Many believe that John the Baptist existed. Why do we even know John the Baptist existed? Because he testified about Jesus, calling Jesus the Lamb of God. That is the record of his main message. A historic message by a real person who lived two thousand years ago. Jesus is most known as the one proclaimed by John the Baptist who Herod beheaded, baptised by this John. So why did John the Baptist proclaim the Lamb of God had come? Because after John the Baptist died, this Jesus was crucified as Lamb sacrificed for the sins of the people who believe and for all people too. We are compelled to believe the testimony by the gospel writers because many find Jesus is alive from the dead and helps us as the gospels testified. These testimonies best match the salient facts and are born out in people’s lives ever since. I too have experienced the truth of it. Jesus is truly, in my experience, alive from the dead and the gospels are proven true by what Jesus does today and so it must also be true that Jesus was crucified and died and rose from the dead as these gospels record. The Holy Spirit seals it conclusively. God acknowledges it.
