The document discusses the empty tomb after Jesus' crucifixion and resurrection. It examines various explanations for the empty tomb, but concludes that the only plausible one is that Jesus arose from the dead. It then discusses what would be the implications if there was no resurrection of the dead, including that our faith would be in vain, our sins would not be forgiven, and we would have no hope of an afterlife or reuniting with loved ones. It emphasizes that the resurrection is the foundation of Christianity and proves Jesus' divinity, and gives believers assurance of eternal life.
“If Jesus was raised from the dead, he is God and Lord. If he was not, he was a liar, and Christianity is false.” (Jim Denison) The Resurrection is the lynchpin of Christianity! Without its foundation Christianity comes crashing down. This message is an apologetic-narrative defense of the validity of the resurrection based on 1 Corinthians 15:12-20.
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This is the first in a five-part webinar series on Christian discipleship. Slides and other handouts can be found at http://bit.ly/BetterDisciple.
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In this lesson we explore the pattern of witness used by the apostle John, John the Baptist, and Jesus Himself to recruit disciples.
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“If Jesus was raised from the dead, he is God and Lord. If he was not, he was a liar, and Christianity is false.” (Jim Denison) The Resurrection is the lynchpin of Christianity! Without its foundation Christianity comes crashing down. This message is an apologetic-narrative defense of the validity of the resurrection based on 1 Corinthians 15:12-20.
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Before understanding how to become a disciple we must first know what a disciple is. Through the person of Jesus Christ we will come to know what it means to claim the name “Christian.”
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Gospel of John - #3 - The Pattern of WitnessBibleTalk.tv
In this lesson we explore the pattern of witness used by the apostle John, John the Baptist, and Jesus Himself to recruit disciples.
Watch: http://bibletalk.tv/gospel-of-john-lesson-3
The strength of faith lies in each and everything that you do. It is there and many times we fail to see because we are seeing it with the worldly eye and not with the inner eye. We must be able to see the wonder that God has done in the smallest of the smallest things.
The High Scot of Discipleship, on Mark 8:31 - 9:1, is part of the Marked as Disciples sermon series, and was originally preached Maky 15, 2016 at Crosspoint Bible Church in Omaha NE.
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Explore the Jewish and Christian Scriptures with the world renowned Bible scholar and expert on Jewish evangelism Rabbi Tovia Singer. This new twovolume work Let's Get Biblical! Why Doesn't Judaism Accept the Christian Messiah takes the reader on an eyeopening journey through timeless passages in Tanach and answers a pressing question Why doesn't Judaism accept the Christian messiah Are the teachings conveyed in the New Testament compatible with ageless prophecies in the Jewish Scriptures Rabbi Singer's fascinating new work clearly illustrates why the core doctrines of the Church are utterly incompatible with the cornerstone principles expressed by the Prophets of Israel and are opposed by the most cherished tenets conveyed in the Jewish Scriptures. Moreover this book demonstrates how the Church systematically and deliberately altered the Jewish Scriptures in order to persuade potential
The strength of faith lies in each and everything that you do. It is there and many times we fail to see because we are seeing it with the worldly eye and not with the inner eye. We must be able to see the wonder that God has done in the smallest of the smallest things.
The High Scot of Discipleship, on Mark 8:31 - 9:1, is part of the Marked as Disciples sermon series, and was originally preached Maky 15, 2016 at Crosspoint Bible Church in Omaha NE.
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The Book of Joshua is the sixth book in the Hebrew Bible and the Old Testament, and is the first book of the Deuteronomistic history, the story of Israel from the conquest of Canaan to the Babylonian exile.
3. The Empty Tomb
• The greatest evidence of Christianity!
– The atheist, agnostic, nor unbeliever can answer
the dilemma of the empty tomb.
– Many ideas have been advanced about the empty
tomb, but all have failed.
– The resurrection of Jesus is the cornerstone of our
faith and hope!
4. Explanations for the Empty Tomb
• The followers of Jesus took the body
– Risk their lives for what they knew to be false?
• The enemies of Jesus stole the body
– Why not produce it at Pentecost, and end it?
• Jesus merely appeared to be dead
– The soldiers thought him to be dead, and buried
him. He still had to roll the stone away, and walk
past the guards unnoticed.
