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Direct Answer Chuck’s point is that these objections usually function as excuses, because Scripture-based proof was used with Gentiles, by ordinary men, across centuries, and even today; repentance would look like dropping the excuse and actually learning and using the Scriptures to witness.

Support from Transcript:

• Objection “only for Jews”: Chuck points to 1 Corinthians 15 written to a pagan Gentile church, where Paul’s gospel is that Christ died and rose “according to the Scriptures,” meaning Old Testament fulfillment.
• Objection “only while apostles alive”: Chuck cites Justin Martyr’s First Apology addressed to Roman leaders and people, not Jews, using Jewish prophets as “compelling evidence.”
• Justin says belief is “not based merely on the assertion of others” but on foretold events fulfilled; he urges pagans to read the prophecies.
• Objection “they were Bible scholars”: Acts 4:13 says Peter and John were “uneducated and untrained,” yet bold.
• Objection “wouldn’t work today”: Chuck gives modern cases—Finney’s father in India changed by Psalm 22 prophecy argument; discussions with a Buddhist friend in Mexico; and Muslims in Albania challenged because the Old Testament predates the New Testament.