Being certain of the afterlife can be a challenge. But if we stand firm in the truth of the resurrection of Christ we are sure to get the surety we crave.
How Can I Be Certain of The Afterlife?
We are provided with objective future evidence. Someone has actually gone into the afterlife and came to tell us about it.
“Apart from the four different attestations to this event in the four gospels, multiple scholars have demonstrated that the overwhelming, the most plausible explanation from a historical and sociological stand point for the existence of Christianity is, wait for it, Jesus was raised from the dead. In fact, in 1 Corinthians 15:13-15 Paul says, ‘If there was no resurrection of Jesus from the dead then Christianity should not exist’.
Topics & Timestamps
0:00 – How can I be certain of the afterlife?
0:30 – Is it just blind faith?
1:00 – Foundation of the Christian faith
1:49 – Seeing is not always believing
Top Quotes: Title Again
“We are provided with objective future evidence. Someone has actually gone into the afterlife and came to tell us about it.”
“Jesus didn’t simply come back to this life as did his friend Lazarus. Through his resurrection he went forth into life.”
“Sadly, with the abundance of scholarly and experiential evidence that exists today, some people still don’t believe in the resurrection.”
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Transcript
How Can I Be Certain Of The Afterlife?
Well, although this is a good question, it’s also frankly quite an ironic one. Why do I say so? You see, most people get married to their spouses expecting a blissful marriage in the future without being able to objectively prove it will be a good marriage. Most people hop on an aeroplane without being able to objectively prove that in future they will land at their final destination.
Is It Just Blind Faith?
These are examples of the faith we all exhibit daily but we do not view them as the spirit of irrational or blind faith because we lack objective future evidence, no, we normally judge blind faith based on the credibility, rather the lack of credibility of objective past evidence. But on this particular question, Christianity obliges your quest for being possible. We are provided with objective future evidence. Someone has actually gone into the afterlife and came to tell us about it.
We are provided with objective future evidence. Someone has actually gone into the afterlife and came to tell us about it.
The Foundation Of The Christian Faith
So, the Christian faith is built upon the foundation of Jesus’ historic and bodily resurrection from the dead. Jesus didn’t simply come back to this life as did his friend Lazarus. Through his resurrection he went forth into life. The Bible in Colossians 1:18 says, “He is the first of the new creation”, the new humanity that we occupy, a renewed life in the afterlife.
“Jesus didn’t simply come back to this life as did his friend Lazarus. Through his resurrection he went forth into life.
How do we know this? Well, apart from the four different attestations to this event in the four gospels, multiple scholars have demonstrated that the overwhelming, the most plausible explanation from a historical and sociological stand point for the existence of Christianity is, wait for it, Jesus was raised from the dead. In fact, in 1 Corinthians 15:13-15 Paul says, ‘If there was no resurrection of Jesus from the dead then Christianity should not exist’.
Seeing Is Not Always Believing
Sadly, with the abundance of scholarly and experiential evidence that exists today, some people still don’t believe in the resurrection.
One last thing however, is that you will still have to demonstrate faith because we today cannot literally see Jesus. But in Jesus’ parable in Luke 16: 19-31, Jesus anticipates people who still do not believe even if the evidence of the resurrection was plainly shown to them. In fact, in Matthew 28:11 -15, the soldiers that witnessed the resurrection still didn’t believe in Jesus. Sadly, with the abundance of scholarly and experiential evidence that exists today, some people still don’t believe. And so, the question to you is, with that abundance of evidence, do you believe?
