Why Become A Christian

The Evidence of Jesus Ancient history will not prove Jesus is the Messiah (Christ) or even divine, it only shows evidence that there was a man named Jesus (derived from Yeshua, a common Hebrew name) and there were people who followed him believing he was the Christ (the Messiah). In fact, ancient historical writers assumed he was just an ordinary man, and some even openly denied his divinity. In those times, the existence of Jesus wasn't a debate, it was only his divinity that was put into question.

The Reliability of the Bible The 70th week prophecy of Daniel 9 is probably the only thing that strengthens the claims of New Testament writers that Jesus was not only the Messiah (Christ), but was the actual historical Jesus Christ mentioned by historians. However, the exact dating that the prophecy places for the ministry and death of Jesus is debatable. In any case, the prophecy would at least mean that there is a God who knows the future and that we can rely on the bible. In fact, The book of Danielpredicts the rise and fall of empires, which is more proof of the bible's reliability.

There are many today who want to place Jesus in the same level as other "gods" and even claim that he was just an imitation copied from other deities (which can be easily disproved). Those who claim this seem to just want to bring about religious unity and some kinda of utopia (see the Zeitgeist Refuted). Historyshows there has always been an attack on Jesus Christ and Word of God, and even why there are many versions of the bible.

Might As Well Be A Protestant If you become a Christian who is aware of the bad things done under the Christian name, you'd probably become a Protestant who believes that the papal system is Anti-Christian, know they changed the Sabbath, and that they even admit it. In fact, some Catholics think you might as well become a Seventh-day Adventist if you don't want to accept their authority (see here).

Learning How to be a Christian The links on this page have been well researched, but what's really important is getting to know and become like Jesus and understanding that you don't do good things to be saved, God does good things through you when you are saved. Learn more about salvation.