Resurrection Pastor Vince Fenech 17th.April 2006

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Resurrection Pastor Vince Fenech 17th.April 2006
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News Flash
The Tomb was found Empty The Lord Jesus Christ
is Resin
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Why Born Again Christians Believe Jesus Rose from
the Dead

• If Jesus did not rise from the dead, the
  Christian faith is a foolish fantasy. However, if
  the resurrection of Christ did occur, it confirms
  His life, message, and atoning work. It is the
  basis of our hope of life beyond the grave.
• Christ is alive, and the evidence is
  overwhelming.
• Here are some of the reasons we can be so sure.

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Jesus predicted His resurrection

• 1.Matt.1621 From that time Jesus began to show
  to His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem,
  and suffer many things from the elders and chief
  priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised
  the third day. (Matt. 1621 Mark 99-10 John
  218-22).

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The Old Testament prophesied The Resurrection

• 2. Psalm 1610 For You will not leave my soul
  in Sheol, Nor will You allow Your Holy One to see
  corruption.
• compare Acts 225-31
• Acts1333-37. "God has fulfilled this for us
  their children, in that He has raised up Jesus.
  As it is also written in the second Psalm 'You
  are My Son, Today I have begotten You.

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The tomb was empty and the grave clothes vacant.

• If those who opposed Christ wished to silence His
  disciples, all they had to do was produce a body,
  but they could not.
• 3. John 203-9 Peter therefore went out, and the
  other disciple, and were going to the tomb. So
  they both ran together, and the other disciple
  outran Peter and came to the tomb first. And he,
  stooping down and looking in, saw the linen
  cloths lying there yet he did not go in. Then
  Simon Peter came, following him, and went into
  the tomb and he saw the linen cloths lying
  there, and the handkerchief that had been around
  His head, not lying with the linen cloths, but
  folded together in a place by itself. Then the
  other disciple, who came to the tomb first, went
  in also and he saw and believed. For as yet they
  did not know the Scripture, that He must rise
  again from the dead.

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Many people saw the resurrected Jesus Christ.

• They looked on His face, touched Him, heard His
  voice, and saw Him eat
• (Matt. 2816-20 Luke 2413-39 John 2011-29
• John 211-9 Acts 16-11)
• 4. 1 Cor. 153-8 153 For I delivered to you
  first of all that which I also received that
  Christ died for our sins according to the
  Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He
  rose again the third day according to the
  Scriptures, and that He was seen by Cephas, then
  by the twelve. After that He was seen by over
  five hundred brethren at once, of whom the
  greater part remain to the present, but some have
  fallen asleep. After that He was seen by James,
  then by all the apostles. Then last of all He was
  seen by me also, as by one born out of due time.

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The lives of the disciples were revolutionized.

• Though they fled and even denied Christ at the
  time of His arrest, they later feared no one in
  their proclamation of the
• Risen Christ
• 5.Matt. 2656, Then all the disciples forsook Him
  and fled.
• Matt. 69-75, Peter denying Christ 3 times in a
  role.

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The Resurrection was the central message of the
early church.

• The church grew with an unwavering conviction
  that Jesus Christ had risen and was the Lord of
  the church.
• 6. Acts 433 And with great power the apostles
  gave witness to the resurrection of the Lord
  Jesus. And great grace was upon them all.
• Acts 530-32 And we are His witnesses to
  these things, and so also is the Holy Spirit whom
  God has given to those who obey Him."
• Rom. 521 so that as sin reigned in death, even
  so grace might reign through righteousness to
  eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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The Resurrection Gives Proof

• 1. He is the Son of God (Rom. 14) and declared
  to be the Son of God with power according to the
  Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the
  dead.
• 2. Salvation is completed and His sacrifice
  accepted (Rom. 424-25) but also for us. It
  shall be imputed to us who believe in Him who
  raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead, who was
  delivered up because of our offences, and was
  raised because of our justification
• 3. Believers can live holy lives (Rom.
  64).even so we also should walk in newness
  of life
• 4. We have an intercessor in glory (Rom. 834)
  who is even at the right hand of God, who also
  makes intercession for us.

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The Resurrection Gives Proof

• 5. He is Lord (Rom. 149) For to this end Christ
  died and rose and lived again, that He might be
  Lord of both the dead and the living
• 6. He will one day come to judge (Acts 1731) He
  has appointed a day on which He will judge the
  world in righteousness by the Man whom He has
  ordained. He has given assurance of this to all
  by raising Him from the dead."
• 7. The dead will one day be raised (John 524-29)
  and come forth-those who have done good, to the
  resurrection of life, and those who have done
  evil, to the resurrection of condemnation.

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The Four Gospels teach us a lesson re Jesus
Christs Resurrection

• Gospel of Mathew in Chapter 28.
• The Christ Resurrected
• Lesson to be learned
• We are commissioned to share the Good News with
  anybody. From Christs death and Christs
  Resurrection flow all our hopes.

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The Four Gospels teach us a lesson re Jesus
Christs Resurrection

• Gospel of Mark in Chapter 16.
• Triumph at the Tomb
• Lesson to be learned
• The Christians commission is to make the Lord
  Jesus visible, understandable, and desirable.

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The Four Gospels teach us a lesson re Jesus
Christs Resurrection

• Gospel of Luke in Chapter 24.
• Resin Redeemer.
• Lesson to be learned.
• Praise God even when you do not understand what
  He is doing.

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The Four Gospels teach us a lesson re Jesus
Christs Resurrection

• Gospel of John in Chapters 20 and 21. John
  depicts Jesus Christ as the Begotten Son of God
  in His life, Death, and Resurrection. Read 20.
• Lesson to be learned
• Gods work done in Gods way for Gods Glory will
  never lack Gods supply. Jesus Christ is always
  there for you and me because He is alive.

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The Power of The Resurrection

• Men and women today testify that the Power of the
  Risen Jesus Christ has transformed their lives.
  We know that Jesus Christ is alive not only
  because of the historical and biblical evidence
  but also because He has miraculously touched our
  lives.
• Is He alive in your life?
• Do you want Him to touch your life?

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• Thank you all for coming.Please remember that
  tomorrow Monday we have Prayer Meeting here
• _at_ 7pm.Wednesday we have Fellowship
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