Proving that Jesus was a Historical Figure.

 

I remember living in a time as a youth, where there weren’t many open doubts about the historicity of Jesus Christ! We are living in a time now where many young people are doubting if Jesus was actually a real person. What is the cause of these doubts, and why do so many young people have questions that I never had growing up? Of course, our culture worldwide has grown secularized even though there are approximately 2.3 billion christians worldwide, the mindset of this current generation has become secular. While younger generations take their cues from the older generations, Christianity is no longer popular as it was, when I was growing up! 

It’s hard to prove the reality of a historic religious figure like Jesus, when the culture has removed itself from his movement! There are more movements and causes now, than when I was growing up, that Christianity has been looked at like just another movement that society can ignore or accept. But I truly believe that Jesus never intended his message to become a movement, but more of a lifestyle which in fact is being dismissed by some in Christianity in the world today. The idea of living like a Christian in the twenty first Century is being seen today as a “works salvation” which the majority of evangelicals are fighting to overthrow. 

But we must not say that living like Jesus equals being justified by works, because in so doing, there are less and less people observably living as Christians! Of course young people are going to doubt the reality of Jesus Christ because no one is living their faith, so it seems! Not only has the culture drifted away from Christian principles, but some Christians feel that to live like Jesus Christ is saying that we are saved by our good works, and not by the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ! Instability in the world compounds this even more because there becomes no incentive to become a Christian because Christians are persecuted worldwide! When I was growing up, it was normal to be a Christian, but during the times we are living in now it is not! Strange times indeed. So yes, living like a Christian is much harder now, and it is because of this that this generation is doubting the historicity of Jesus Christ! 

It’s not that our job as christians is to prove He existed, we are his witnesses and ambassadors as the bible teaches! Because the world is quieting the voice of Jesus, young people are not only having a hard believing that he is real, but they are also struggling to hear the voice of God, possibly unlike any other time in history! This is Mike.