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I follow more along the Holiness tradition where we believe that to be saved you have to be a new creation in Christ and God requires us to live free from sin. So there is more then just belief involved. For example, the Bible says that when Jesus comes for His Bride she will be without spot, blemish or wrinkle.
Jesus entered Jerusalem on one of the Hebrew Festivals. So the exact day is not the issue here. As far as the birth of Jesus: The Jewish historian Flavius Josephus tells us that Herod died shortly after an eclipse of the moon. Astronomers today can tell us when that eclipse was. So they use that information to determine when Jesus was born. When the wall was rebuilt is a lot more exact of a science then you seem to think. People then just as much as today were very style conscious. It was not unusual to throw away pottery just because it was out of style. So using the artifacts that they find in and around the wall, they can determine with a fair amount of accuracy when the wall was rebuilt. The people that study archeology are very meticulous about being able to date pottery and when it was made and where it was made. Also it is common to find seals that the people living at the time used on all of their correspondences. This is now the fourth time I have looked into this. Most all serious Bible students study this and they all come to the same conclusion that the dates are accurate. If it is not obvious to you then all that indicates is that you are NOT a serious student of the Bible. You simply have made no effort to look into this. This is not something we can do for you. If your at all serious then you need to do the research for yourself.
Only the Blood of Jesus can wash away our sins. I realize we live in a day and age when they want to remove those old hymns from the song book. I am not of that liberal tradition. When we say nothing but the Blood of Jesus we mean just that.
Are you listening at all? I just answered that question based on Science. If Jesus did not exist then you would still be lost in your sins and there would be no hope for restoration with God. Paul said if that were the case then eat, drink and be merry for tomorrow you will die. We have our eternal hope in Glory. We believe this life is a test and we will receive our reward or punishment based on how well we do. You choose to believe you can do whatever you want to do and get away with it. In the very least your not going to get a passing grade because your not taking responsibility to learn the basics. People are so proud of their science grade but when it comes to religions character and integrity they tend not to do very well in those areas of study. You end up with people that are not well rounded and not very well balanced. If people want to be disfunctional they have that choice but they should not be surprised when they find out that there will be consequences for that.
That is absolute absurdity. Evidence is based on the testimony of two or three people. There is plenty enough people that give testimony that Jesus was born to hold up in any court of law anywhere. In some cases one persons testimony is enough. They will pay up to $600 and hour for an expert witness willing to testify in court. If they get $600 to put up with skeptics and scoffers in man's court how much more is God going to reward us for putting up with the skeptics and scoffers here on this board.
