I was told recently by one of my Islamic friends that “the fact is” that Jesus never died “because it is stated in the Quran.”
I provide this information to refute his claim.
There are four Gospel accounts. All four were there and saw Jesus die. See Matthew 27:45-56, Mark 15:33-41, Luke 23:44-49 and John 19:28-37. Now after this happened there were a bunch of people who were eye witnesses. Their lives were changed and they began going around the region telling people what had happened. Obviously the other people in the region had seen the same things. Otherwise, these eye witnesses would have been rebuked and we would have written record of it.
Imagine it this way. You have heard of the earthquakes in Haiti, right? Well, I have not been to Haiti to see the destruction myself. However, people that I know have been there. We have 100’s of reports of what happened. Some reports indicate the destruction is worse than others. But, they don’t dispute that there was an earthquake. Now, let’s say 500 years from now someone comes along and says, “there was not an earthquake in Haiti. that destruction was caused by a strong wind.” No one would believe it because they have record of the eye witness accounts.
Yet, in the case of Jesus, some would believe that a book written over 500 years later, by a man who did not witness the account is more accurate than these eye witness accounts.
John 20:30-31 tells us
30 Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; 31 but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.
I’d like to invite you to read more about the Deity of Jesus and then listen to the Timothy Keller sermon, “Who is this Jesus” that is found on my web site. Then read the Gospel, repent and trust Jesus to save you.
