Beyond a shadow of a doubt...

"I have spent more than 42 years as a defense trial lawyer appearing in many parts of the world and am still in active practice. I have been fortunate to secure a number of successes in jury trials and I can say unequivocally...the evidence for the resurrection of Jesus Christ is so overwhelming that it compels acceptance by proof which leaves absolutely no room for doubt."

- Sir Lionel Luckhoo (Kingstone, 2019, "101 Questions", Volume 3) https://kingstonecomics.com/collections/apologetics/products/101-questions-volume-3

Guinness World Records

Most successful lawyer

Sir Lionel Luckhoo (b. 2 Mar 1914), senior partner of Luckhoo and Luckhoo of Georgetown, Guyana, succeeded in getting 245 successive murder-charge acquittals between 1940 and 1985.

https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/most-successful-lawyer (03/28/2021)

Sir Luckhoo was born March 2, 1914 and died December 12, 1997.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Luckhoo (03/28/2021)

Attorney Lionel Luckhoo had his own law firm in Guyana and is listed in Guinness Book of World Records as never having lost a criminal case in the courts of London. Author, journalist and broadcaster, with academic training at Oxford University, he is recognized in international circles as statesman and ambassador (the only one ever to represent two countries simultaneously as ambassador; honored four times by the Queen of England, with two degrees of knighthood. President of Guyana’s Olympic Committee, four times mayor of Georgetown, and head of four trade unions.

http://www.thelawmaster.com/blog/?p=1217 (03/28/2021)

First hand recording of Sir Lionel Luckhoo giving a testimony:

http://paludavia.com/usual/Sir-Lionel-Luckhoo.mp3 (03/28/2021)

The recording above was taken in August 1983 at a meeting of the Full Gospel Businessmen’s Fellowship International in Chattanooga, Tennessee:

https://www.vulcanhammer.org/2007/07/12/sir-lionel-luckhoos-testimony/ (03/28/2021)

This page is a work in progress, and so in continuing to study the life and words of Sir Luckhoo, here are some additional resources:

https://en.google-info.org/3733792/1/lionel-luckhoo.html

http://www.myrelationshipwithjesus.com/sir_lionel_luckhoo.html

https://fgbt.org/Testimonies/sir-lionel-a-luckhoo.html

http://livingconnections.com/lionel-luckhoo/

https://theemmauswalk.tripod.com/sirlionelluckhoo.html

http://www.fullgospelbusinessmensfellowshipamerica.com/www.fullgospelbusinessmensfellowshipamerica.com.pdf

http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n81097329/

Please feel free to share any findings you may have in the comments. Thank you!

Source of Hope

We are approaching Easter which is both a very reverent and very exciting day for followers of Jesus. It is a time when we honor His crucifixion and celebrate His resurrection. Jesus shares a message that is good news for all people. Will you listen to His message? Will you accept His offer?

Jesus was present in the beginning when we were created, He came to earth to minister to our world, and He is now waiting for us in Heaven. Jesus did not introduce something new, but fulfilled what God had planned.

We don't have to worry about our spiritual "pre-existing conditions", because Jesus will take them all. He offers to share His Holy Spirit with us as a comfort and guide in this earthly life. He offers to stand before God's judgement on our behalf after this earthly life. He does not force these gifts upon us, it is an optional offer that we must intentionally accept to receive the benefits.

Jesus can be our wonderful ambassador, and He does not expect anything from us, only to accept His gift. There is no prerequisite. We do not have to change anything to accept His offer; instead, as His followers He will help us grow in His goodness.

We were created by God to be His friends. We often make choices that compromise our friendship with God. Jesus, as the Son of God, came to help restore that friendship.

No matter where you are in your spiritual journey, may you take a few moments this season to listen to this message of Jesus.

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Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. You know the way to the place where I am going.”

Thomas said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?”

Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life."

John 14:1-6
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Then Jesus cried out, “Whoever believes in me does not believe in me only, but in the one who sent me. The one who looks at me is seeing the one who sent me. I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness. 

“If anyone hears my words but does not keep them, I do not judge that person. For I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world."

John 12:44-47
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Then they asked him, “What must we do to do the works God requires?”

Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.”

John 6:28-29
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Now when Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him, and he began to teach them...

Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.

Matthew 5:1 & 17
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One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question:

“Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”

Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.

Matthew 22:35-40
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Resources:

TALC – Talk About Loving Christ Nonprofit (letstalc.org)

Learn the Bible for Free Online | BibleProject™

Jesus Film Project | Jesus Film Project

The Skit Guys - Christian Skits, Video and Scripts for the Church

Best Christian Videos For Youth Ministry | YouthVids

Micah's Super Vlog | Welcome

24-7 Prayer International (24-7prayer.com)

Find Peace with God - Billy Graham Evangelistic Association

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