Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days.” The temple He had spoken of was his body. After He was raised from the dead, His disciples recalled what He had said. Then they believed the Scripture and the words that Jesus had spoken. (John 2:19, 21-22, NIV 1984).
My Musings – There is a “danger of building a lot on a little – especially when that little happens to be a preconceived idea.” (“The Ascent of Man,” Colin Brown, Eerdman’s Handbook to the History of Christianity, 1977 Lion Publishing).
Choose your “preconceived idea:”
- Jesus was a myth with no historical proof that such a person ever existed.
- Jesus was “a great moral teacher” who died for his beliefs, end of story.
- Jesus was neither good nor moral. He was either a lunatic or charlatan.
- Jesus is the Son of God and He “died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures” and that He is “the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to [God] the Father except through Him [God the Son]” (1 Corinthians 15:3-4, John 14:6, NIV 1984).
My Advice – Just do your homework, and make sure you are building on a lot, not a little. I am convinced that it will turn your preconceived idea into an objective truth. But I am not the one who needs to be convinced. “I know [what] I have believed [#4] and am convinced.” (2 Timothy 1:12, NIV 1984). I hope you will be too.
