The Veritas Update 04.08.08

Last week we had our March Veritas “Dine and Rewind” and reviewed all of the teaching from the month. Pastor Jerry reviewed the teaching from Genesis 6 and let us know that we were going to start again from Genesis 1. This is a great idea considering all of the new people we have coming in since our move to the new location. Additionally, it will be a lot of fun for those of us who have studied this already to reinforce what we have learned.

By the way, our theme for this “Dine and Rewind” was Mexican food and it was good!

This week was a treat. Pastor Jerry played a film called Zeitgeist. This is a documentary that sought to destroy the validity of Jesus Christ as Savior, and even as a man. The filmmakers told the stories of pagan figures from ancient religions, all of them before the time of Jesus. For example, they spoke of figures such as Horace from Egypt, Addis from Greece, Krishna from India, Mithra from Persia and more.

The film explained to the viewer that all of these figures had damning facts that correlated to the story of Jesus. Some of these facts include virgin birth, being born on the 25th of December, a visit from three wise men, having 12 disciples, suffering death on a cross and resurrection and on and on. The film relates this story to phenomenon found in astrology and concludes that the story of Jesus is simply a theft taken from history.

So how does a follower of Christ respond to that?

The Veritas crowd was amazing in taking on this topic. Somebody mentioned that Jesus wasn’t actually born on the 25th. The bible never mentions three wise men, just wise men when Jesus was two. Another finally asked how the filmmakers back up their claims and we got into some real fun.

The truth is, none of these claims have a basis. Not only are the facts surrounding the lives of these mythological religious figures different from the way they are told in the film, the evidence the filmmakers used are based on a ridiculous book. The book is called, “The Christ Conspiracy, the Greatest Story ever Sold” by someone named Acharya S. However, this person is actually an authority on this subject because she was kidnapped by aliens and knows the truth now.

Is this really the kind of stuff that caused Christians to shake at their own foundations? This little worm of deception?

At Veritas we are confronting the lies of the age. This is our mission and God has us on target. Don’t miss next week as we continue tearing back the veils of darkness by presenting the deeper truths of God and His word. There is no greater privilege than to be used in this way. God bless you.