THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRIST

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THE RESURRECTIONOF JESUS CHRIST

• 1 Corinthians 1516-17
• For if the dead do not rise, then Christ is not
  risen. And if Christ is not risen, your faith is
  futile you are still in your sins!

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SOME DOUBT THE RESURRECTION

• Thomas
• "Unless I see in His hands the print of the
  nails, and put my finger into the print of the
  nails, and put my hand into His side, I will not
  believe." (John 2025).
• Reach your finger here, and look at My hands
  and reach your hand here, and put it into My
  side. Do not be unbelieving, but believing." And
  Thomas answered and said to Him, "My Lord and my
  God!" Jesus said to him, "Thomas, because you
  have seen Me, you have believed. Blessed are
  those who have not seen and yet have believed."
  (John 2027-29).

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WAS JESUS RESURRECTED?

• It is a question of fact.
• Not a question of science.
• Not a question of philosophy.
• Not a question of knowing as the disciples in the
  first century knew.
• A matter of faith produced by written testimony.

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REASON FOR THE GOSPEL

• And truly Jesus did many other signs in the
  presence of His disciples, which are not written
  in this book but these are written that you may
  believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God,
  and that believing you may have life in His
  name." (John 2030-31).
• "so then faith comes by hearing and hearing by
  the word of God." (Romans 1017).
• Not a blind faith our faith is based on written
  evidence.

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IMPORTANT REQUIREMENTSTO ESTABLISH THE TRUTHOF
AN EVENT

• General background of the case.
• Number and dependability of witnesses.
• Attitude of witnesses toward the event both
  before and after its occurrence.
• Circumstances surrounding the witnesses.
• Time
• Place
• Number of occurrences etc

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PROOF THAT JESUS DIED

• And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice, and
  yielded up His spirit. Then, behold, the veil of
  the temple was torn in two from top to bottom
  and the earth quaked, and the rocks were split,
  and the graves were opened and many bodies of
  the saints who had fallen asleep were raised and
  coming out of the graves after His resurrection,
  they went into the holy city and appeared to
  many. So when the centurion and those with him,
  who were guarding Jesus, saw the earthquake and
  the things that had happened, they feared
  greatly, saying, "Truly this was the Son of God!
  (Matthew 2750-55).

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PROOF THAT JESUS DIED

• And many women who followed Jesus from Galilee,
  ministering to Him, were there looking on from
  afar, among whom were Mary Magdalene, Mary the
  mother of James and Joses, and the mother of
  Zebedee's sons. Now when evening had come, there
  came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who
  himself had also become a disciple of Jesus. This
  man went to Pilate and asked for the body of
  Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be given
  to him. When Joseph had taken the body, he
  wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, and laid it in
  his new tomb which he had hewn out of the rock
  and he rolled a large stone against the door of
  the tomb, and departed. And Mary Magdalene was
  there, and the other Mary, sitting opposite the
  tomb. (Matthew 2755-61).

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PROOF THAT JESUS DIED

• Matthew 2750-61.
• Centurion and those with him.
• truly this WAS the Son of God.
• Pilate.
• Joseph of Arimathaea.
• The women.

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PROOF THAT JESUS DIED

• THE ENEMIES OF CHRIST Jews
• Sir, we remember, while He was still alive, how
  that deceiver said, 'After three days I will
  rise.' Therefore command that the tomb be made
  secure until the third day, lest His disciples
  come by night and steal Him away, and say to the
  people, 'He has risen from the dead.' So the last
  deception will be worse than the first." Pilate
  said to them, "You have a guard go your way,
  make it as secure as you know how." So they went
  and made the tomb secure, sealing the stone and
  setting the guard. (Matthew 2763-66).

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• WAS JESUS RESURRECTED
• FROM THE DEAD?

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EYE-WITNESS TESTIMONYOF THE RESURRECTION

• Mary Magdalene.
• Now when He rose early on the first day of the
  week, He appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of
  whom He had cast seven demons. She went and told
  those who had been with Him, as they mourned and
  wept. And when they heard that He was alive and
  had been seen by her, they did not believe.
  (Mark 169-11).

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EYE-WITNESS TESTIMONYOF THE RESURRECTION

• Mary Magdalene.
• But he said to them, "Do not be alarmed. You seek
  Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He is
  risen! He is not here. See the place where they
  laid Him. But go, tell His disciples and Peter
  that He is going before you into Galilee there
  you will see Him, as He said to you." (Mark
  166-7).

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EYE-WITNESS TESTIMONYOF THE RESURRECTION

• TWO MORE WITNESSES.
• After that, He appeared in another form to two of
  them as they walked and went into the country.
  And they went and told it to the rest, but they
  did not believe them either. (Mark 1612-13).
• Total of three eye-witnesses.
• Enough evidence for any court that Jesus is alive.

