Salient. The Newspaper of Victoria University College. Vol. 19, No. 8. July 1, 1955
Christ Merely Good
Christ Merely Good
None of them would Bill accept at first. Surely you could believe in Him simply as Good. I remember one of his prayers at that time: "O God, you know I don't believe in this Jesus of Padre's, but if He is the only One who can help me, please show me. Amen."
I gave him "Who Moved the Stone?" to read—that famous account of an agnostic lawyer who set out to disprove the resurrection of Christ, and, after studying the evidence, ended by being convinced of its truth, and writing in its favour. If Christ rose from the dead (as He prophesied He would) He was clearly not mortal. True man He was, but not mortal man. He was the God-Man: God come down to earth to reveal Himself to human sinners, and through His sacrifice to repeal the law of sin and death.