christians and life after death
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A presentation for Year 9 at Colyton Grammar School Interfaith Morning, July 2012. There's also a website at https://interfaith.jottit.com but it's password-protected; contact [email protected] if you wish to see it.TRANSCRIPT
Christians and
life after death
1. There is no evidence for life after death that we can rely on
GHOSTS?SPIRIT CONTACT?
PAST LIFE MEMORIES?NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCES?
2. To understand why Christians are so sure about life after death, you have to go back to the roots of Christianity in
Israel...
a chosen peoplea worldwide rolea coming leader
3. The Old Testament tells us little about life after death... two views
developed
YES, THERE WILL
BE A RESURRECT
ION
OH NO.THERE
DEFINITELYWON’T
Pharisees Sadducees
4. Christians believed that Jesus settled the argument. And that HOPE became
the centre of Christianity.
Our Saviour, Christ Jesus, has destroyed death
and has brought life and immortality to light
through the gospel.
Why?Two
reasons...
(1) They believed Jesus truly had risen from the dead – the evidence
convinced them.
(2) They experienced the invisible presence of Jesus in their lives, and
that experience transformed everything.
7. So Christians believe in life after death because they believe Jesus has proved it to them... and they can trust
him.
8. What will it be like? Not this...
9. ... but a whole new world in which God isn’t remote and distant, but living
himself in the midst of his creation
10. You can be part of it – or you can opt out.
God won’t take you anywhere you don’t want to go