Jesus is the Real Deal

Reading an interesting book: "The Case for the Real Jesus" by Lee Strobel. Takes me back to Uni days and mixing it with the liberal theologians and thinkers in the church. My view, what a sad lot.... My explanation..... it all started in the Garden of Eden.
Adam and Eve had the choice to eat of every tree in the garden except for the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Gen 2:9 tells us that the Tree of Life and the tree of knowledge of good and evil were in the centre of the garden. Adam and Eve were free to eat from the tree of life, but choose to eat from the other tree..... Nothing has changed...... The liberal academic world would rather eat from the tree of knowledge than from the tree of life. In fact they openly reject, with their proudly displayed knowledge, the true tree of life (the cross) as a myth and the resurrection as a theological construct of the early church. The penalty for that choice is still the same. These people are dead to God. The sad thing (that Strobel highlights) alongside this trend in universities across America, is that there appear to be many disillusioned "Christians" in the western world who are buying into the argument that Jesus and Christianity are indeed a fraud. (This may be more pronounced and obvious in the American Church)

So i have mixed feelings as i read..... sadness that there are such misguided "academics" who are determined to cast doubt on the gospel and gladness that from that sadness I have a strengthened belief that Jesus is who he said he is, (Son of God) and did rise from the dead, and did send the Holy Spirit to give us power to be His witnesses.

What an awesome God we love and worship. He is still giving men and women the total freedom to choose Him or reject Him. Gotta love that.

Come on let's turn to the tree of life and by faith eat it's fruit..... eternal life....
Jesus is the real deal