No 11

(The life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ)

These three events are probably the most well known facts of history and are probably the best documented, as well. Has anyone not heard of Jesus Christ? There are some. Possibly in Third World countries or in the deepest jungles of Africa or South America, Jesus’ name has never been pronounced. However, there is an interesting fact about Africa in that the percentage of born-again Christians there is 26 % of the population whereas, here in Quebec, it is only .05%. Notwithstanding, in the civilized world everyone knows about Jesus; they don’t necessarily know Him personally but they know about Him. I won’t give a whole bunch of Bible verses to show you that Jesus was foretold by God long ago, that’s for other studies. The point I want to make is that the youth in the generation in which we are living, hardly knows Him at all. Why? Because the schools have stopped talking about Him and laws are being passed to forbid praying and reading the Bible in schools. In Matthew 28 : 19, 20 Jesus gave us a standing order“Go ye therefore and teach all nations baptizing them in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost; teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you and lo, I am with you always even unto the end of the world”. Up to now, I think the Church has done its job but how will it be ten years from now? When defending the Christian faith with Jehovah Witnesses or others or doing evangelism, it is imperative that we stay on the topic of “Who is Jesus and what did He come here to do”. Anything else is just spinning our wheels because His life, death and resurrection are the foundations of Christianity. We must tell the whole world!!!