Acts 1:3 To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God:

I have been thinking about proof lately. People come on television with comments and I want to say “Show me your proof.” If asked they will inevitably quote a survey or another authority as their proof. That isn’t proof! That is trusting in someone else’s efforts to lay claim to something.

Here in Acts is a comment about the reports from many different people over a forty day period of what they claim to be proof to them about the risen Christ. It isn’t even a firsthand report, it is a second hand report. Now mind you those first hand reports were probably very convincing. First hand encounters can be rather descriptive and emotional. I do believe that Luke believed those reports wholeheartedly. That was two thousand years ago.

Many today will not believe without proof. All I can say is the same thing as those who reported to Luke had to say about what they saw and heard. “Jesus has revealed Himself to me to be the risen Christ.” Now where is my proof? Anything I say or do places the receiver in the same position as Luke. They would have to believe my report.

Do you need proof? Is not my word good enough? Am I not convincing enough? The truth is that I can prove nothing to you. The same way Jesus revealed Himself to me, is the only way that you shall have your own proof.

John 10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

Galatians 2:20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

I cannot give proof to you. Only Christ can.