These imaginary idiots now ask: “How do we explain the fact that Jesus never appeared to you?” (See video below)
This question was addressed to an intelligent Christian, but obviously the one or the group asking this question is not intelligent! Under the law on evidence, the credibility of a witness is determined by considering whether he is capable of knowing the thing thoroughly about which he testifies. Let us read the following information about a credible witness: (http://www.lectlaw.com/def/c328.htm)
CREDIBLE WITNESS – A credible witness is one who is competent to give evidence, and is worthy of belief. In deciding upon the credibility of a witness, it is always pertinent to consider whether he is capable of knowing the thing thoroughly about which he testifies. 2. Whether he was actually present at the transaction. 3. Whether he paid sufficient attention to qualify himself to be a reporter of it; and 4. Whether he honestly relates the affair fully as he knows it, without any purpose or desire to deceive or suppress or add to the truth.
These enemies of the Bible can not be considered as credible witnesses, because they are claiming something, which they can not thoroughly know or prove. How do you know that Jesus never appeared to a Christian? Have you investigated all Christians? Are you omnipresent to know what is happening in the entire world? Where did you get such a lie that Christ never appeared to any Christian? Here is a food for thought for you (if you have any).
The Bible which you use to malign my God has the answer! After His resurrection, He appeared to so many people before ascending into heaven.
(1 Corinthians 15:3-8) “For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the scriptures, and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. Then he appeared to more than five hundred brethren at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep. Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles. Last of all, as to one untimely born, he appeared also to me.” RSV
In the preceding verses, He appeared to about six hundred people!
Before ascending into heaven, He promised the Christians in the first century Church that He will again come at the end of the age to resurrect them and be with Him in paradise.
(John 14:1-3) “Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.”
When will He be coming to resurrect the Christians?
(John 6:44) “No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.”
He will be coming at the last day! That day, He will appear!
(Titus 2:13) “Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Savior Jesus Christ…”
The first century Christians and Christians nowadays know fully well that the appearing of the Lord Jesus Christ will happen at the last day, when dead Christians will be resurrected. No intelligent Christian now will ask Christ to appear to him NOW. He understands the Scriptures that the appearing is yet to come and no Christian will ask the untimely appearing of his Lord! Above this, the Lord Jesus Christ, before ascending into heaven has warned Christians not to believe to impostors that will claim that they are the Christ!
(Matthew 24:23-27) “Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not. For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. Behold, I have told you before. Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not. For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.”
These stern warnings are understood by an intelligent Christian. He will not expect Christ to appear to him before the appointed day. The coming of Christ at the last day will be heralded by the trump of God with a loud voice of an archangel!
(1 Thessalonians 4:16-17) “For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.”
It will be an event that will not be done in secret. It will be known. It will be noticed, and that day will mark the end of this age!
Do you realize how foolish these imaginary people are?
It is for you to decide.
God Bless ,
EFS
esoriano 
I say AMEN!!!!!!!! more power Bro. Eli we are so proud to be christians, we are so proud of you and we thank God you are our preacher.no matter how they malign you,no matter what lies they invent to destroy your reputation, By the grace of God we will hold on…I pray Bro. Eli that we all see each other in heaven.you are always in our prayers and we sincerely love you.
cartographer draw the countenance of another person based on what the other person’s statement and thus making a clear picture of it.
The Bible also speaks for those who seek the truth and not for those who are unbelieving and perversed in hearts!
“………..none of the wicked shall understand……”
but
“they that are prudent shall undertand”
Prudent in what sense? In the scripture,The Bible!
Will your imaginary thoughts comprehend what is not?
-absolutely, NEVER!
Will your perverseness in heart and thoughts percieve the thoughts of the Bible?
-MOST absolutely, dark,most utter darkness!
Did not CHRIST called? “……learn from Me……and find rest for your souls…..”
Did not GOD said; “return at my reproof, behold I will pour out spirits to you, I will make MY Words known to you.”
And you who claims that GOD is the “proponent of slavery” and CHRIST did exist and that evidences were tampered to make believed of the Bible?
How on earthly standards will you judge those who have not proved their case whether be true or untrue based on facts and evidences?
Yes, your pitching the a baseball ball when basketball is the game!
Be Biblical and proved your case!
Isaiah 1:18
More Power to you brother Eli
GOD Bless in CHIRST
… The video is talking about now. And why does Jesus appear only to those in the bible, but he can’t appear to us now?
To Alice,
What is your point when you ask: “And why does Jesus appear only to those in the bible, but he can’t appear to us now?”
Alice,
If your Mom will go for a vacation in the United States today and she promised to come back again on 2010, what would you think will be the reason if you ask her to appear to you tomorrow but she doesn’t show off?
If you want to see Christ physically, I believe you won’t.
When will He be coming to resurrect the Christians?
(John 6:44) “No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.”
He will be coming at the last day! That day, He will appear!
