They seen with their own eyes
The apostle John wrote,
"That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched—this we proclaim concerning the Word of life.
The life appeared; we have seen it and testify to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and has appeared to us.
We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ.
We write this to make our joy complete. " 1John 1:1-4.
Here the apostle John who knew Jesus personally states why he is writing his letter.
John sat for three years under the teaching of Jesus. He ate with Jesus. If there was any doubt as to who Jesus was and is, John and the other apostles would have known it. Yet they all believed Jesus was who he claimed to be.
In Marks Gospel we read,
Jesus and his disciples went on to the villages around Caesarea Philippi. On the way he asked them, "Who do people say I am?"
They replied, "Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, one of the prophets."
"But what about you?" he asked. "Who do you say I am?" Peter answered, "You are the Christ.'" Mark 8:27-29.
Notice the apostle Peter says Jesus is the Christ.
In John’s gospel we read this conversation between Martha and Jesus,
"Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?"
"Yes Lord" she told Him, "I believe you are the Christ the Son of God, who was to come into the world," John 11:25,26,27.
These people all knew Jesus and believed Him to be “the Christ the Son of God who was come into the world”.
Jesus speaking of himself said,
"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son". John 3:16-18.
The apostle all believed what Jesus said. So the question becomes do you believe this? OR has the writers of the New Testament created the greatest lie in all of human history?
Please think about it.
