The Test of John 20:31
by Dr. John DeBrine
Frank Morison was an English journalist who viewed Christianity with disfavor and set out to disprove the Resurrection of Christ. He poured over the evidence, absorbing all the information he could, marshaling his arguments. Not only was he unable to disprove the Resurrection, but also he was compelled on the weight of the evidence to become a Christian himself. His book became a powerful argument in support of the historicity of the Easter event, entitled Who Moved the Stone?
Albert L. Roper was a prominent Virginia attorney, a graduate of the University of Virginia and its law school, who eventually became mayor of the city of Norfolk. He once began a thorough legal investigation into the evidence for the Resurrection of Christ, asking himself the question: "Can any intelligent person accept the Resurrection story?" After examining the evidence at length, he came away asking a different question: "Can any intelligent person deny the weight of this evidence?"
What I have just shared are two examples of people who accepted the John 20:31 principle, which basically says — If you mean business with God, He will mean business with you. Challenge your non-Christian friends to pray this way:
"God – if you exist and if you reveal yourself to me I’ll serve you." Then challenge them to read one chapter a day of the Gospel of John. I can dogmatically state the results NOW – John 20:31:
"but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that BELIEVING YOU MAY HAVE LIFE IN HIS NAME."
Now it is time to give them the cassette, "Your Right To Heaven" by Donald Grey Barnhouse. Ask for it next time you contact Songtime.