(Titus 2:13) “Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Savior Jesus Christ…”
How come you want to see Christ when you don’t even believe in Him. You better listen to Bro. Eli first and try to know Jesus Christ better. YOU WANT TO SEE CHRIST…KUNG DI MO MAKITA…MAKIKITA MO!!! (IF YOU CAN”T SEE, YOU WILL SEE!!!)
“How do we explain the fact that Jesus never appeared to you?
If our Lord Jesus Christ appear to all christian visibly then we will not be rightful to the eternal life or resurrection.
“Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.” (John 20:29)
“And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?” (John 11:26)
As Jesus Christ teach us to do the truth of righteous things through our works.
So we prepare our body or flesh to remain clean or righteous as we wait for his coming or appearance, christians are trying to avoid unrighteous thing such be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners.
But those righteous things or works will be in vain; because
“It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.” (John 6:63)
So christian righteous works should have faith, mercy and justice as a spirit in order to make ourselves a living worshippers, in which the glory of GOD dwell because our GOD is a living GOD.
“I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living. ” (Matthew 22:32)
And we are now called a “true worshippers in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.” (John 4:23)
EYES
hey alice,
i don’t know you, i haven’t seen you either, and i’m not even sure if you want to be seen.But i want to see you. I can’t force you though, if you opt not to show up i guess that is your prerogative and i’m pretty sure that only those who know you can say that they have seen you, because for many, they don’t even know that you exist.
I haven’t seen (by my eyes) our Lord Jesus Christ appeared in front of me nor heard (by the ears) an audible voice directly from Him, but these are what I can say:
1) There are times before wherein I was asked by mostly atheists/agnostics their questions about Christianity. I know I’m not the preacher nor the “sugo”, but there is someone dictating in my heart how should I answer them, even giving me hints of what verses shall I use. I noticed that I’ve been answering my own questions in which before I don’t have any idea on how to explain those things. For sure there is someone helping me about it. If he’s not Christ, then who is it?
2) I wonder how do I managed bursting in tears when I am singing the Church hymns. As far as I can remember, that is the only instance I will cry since 17 years old. Everytime in the gatherings I feel someone touching my heart, the unemotional heart instantly turns into a sensitive one, and I can’t help but burst into tears. Who had changed my cold heart? If he’s not Christ, then who is it?
3) English was the worst subject I had encountered before. Eversince my elementary days, my grades in English/Language/Reading was the lowest, if not, the second to the lowest. It was also the reason why I haven’t stayed that long in a Science High School. Few years later, I find studying the Scriptures interesting, and then I started transcribing my “topic outlines” into discourses in English! To my surprise, they told me that I’m good at using this language. I know by myself that I can hardly write in English, but still, I can interact well in pure-English forums. Who made it possible? Is it my own effort, or there’s someone helping me whenever I need to? If he’s not Christ, then who is it?
I wish I can see my Lord someday, to thank Him for all the things He had done for me, though I’ve been regarded by some as sarcastic, He still gave some attention for helpless people like me. I believe I can do nothing unless He will help me.
To God be the glory!
GOD BLESS and KEEP YOU, BRO. ELI, our INGKONG! Ki o tsukete kudasai! In the words of Jim Carrey, atheists are full of shit!
if someone appear to you now ( in flesh ) telling that he is
christ for sure he is false christ, and all said in the bible in
the last days after all, after the great tribulation, but Jesus
as Spirit is always here where two or three that gathered
together in His name..Mat. 18:20 and always with
Christian because he said Rev. 22:13….
bro eli explanation and verses quoted…very clear..just
listen and have ” faith” that He is coming….Hebrews 11:1
to BELIEVE is to SEE.
because i believe in Christ, i have seen Christ
The foolishness of these emaginary people is very evident! It only proves the existence of our God Almighty and Lord Jesus Chist because we do have a basis of saying so, against thier claim whose basis are all fabricated lies! The Bible which contains the word of God, the truth in its entirety clearly proves it through Bro. Ely Soriano!
Thanks be to God! and the Glory be unto God!
Fools learned from fools and went everywhere to teach.
We have been collecting ideas from everywhere and insinuates that all of it are one and just the same. Because we uses each ideas in reference to what we want to prove.
Let me just inform you that when you want to learn about the Bible, and even God, you need to drop first all the things you learned about it, everything that was taught to you. Forget what everybody said about it.
Now, that is the beginning of wisdom. Before you can build a structure, you need to start from the base or the foundation to make sure that it will stand the test of time. You cannot just build a pyramid using sticks or just plain wood.
For sure, you will ask, who’s going to teach me about the bible? Who shall introduce me to the God of the Bible?
No less than the author of this blog, Bro Eli Soriano. Ask him and the bible shall answer.
That is what “FAITH” means, as written in Hebrews 11:1….
“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”
And as what Jesus Christ said, in John 20:29….
“Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.”
“…..blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.”
It does not mean that if you do not see/saw a person, that person does not exist nor have existed.
