Would you DIE for a LIE?

If you were spreading a lie and were about to be killed for it, and all you had to do was confess the truth to live... would you?

OR

Would you choose to be fed to lions in a stadium for all to see? For a lie...






Or choose rather to have your head sliced off your shoulders? For a lie...




Why did most of Jesus' disciples die for their belief in Him? All they had to do was recant His name and they could have lived. But they didn't. They went to their death instead. Could it be because what they claimed and believed wasn't a lie, but was true?

What if you knew a man who claimed to be the only way to God? This man performed miracles, raised deceased people from the dead right in front of your eyes, healed the sick, etc. Then this man was killed, you watched him die. But days later he was raised from the dead, and you saw him! Along with 500 other eye witnesses! Chances are, you would probably believe he was really who he claimed to be.

The disciples as well as an estimated 70 million other Christians throughout the last 2000 years went to their death for believing in Jesus. They refused to deny Him, no matter what the cost. Why? Because they knew He was who He said He was. So, the question is... would all these men have died for what they knew was a lie?

• Peter, crucified upside-down in Rome circa 64 A.D.
• James, son of Zebedee was beheaded in 44 A.D.
• Andrew, Peter's brother, was crucified upon a diagonal cross.
• Phillip was crucified in54 A.D.
• Bartholomew (also known as Nathaniel) was flayed alive (skinned) and then beheaded.
• Matthew, killed by a halberd in 60 A.D.
• Thomas was killed by a spear in Mylapore, Madras, India in AD 72.
• James, son of Alphaeus, beaten to death with a club after being crucified and stoned.
• Jude was crucified.
• Simon the Zealot was crucified in 74 A.D.
• Matthias (Judas' replacement), was stoned and beheaded.