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The Resurrection of Jesus
Old Testament
Recognizes Life After Death
Job 19:26, 27
Psalm 49:15
Isaiah 26:19
Resurrection
is The Defeat of Death
Not Just a Return to Life Like Lazarus
John 11:39-44
John 20:1-10
Proofs of The
Resurrection
Empty Tomb
Grave clothes
were undisturbed.
Luke 2:12
Post Resurrection Appearances
He appeared
to women first.
- A false story would have had Jesus appearing to men.
Because of the lower position of women
in society, it was not natural to go to women over men.
- Women had no power of
testimony.
He appeared to Paul.
- Paul was already biased against Christians.
- Paul emphasized that he saw the risen Christ.
Experience
of The Church
The
resurrection is the heart of Christian worship.
The first
believers were Jews.
- They replaced the Sabbath with the Lord’s day.
A weekly reminder of the death, burial,
and resurrection of Jesus.
If the coming
into existence of Christians, a phenomenon undeniably attested to by the New testament,
rips a hole in history the size and shape of the resurrection, what does the secular
historian propose to plug it with?
- Jesus is the only thing that fits the opening.
The crucufixion crushed the disciples.
We get
crushed when we think Jesus has lost.
- Witnessing
- Prayer
- Ministry
- Finances
Jesus Was Not
Just Resurrected
Jesus IS the resurrection.
John 11:25
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