Dr. Norman Geisler developed this. --- # 12 Points that Show Christianity is True ## 1. **Truth about reality is knowable.** > Objective truth exists — reality is not just opinion. **📖 John 8:32 (ESV):** > “And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” --- ## 2. **The opposite of true is false.** > Truth excludes its opposite — two contradictory things can’t both be true. **📖 Isaiah 5:20 (ESV):** > “Woe to those who call evil good and good evil…” --- ## 3. **It is true that the theistic God exists.** > Creation points to a Creator. **📖 Romans 1:20 (ESV):** > “For his invisible attributes... have been clearly perceived... in the things that have been made.” --- ## 4. **If God exists, then miracles are possible.** > If He created nature, He can intervene in it. **📖 Luke 1:37 (ESV):** > “For nothing will be impossible with God.” --- ## 5. **Miracles can be used to confirm a message from God.** > God uses miracles to validate messengers. **📖 Hebrews 2:3–4 (ESV):** > “...it was declared... by those who heard, while God also bore witness by signs and wonders and various miracles…” --- ## 6. **The New Testament is historically reliable.** > The NT is a trustworthy record of Jesus’ life and words. **📖 Luke 1:1–3 (ESV):** > “...having followed all things closely... to write an orderly account for you…” --- ## 7. **The New Testament says Jesus claimed to be God.** > Jesus explicitly claimed divinity. **📖 John 10:30 (ESV):** > “I and the Father are one.” **📖 John 8:58 (ESV):** > “Before Abraham was, I am.” --- ## 8. **Jesus’ claim to divinity was confirmed by His resurrection.** > The resurrection is the ultimate sign. **📖 Romans 1:4 (ESV):** > “...declared to be the Son of God in power... by his resurrection from the dead.” --- ## 9. **Therefore, Jesus is God.** > His resurrection proves His identity. **📖 John 20:28 (ESV):** > “Thomas answered him, ‘My Lord and my God!’” --- ## 10. **Whatever Jesus teaches is true.** > As God, His word is authoritative. **📖 John 14:6 (ESV):** > “I am the way, and the truth, and the life.” --- ## 11. **Jesus taught that the Bible is the Word of God.** > He affirmed Scripture’s divine authority. **📖 Matthew 5:17–18 (ESV):** > “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets... not an iota... will pass from the Law until all is accomplished.” --- ## 12. **Therefore, the Bible is the Word of God, and Christianity is true.** > The Bible is true in all that it teaches. **📖 2 Timothy 3:16 (ESV):** > “All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching…” ![[twelve-points-that-show-christianity-is-true-participant 2.pdf]]