can't quite explain it. With millions of people claiming to have spoken out in an unknown language not by their own doing but through the Holy Spirit that dwells within them. What would lead millions of people to lie about this supernatural experience or maybe there some truth behind it?
I could continue all day but do not want this to be too long. I might add to it another day.
There are very many questions about our creation and purpose here on this earth and I believe the Bible lays it all out.
I encourage you to pray for wisdom and understanding and to seek for the truth because the truth shall set you free.