The Evidence for Your Faith

A few years ago I noticed a common mantra in our society that goes like this, “Faith is believing something in spite of the evidence.”

Of course, nothing could be further from the truth from a biblical standpoint. We should be able to adequately explain to anyone the reasons for our faith and support that with evidence.

Peter tells us as much, “But set Christ apart as Lord in your hearts and always be ready to give an answer to anyone who asks about the hope you possess. Yet do it with courtesy and respect (1 Peter 3:15–16).”

As one begins to look at the events surrounding the resurrection of Jesus Christ, they find that the literal evidence from a legal, medical, and empirical standpoint demonstrating the veracity of the truth of the claims of the followers of the Lord and the actual, real resurrection from the dead by Jesus Christ takes the breath away.

Many people fear the prospect of having to defend their reasons for believing in Christ. What I have found over the years in my own personal life is that, in fact, we don’t have to fear, but we can have an excitement and confidence as we share the account of Christ. The person that follows the biblical account will be overwhelmed with the sheer power of the evidence in plain sight that will not only demonstrate the wonderful reality of the resurrection and all the events surrounding it, but they also will find that these same facts strengthen their own faith in Christ exponentially.

That is why we can be ready to talk confidently about our faith―because it is provable and demonstrable.

And that makes it very easy to share our faith with “courtesy and respect,” which is the best and most effective way to do it anyway.

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We can come to know Christ through confession of our sins and repentance (turning away from sin). Let me encourage you to do this by talking to God through prayer. Here is an idea of how you might do that:

"Dear God, I believe your son Jesus Christ died in my place on the cross and rose from the dead on the third day following his death. I confess my sins, all of them, to you now with a humble heart. I repent of those sins and ask you to empower me with your Holy Spirit in overcoming further sin. Amen”

If you prayed this or a similar prayer committing your life to Christ and becoming one of his followers, let me encourage you to find a good, Bible-believing church. If you live in the Weslaco/Rio Grand Valley area of Texas, let me invite you to the church I attend, Mid-Valley Assembly (www.midvalleyassembly.com).

Begin talking to God in prayer and reading the Bible daily. A good way to begin to read the Bible is to start with the Book of John in the New Testament.

Feel very free in connecting with me if you need any further help in your walk with the Lord Jesus Christ. You can do this via the above email or facebook page or this web page.

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Mercy Road Ministries was founded and now led by Ben Bounds. Ben has pastored churches across Texas for over thirty years and is an ordained minister with the Christian and Missionary Alliance (C&MA). He holds a BA in Pastoral Ministry and Biblical Studies from Southwestern Assemblies of God College and did graduate theological studies at the BMA Theological Seminary.

Ben's first book, The Divine Chase: Responding to a Pursuing God, was released on 12.08.2017 through Westbow Press, a division of Thomas Nelson and Zondervan. It is available in paperback and hardback through your preferred bookseller (Mardels, Barnes and Noble, etc.) and paperback, hardback as well as ebook through online book retailers (www.christianbook.com, www.cokesbury.com, www.amazon.com, www.booksamillion.com, www.barnesandnoble.com, etc.).

Ben is the host of Staying in Bounds, an on-air Bible devotional broadcast multiple times daily on KWJV 103.7 FM Weslaco, TX which can also be heard worldwide online at www.kwjvthestar.com. Ben and his wife, Linda, together have four adult children and nine grandchildren. They live in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas.

Ben can be contacted for preaching engagements at benbounds695@gmail.com or 903.441.3279. Ben can also be contacted via his website @ www.benbounds.com, which is also his blog and contains more information about his ministry.

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