24 May 2012

II Peter 1:16

Posted by joncooper

II Peter 1:16: “For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.”

This is actually a very powerful testimony! What he is saying is that the things written in the gospels about the life of Christ are not fables, but are actual eyewitness accounts – accounts written by people who were tortured and executed for what they had to say about Jesus. These people were not anonymous sources, but were real people who actually gave their lives defending these eyewitness accounts. Of the twelve disciples, eleven of them were martyred. The only reason the apostle John was not killed as well was because he survived the Emperor’s repeated attempts to kill him – attempts that included boiling John in oil.

These accounts of the death and resurrection of Christ are not fables, but facts. What we have are actual, firsthand accounts by the people who were there. These words were written by people who ate with Christ, walked with Christ, saw Christ heal the sick, saw Christ crucified, and saw Christ raised back to life. These things are real and true.

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