Those foolish people who keep on destroying the Bible and making a mockery of it are the one being destroyed and being mocked by themselves.
(from: friendsreflections)
In Florida , an atheist became incensed over the preparation of Easter
and Passover holidays. He decided to contact his lawyer about the
discrimination inflicted on atheists by the constant celebrations
afforded to Christians and Jews with all their holidays while atheists
had no holiday to celebrate.
The case was brought before a wise judge. After listening to the long
passionate presentation by the lawyer, the Judge banged his gavel and
declared “Case dismissed!”
The lawyer immediately stood and objected to the ruling and said, “Your
honour, how can you possibly dismiss this case? The Christians have
Christmas, Easter and many other observances. Jews have Passover, Yom
Kippur and Hanukkah….yet my client and all other atheists have no such
holiday!”
The judge leaned forward in his chair and simply said, “Obviously your
client is too confused to even know about, much less celebrate his own
atheists’ holiday!”
The lawyer pompously said, “Your Honour, we are unaware of any such
holiday for atheists… Just when might that holiday be, your Honour?”
The judge said, “Well it comes every year on exactly the same
date—April 1st! Since our calendar sets April 1st as ‘April Fools
Day,’ consider that Psalm 14:1
and Psalm 53:1
states, ‘The fool has said in his heart, there is no
God.’ Thus, in my opinion, if your client says there is no God, then by
scripture he is a fool, thus April 1st is his holiday! ….Get it?”
PRAY THAT SOME DAY OUR COURTS WILL BE FULL OF THESE KIND OF JUDGES……
MAYBE THEN, WE CAN PUT GOD BACK WHERE HE BELONGS — IN EVERYTHING WE
DO.
wow!!!!only one verse that sink’s their belief..
i’m getting addicted to this blog…
bro. eli soriano is the man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So Jesus won’t appear because he said he wouldn’t until the last days. How… convinient. You are all very fervent in your belief, and if it makes you a better person then that is great. But remember that all you have to go on here is what someone else is telling you.
It is written that jesus said this and said that… but there is no proof whatsoever to any of it. It is nice, it makes you feel warm and cuddly, but there is absolutely no reason why you should think any of it is is any more true than the Tale of Peter Rabbit.
You cannot build a life and a moral code upon what someone else thinks. It is empty. Think for yourself. Open your eyes and see how incredible our world is right now without any need to wonder where Jesus has got to.
Jenny, may I ask what moral code you are insinuating when you said:
“You cannot build a life and a moral code upon what someone else thinks. It is empty. Think for yourself. Open your eyes and see how incredible our world is right now without any need to wonder where Jesus has got to.”
I think you are speaking like a foolish woman. It is but a scandal in disguise!
Are you a prostitute? Because you talk as if you are one. Would your statements above insinuates that you are even against the constitution of america or even the laws of the land? I know they contain moral codes based on what people think. And a lot of people are building a life and a moral code based on laws.
Whenever I open my eyes, I see how incredible our world is and how incredible the One who created them all.
the world of a person in love orbits in whom she loves, be he right or wrong! she remembers & does what he wants & says, even in his absence, ‘coz the thought of losing him sends a shiver down her spine!! the worst part of it? waking up one day being dumped for a voluptuous beauty!! NO HOPE HUH!! tsk! tsk! tsk!……………..we try our best to follow THE CHRIST OF THE BIBLE ‘coz we love HIM so dearly, for the same reason that we are afraid to lose HIM!!! the best part of us?!?……………TITUS 1:2……………CHRISTIANS ARE ENJOYING LIFE NOW WHILE HOPING FOR THE UTMOST REWARD!!!…..Give this a careful consideration(for your own good)!!
He appeared to me in a dream, He was on His thrown, there was light like crystal rainbow light, unearthly light, was bright but did not hurt the eyes, and He has the most beautiful smile i’ve ever saw 🙂
To Jenny,
Where were you came from…let me guess… ah from NOWHERE,
*** em i right…. you know why, first you may not believe me if i say that your grand parents met and have your father
then you. . . your mind also may not understand that before your grandparents came, there are your grand grandparents (obviously theyre dead) considering your grand grandparents still exists,
you would not believe when your LELONGs Lelong say
HEY JENNY, I want you to know that my mother, your Lelang Lelangs Lelang is a good mother THAT’S why you came to this world and have that SUPERNATURAL TALENT OF YOURS.. now would YOU BELIEVE hope so
It is more incredible when one day when you open your eyes, your in the midst of us the MCGI, knowing God and his magnificent power and his love for us
GO BACK TO CHRIST How asked Bro. Eli
SSD
Jesus Christ will return. That is the promised of the Lord who cannot lie.
For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:
I Peter 2:21
King James Version
Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:
I Peter 2:22
King James Version
AMEN,,,,christians are very much aware of this,,thanks be to God,,that is our FAITH,,,the FAITH of our Lord Jesus Christ,,,,