Jesus Christ is the Son of God

Thank you Con for your response. I will continue the third round of this debate in the way I set out to in the beginning, in order to keep my word: "The third round, I will demonstrate that He paid the price to take away the sins of the world, and prove that salvation is only found through faith in His name." However, I will also respond to some of what was presented in the second round. Firstly, in 1A of Cons response he said "Pro would need to demonstrate that all claims in the Bible are true in order to use the Bible claim as a proof for something". In response to this I say - prove to me unquestionably that any claims in the Bible are false. 1B - Responding to Cons claim about 850 million people not believing that the existence of God is self evident. This doesn't prove that God is not self-evident through Creation, all it proves is that 850 million people have hardened their heart towards this evidence. 31.5% of the worlds population identify themselves as Christian (Approx 2.2 Billion) - http://en.wikipedia.org.... So 2.2 Billion people would also say that the existence of God is clearly seen. Next, concerning Cons argument about the universe not being the same as a painting. He is correct in this in one respect; a painting is made by man, the universe is made by God. God said "light be" and scientists tell us that the universe is still expanding. Isaiah 55:11 says "so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it." This truth is being seen by scientists through the ongoing expansion of the universe. God said the earth is circular: "It is he who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them like a tent to dwell in" Isaiah 40:22 This was written in approximately 8th Century BC, two centuries before the next (and considered by many the first reference to the Earth being round - 6th Century BC Greek philosophy). So from Isaiah 40:22 we can see what we now know through science, the Earth being round and the universe expanding ("stretches out the heavens"). Cons argues that it would be impressive the way that the Earth is just right for life, if it were the only planet. I would say that it even more impressive that there are Trillions of planets out there and God chose the Earth (which He made for man) and created it just right for us. Everything in creation has a "nesting period" before new life comes along. This is exactly what God did for us. He made everything right in the Earth before He made man to live in it. Referring to Cons argument that Josephus would not been around the same time as Jesus. This is true, but Josephus would have been around the same time as a lot of Jesus' disciples from the early church. So even though he would not have first hand evidence of Jesus' existence, he certainly would have had the next best thing. Josephus was around the same time as saint Paul and also the disciples James and John. He live in the same general area as the first followers of Jesus Christ (many of which did have eye witness accounts). It would be like me asking someone 30 years older than me about a man they knew in their village, I am sure they would be able to give me a lot of information (especially if they knew well). There were simply too many of the first followers of Jesus Christ around at the time of Josephus for it not to be true. In the early church, the day of Pentecost was 50 days after passover (not long after Jesus had been crucified/resurrected). There were 120 followers that day (initially). Here is the writing of the apostle Paul regarding first hand witnesses of Jesus Christ: "For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures, and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep. Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles. Last of all, as to one untimely born, he appeared also to me. For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God." 1 Corinthians 5:3-9 Above is also proof that Jesus Christ died for our sins and all the people mentioned above were witnesses to His resurrection. It's only through faith in His name that we can be saved (from our sins and the coming judgment): "And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12 Peter said this to the council at Jerusalem after healing a crippled man. Back to you Con