well if we're holding the bible up as
being a book of revelation from god we
have to expect that there is not a
single error
within the bible but let me just read
some things to you
for example the bible tells us
what jesus wore what he drank and what
he said
right yes and no
some people say one thing others say
another
for example in matthew 27 28
the roman soldiers dressed jesus in a
scarlet robe
however in john 19 19
2 it says that the rope was purple
matthew 27 34 says the roman gave romans
gave jesus sour wine
mixed with gaul in matthew 15 23 it was
mixed with myrrh
matthew 15 25 jesus was crucified
before the third hour john 19
14-15 says about the sixth hour
luke 23 46 says jesus's last words were
father into your hands i commit my
spirit
beautiful words only problem is in john
19
30 it records jesus's last words as
it is finished now i'll tell you just
kind of a whimsical story here
i put i picked up a book a little while
ago called famous last words
yes right and it recorded people's
famous
last words throughout history one of the
one of the funniest ones one
the one i liked the most was this
general
at a battle of spotsylvania during the
civil war
okay one of his aides was telling him
not to be
lifting his head up over a parapet
because it was not
cautious it was dangerous his famous
last words were ah
they couldn't hit an elephant at this
dist
and that was the end they couldn't hit
an elephant at this dis
he couldn't even finish his sentence he
got killed yeah
famous last words what's my point my
point is that
followers of famous people hang on to
their words
all right and when a person is dying
they hang on to the words even more
closely
because everybody is looking to quote
your famous last words
you know what and they're looking
they're looking for the answer
like that famous question what's the
answer and the dying person said what's
the question
but the point is they got the quote
right and here in the bible we have
two gospels written by people we don't
know
but let's say we trust them they both
say different things
one says the last words were jesus's
last words were
it is finished the other into your hands
i commend my spirit
so we have to ask ourselves is this
is this something that we would trust
now you know when we're talking about
the atonement
what the what does this all come down to
it all comes down to the crucifixion
right yeah the question of did jesus die
for our sins
well let's take that a step further did
jesus die
at all if we look at the biblical
accounts of what happened before and
after the alleged crucifixion
we have to remember in the garden of
gethsemane according to the bible
all of the disciples deserted deserted
jesus and fled
now if all of the disciples deserted him
and fled
who is there at his trial who is there
at his persecution who is there at
his crucifixion we don't know
we don't know who is there we don't know
who he wrote about it we don't know
the authority of what we have in our
hands what we do know
is this following the alleged
crucifixion
who went to the tomb according to
matthew
mary magdalene and the other mary
according to mark mary magdalene
according to luke the women who had come
with him from galilee
according to john mary magdalene why did
they go to the tomb
matthew to see the tomb mark they
brought spices
uh luke they brought spices john no
reason was there an earthquake
matthew yes mark luke john no mention
did an angel descend matthew yes mark
luke john
no mention wait a minute i have a
problem
we're talking about an earthquake and an
angel descending
we're not talking about something as
simple as jesus riding the donkey
all of the gospels agree jesus rode the
donkey which is pretty high on the who
cares list
who cares if he wrote the donkey but
they all agree he wrote the donkey
but we have three gospels who fail to
mention an angel descending
and an earthquake i mean can you imagine
three newspapers
recording a historical event and one of
them mentions an angel one of them
mentions an earthquake and three don't
i'm i'm only pointing out that we have a
reason to have suspicion about the
account
who rolled back the stone matthew the
angel
mark luke and john unknown
who is at the tomb matthew an angel
mark a young man luke two men
john two angels where were they matthew
the angel was sitting at the stone
outside the tomb mark the young man the
young man
was in the tomb sitting on the right
side luke the two men
were inside the tomb standing beside
them
and john the two angels were quote
sitting
one at the head the other at the foot
where the body of jesus had lain
by whom and where was jesus first seen
when he
was allegedly resurrected matthew mary
magdalene and the other mary on the road
to
to tell his disciples mark mary
magdalene only
luke two of the disciples john mary
magdalene
outside the tomb different people
different places
different times and we're told to
believe it
so my point is that
we have to begin by questioning the
scriptural authority to begin with
if there were four stories that we knew
who they were written by
and they all they all backed each other
up
detail for detail we would have a
foundation
upon which we could trust this but we
have four gospels
anonymously written
conflicting with one another on huge
details
and we're asked to believe it