Biblical & Theological Issues

For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you, that the Lord
Jesus in the night in which He was betrayed took bread; and when He had
given thanks, He broke it and said, “This is My body, which is for you; do this
in remembrance of Me.” In the same way He took the cup also after supper,
saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you drink
it, in remembrance of Me.” –1 Cor. 11:23-25

For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ
died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and
that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, and that He
appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. After that He appeared to more than
five hundred brethren at one time, most of whom remain until now, but some
have fallen asleep; then He appeared to James, then to all the apostles; and
last of all, as to one untimely born, He appeared to me also. –1 Cor. 15:3-8

Concerning His Son, who was born of a descendant of David according to the
flesh, who was declared the Son of God with power by the resurrection from the
dead, according to the Spirit of holiness, Jesus Christ our Lord. –Rom. 1:3-4

If you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that
God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.–Rom. 10:9

Although He [Jesus] existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with
God a thing to be grasped, but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bondservant,
and being made in the likeness of men. Being found in appearance as
a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even
death on a cross. For this reason also, God highly exalted Him, and bestowed
on Him the name which is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus
EVERY KNEE WILL BOW, of those who are in heaven and on earth and under
the earth, and that every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the
glory of God the Father. –Phil. 2:6-11

By common confession, great is the mystery of godliness: He who was revealed
in the flesh, Was vindicated in the Spirit, Seen by angels, Proclaimed among
the nations, Believed on in the world, Taken up in glory. –1 Tim. 3:16

SOURCE: Gary R. Habermas, The Historical Jesus (College Press, 1996).