5. The Only Plausible Explanation
• HE AROSE! HE AROSE! HALLELUJAH, CHRIST
AROSE!
– “Why seek ye the living among the dead?”
(Lk.24:5)
– “He is not here; he is risen” (Matt.28:6)
• “Death cannot keep his prey, Jesus, my Savior;
he tore the bars away, Jesus, my Lord”
6. What if there be no resurrection?
• Have you ever stopped to consider if there
were to be no resurrection of the dead?
• Some in Corinth were guilty of teaching that
there was no resurrection.
• They had failed to consider the ramifications
of such teaching.
• Paul calls their attention to some things which
follow if their teaching was correct.
7. IF there is no resurrection from the
dead, THEN we have…
8. An UNRISEN SAVIOR
• If there be no resurrection from the dead,
then we follow a religion that does not bear a
distinguishing mark.
– “then is Christ not risen” (1 Cor.15:13)
– The resurrection sets Christianity apart
– It is not morality, or devotion, or piety
– The Muslim, the Hindu, the Mormon, the Christian
Scientist, etc. follow leaders who are dead and
buried
9. USELESS PREACHING
• If there be no resurrection of the dead, then
preaching loses its effectiveness, it good news
– “then is our preaching vain” (1 Cor.15:14)
– The gospel is comprised of the death, burial AND
resurrection
– 1 Cor.15:1-4
– To take away the resurrection is to take away one
of the central tenets upon which our faith is built
– What news is so good about a dead Savior?
10. An UNFOUNDED FAITH
• If there be no resurrection, our faith has been
built upon a falsehood
– “Your faith is also vain” (1 Cor.15:14)
– We have been building our spiritual houses on the
sand of lies and deception (Matt.7:24-26)
– Our faith is not built upon evidence (Heb.11:1),
but upon a hoax.
11. An UNTRUE TESTIMONY
• If there be no resurrection of the dead, then
the testimony of inspired men CANNOT BE
TRUSTED!
– “we are found false witnesses” (1 Cor.15:15)
– The apostles and faithful saints of the 1st century
were propagating a fraud
– Nothing these men said or wrote would be
credible/believable
12. UNFORGIVEN SINS
• If there be no resurrection of the dead, then
we remain in our sins!
– “ye are yet in your sins” (1 Cor.15:17)
– While Jesus made the sacrifice for our sins, there
would be no one to make the offering in the
presence of God for us.
– The way to God would be closed (Heb.10:19-25)!
13. UNENDING SEPARATION
• If there be no resurrection of the dead, then
our departed loved ones are forever lost to us
– “then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ
are PERSISHED” (1 Cor.15:17)
– Death would prove to be the end of it all
– We would have no hope, no comfort at the
passing of a loved one
– “we are of all men most miserable” (1 Cor.15:19)
14. HE AROSE!
• 1 Cor.15:20
“BUT NOW IS CHRIST
RISEN FROM THE
DEAD”
15. We serve a RISEN SAVIOR!!!
• The resurrection of Jesus is overwhelming
proof of his divinity
– Rom.1:4– “declared to be the Son of God WITH
POWER”
– Acts 1:1-3– “To whom also he showed himself
alive after his passion by MANY INFALLIBLE
PROOFS”
16. Therefore…
- 1 Cor.15:5-8
•
•
•
•
He was seen of Peter, then the 12
He was seen of over 500 brethren at once
He was seen of James, and other prominent Christians
He was seen by Paul
17. Therefore…
• The foundation of our faith, the cornerstone,
is the resurrected Christ
– 2 Pet.1:16– “we have not followed cunningly
devised fables”
– 1 Pet.1:18-25– “who by him do believe in God,
that raised him up from the dead, and gave him
glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.”
18. Therefore…
• Jesus rose to be our Avocate with the Father
I John 2:1-2
“My little children, these things write I unto you,
that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an
advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the
righteous: And he is the propitiation for our
sins: and not for ours only, but also for the
sins of the whole world.”
19. Therefore…
• We have the promise of life beyond this life!
– 1 Cor.6:14– “And God hath both raised up the
Lord, and will also raise us up by his own power”
– Acts 17:30-31– “whereof he hath given assurance
unto all men, in that he raised him from the dead”
– We have hope of a great and glorious reunion
with those who have gone on before!
– 1 Thess.4:13-18– “wherefore, comfort one
another with these words”