Luke 24:11 –
But the story sounded like nonsense to the men, so they didn’t believe it.
Here it is Jesus has risen, walked with the disciples and the verse I pick is filled with doubt. As Christians we talk about this man that lived 2000 years ago that did great things, was crucified, came back to life 3 days later and lives today! In faith we just accept this as fact, but someone who has never heard the story, it sounds like “nonsense” to them. This was the disciple’s response to the women coming back from the grave. These men had seen the miracles Jesus performed first hand including raising many dead people, so if they thought it was nonsense imagine what it sounds like to others.
More than once I have thought back and figured this was nonsense considering I have never personally seen anything that remotely comes close. I have a very easy time believing in God who is further out there that the life of a documented man, Jesus. No one denies Jesus existed, just that this last chapter actually happened. What brings me back to this being real is God, who is more than just a man up in the heavens looking down on us all. God has the power to do anything including bringing a lifeless body back to life.
How do you reconcile with others the idea that something supernatural happened and they need to accept it now? Actually we cannot do it at all. This is where the Holy Spirit comes into play. Once people learn about Jesus, they need to process the information as very few just blindly accept it the first time they hear the story. This is where our story of salvation comes into play, to help guide people through real life experience and not a story in a book written thousands of years ago.