1. The document discusses the resurrection of Jesus Christ and how it serves as the inciting incident that moves believers beyond their fears. 2. It explains how Jesus' resurrection provides major proof that He is God's Son, assurance that sins can be forgiven, and promises eternal life. It signifies His ultimate victory over all enemies. 3. The resurrection empowers believers to pursue audacious outcomes for God's kingdom, moving beyond fears to boldly improve the world through their lives as heroic apprentices of Christ.

1. God with us

2. HOSANNA!

3. nope

4. hope

5. “A story is simply a character that
wants something and overcomes
conflict to get it.”
D o n a l d M i l l e r

6. The Audacious Outcome
Easter Sunday 2013
Evergreen Baptist Church of Los Angeles

7. Not at all what they were expecting.
Mark 16:1When the Sabbath was 4 But when they looked up, they
over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the saw that the stone, which was very
mother of James, and Salome large, had been rolled away. 5 As
bought spices so that they might go they entered the tomb, they saw a
to anoint Jesus’ body. 2 Very early young man dressed in a white robe
on the first day of the week, just after sitting on the right side, and they
sunrise, they were on their way to were alarmed.
the tomb 3 and they asked each
other, “Who will roll the stone away
from the entrance of the tomb?”

8. “He has risen! He is not here.”
Mark 16:6 “Don’t be alarmed,” he 8 Trembling and bewildered, the
said. “You are looking for Jesus the women went out and fled from the
Nazarene, who was crucified. He tomb. They said nothing to anyone,
has risen! He is not here. See the because they were afraid.
place where they laid him. 7 But go,
tell his disciples and Peter, ‘He is
going ahead of you into Galilee.
There you will see him, just as he
told you.’”

9. E S SE NT I AL ELEM EN TS OF E V ERY G REA T STO RY
inciting audacious
protagonist ambitions conflicts
incident outcome

10. G OD’S G REA T GO SPEL STO RY
came to scorned
Jesus reconcile us Earth as a ridiculed resurrected
God’s only to God human persecuted to life again
Son person crucified
audacious
protagonist ambitions inciting incident conflicts outcome

11. “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who
believes in me will live, even though they die.”
John 11:25

12. 1
3 resurrection
2
of Jesus
5 4

13. Major Proof
that Jesus was and is God’s one, holy
and sinless Son.
1
Romans 1:4
Christ is “declared to be the Son of God with power . . .
by the resurrection from the dead.”

14. Assurance
that all of our sins can and will be
completely forgiven.
2
1Corinthians 15:17
“[I]f Christ has not been raised, our faith is vain; you are
yet in your sins”

15. Living King
who rules over the emerging
Kingdom of God.
3
Revelation 1:17-18
“I am the first and the last, and the Living One; and I was
dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore.”

16. Eternal Life
awaits believers after
physical death
4
1Corinthians 15:20
“But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the
firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. 21 For since
death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead
comes also through a man. 22 For as in Adam all die, so in
Christ all will be made alive.”

17. Ultimate Victory
...of Jesus Christ over all of
God’s enemies.
5
Revelation 5:4
“I wept and wept because no one was found who was
worthy to open the scroll or look inside. 5 Then one of
the elders said to me, ‘Do not weep! See, the Lion of the
tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed. He is
able to open the scroll and its seven seals.’”

18. Ultimate Victory
...of Jesus Christ over all of
God’s enemies.
Revelation 5:6
“Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing at
the center of the throne...”

19. Ultimate Victory
...of Jesus Christ over all of
God’s enemies.
Revelation 12:10
“Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say: ‘Now have come the salvation and
the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Messiah. For
the accuser of our brothers and sisters, who accuses them before our God
day and night, has been hurled down. 11 They triumphed over him by the
blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their
lives so much as to shrink from death.

20. In stories, characters don’t take action unless
they have to. People tend to seek comfort,
security, and stability, and unless their lives are
thrown into upheaval, they stay the same.
To get characters off the couch, writers use a
tool called an Inciting Incident. This is an event
that forces a character to get moving.

21. John 20 19-21 Later on that day, the disciples had
gathered together, but, fearful of the Jews, had locked
all the doors in the house. Jesus entered, stood
among them, and said, “Peace to you.” Then he
showed them his hands and side.
The disciples, seeing the Master with their own eyes,
were exuberant. Jesus repeated his greeting: “Peace
to you. Just as the Father sent me, I send you.”
The Disciples’ Inciting Incident

22. Has the resurrection of Jesus
incited us to move beyond our
fears and hiding places, too?

23. Major Proof
doubts
Living King Assurance
not on our own resurrection of disqualifying
Jesus
inciting incident
Ultimate Victory Life After Death
heroes’ journey bold obedience

24. JESUS’ RESURRECTION CAN MAKE OUR STORIES GREAT
heroic
inciting audacious
apprentices ambitions* conflicts*
incident outcome*
of Christ*

25. "How wonderful it is that nobody need
wait a single moment before starting to
improve the world."
Anne Frank

26. If you were truly set free from your fears by
Jesus’ resurrection, what
Audacious Outcome
would you pursue to bring glory to Christ
and to be a testimony to the power of His
resurrection?