The Case For Christ

Written on 25 Nov 2017

Today I got the chance to watch the Case for Christ in the cinema. It is based on Lee Strobel’s journey captured in the book with same title to prove that Jesus’ resurrection did not exist scientifically.

Initially I thought that it will be purely on the mind with all the arguments. It turns out there are many emotional aspects as well. That reminds me that we, human, are integrated in terms of mind and emotion.

It was inspiring to see someone who truly seeks the truth. Many of us especially me often excuse myself of not studying by saying we just need to trust. Well it is true that salvation is by grace alone. But each of us is granted with different talents. And if we are educated scientifically, there are no reasons that we should bury them and just ignore our ability and training to ask scientific questions.

Some of the questions were how reliable is the Bible? How can we trust Jesus’ resurrection that was told with different details in the four Gospels? How did we know that the 500 over witnesses did not lie? How did we know that Jesus really died? Why did Jesus need to die?

Another thing I learnt is perseverance. When Leslie Strobel decided to follow Jesus, she experienced strong opposition from Lee Strobel that she felt like giving up. But the suggestion from her fellow believer is this: God will make things beautiful in His time and our part is to be patient and keep asking God to give us a heart of flesh and not a heart of stone that does not want to see the truth.