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EYE-WITNESS TESTIMONYOF THE RESURRECTION

• HUNDREDS OF EYE-WITNESSES!
• ". . . 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." (1
  Corinthians 155-8)

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CONDUCT OF THE APOSTLES

• RESURRECTION TO PENTECOST.
• Then Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke
  Him, saying, "Far be it from You, Lord this
  shall not happen to You!" (Matthew 1622).
• Peter denied Jesus three times (Matthew
  2669-74).
• They were uncertain and fearful about the future.
• They did not preach the resurrection.

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CONDUCT OF THE APOSTLES

• ON PENTECOST AND AFTER.
• Men of Israel, hear these words Jesus of
  Nazareth, a Man attested by God to you by
  miracles, wonders, and signs which God did
  through Him in your midst, as you yourselves also
  know Him, being delivered by the determined
  purpose and foreknowledge of God, you have taken
  by lawless hands, have crucified, and put to
  death whom God raised up, having loosed the
  pains of death, because it was not possible that
  He should be held by it. (Acts 222-24)

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CONDUCT OF THE APOSTLES

• ON PENTECOST AND AFTER.
• For David says concerning Him 'I foresaw the
  LORD always before my face, for He is at my right
  hand, that I may not be shaken. Therefore my
  heart rejoiced, and my tongue was glad Moreover
  my flesh also will rest in hope. For You will not
  leave my soul in Hades, Nor will You allow Your
  Holy One to see corruption. You have made known
  to me the ways of life You will make me full of
  joy in Your presence.' (Acts 225-28).

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CONDUCT OF THE APOSTLES

• ON PENTECOST AND AFTER.
• Men and brethren, let me speak freely to you of
  the patriarch David, that he is both dead and
  buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.
  Therefore, being a prophet, and knowing that God
  had sworn with an oath to him that of the fruit
  of his body, according to the flesh, He would
  raise up the Christ to sit on his throne, he,
  foreseeing this, spoke concerning the
  resurrection of the Christ, that His soul was not
  left in Hades, nor did His flesh see corruption.
  This Jesus God has raised up, of which we are all
  witnesses." (Acts 228-32).

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TESTIMONY OF JESUS

• JESUS KNEW HE WAS GOING TO DIE.
• He knew WHY.
• He knew HOW.
• He knew WHEN.
• He knew He was going to die and be RESURRECTED
  from the dead.

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TESTIMONY OF JESUS

• JESUS KNEW HE WAS GOING TO DIE.
• Now Jesus, going up to Jerusalem, took the twelve
  disciples aside on the road and said to them,
  "Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the
  Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief priests
  and to the scribes and they will condemn Him to
  death, and deliver Him to the Gentiles to mock
  and to scourge and to crucify. And the third day
  He will rise again." (Matthew 2017-19).

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TESTIMONY OF JESUS

• JESUS KNEW HE WAS GOING TO DIE.
• "Therefore My Father loves Me, because I lay down
  My life that I may take it again. No one takes it
  from Me, but I lay it down of Myself. I have
  power to lay it down, and I have power to take it
  again. This command I have received from My
  Father." (John 1017-18).
• "Him, being delivered by the determined purpose
  and foreknowledge of God, you have taken by
  lawless hands, have crucified, and put to death
  whom God raised up, having loosed the pains of
  death, because it was not possible that He should
  be held by it." (Acts 223-24).

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THE RESURRECTIONOF JESUS CHRIST

• DO YOU BELIEVE?
• If so, you must believe He is who He said He is
  the Son of God.
• If you TRULY BELIEVE, it will lead you to obey
  Him.
• When you believe you have the right to become a
  child of God.
• But as many as received Him, to them He gave the
  right to become children of God, to those who
  believe in His name. (John 112).

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THE RESURRECTIONOF JESUS CHRIST

• Belief is one step.
• Repent of your sin - "I tell you, no but unless
  you repent you will all likewise perish. (Luke
  133).
• Confess Jesus before men "Therefore whoever
  confesses Me before men, him I will also confess
  before My Father who is in heaven. (Matthew
  1032).

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THE RESURRECTIONOF JESUS CHRIST

• Belief is the one step.
• Repent of your sin.
• Confess Jesus before men.
• Be baptized into Christ for the remission of sins
• "Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in
  the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of
  sins (Acts 238)
• For you are all sons of God through faith in
  Christ Jesus. For as many of you as were baptized
  into Christ have put on Christ. (Galatians
  326-27).

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THE RESURRECTIONOF JESUS CHRIST

• Belief is the one step.
• Repent of your sin.
• Confess Jesus before men.
• Be baptized into Christ for the remission of
  sins.
• Live a faithful Christian life.
• Be faithful until death, and I will give you the
  crown of life. (Revelation 210).
• If you BELIEVE, obey Him today.