do not exist. Next, what about Jesus’ claims to be God, was he lying? In the book, The Case for Christ, Lee Strobel uses an analogy about a bench warmer on a baseball team lying to a girl about being a starter. This player had something to gain; he was only trying to impress his date. If he had been threatened with death, do you really think that baseball player would have kept his story straight and claimed to be a starter until he was killed? It does not seem that any person would. This story is similar to Jesus’ time. In Jesus’ trial before the high priest of Jerusalem, the priest asks Him, “’Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?’” (Mark 14:61), Jesus immediately responds, “I am,” (Mark 14:62). He knew the penalty for claiming to be the Son of God would be death, and yet He stuck with His avowal to the end. What did Jesus have to gain from lying? The answer is nothing. He led a humble life and then was tortured and died upon the cross.To conclude, adequate evidence exists to prove the Bible as a reliable resource and verify the existence of Jesus. Time after time archeological evidence proves the existence of people and places once thought to be fictitious. David, Herod, Caiaphas, all people, whose existence scholars now know to be true based on the evidence that has been found. The Dead Sea Scrolls provide even more support for the Bible’s validity. Then there was Jesus, did He really live and was He who He claimed to be? Documentation proves that Jesus did live and walk this earth about two thousand years ago, but there may never be conclusive evidence to prove Jesus was the Son of God. Only common sense can say he was. Believing in Jesus Christ is something that Christians may always take by faith. “Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see” (Hebrews 11:1)....
