The document provides biblical passages from Luke describing Jesus' death and resurrection. It then summarizes 1 Corinthians, which discusses the significance of Christ's resurrection for believers. The rest discusses how because of Jesus' victory over sin and death through his resurrection, believers can have victory over sin, death, in the present, and future life. It concludes with a passage from 2 Corinthians affirming the new creation in Christ.

2. 1986

3. 1987 & 1991

4. 2008

5. RECENT HISTORY
- Indiana University failed to make
the NIT
- Minnesota Twins finished 66-96
- Kansas Jayhawks lose in the Sweet
16
& the “third” round of the NCAA
Tournament

7. LUKE 23:44-47
It was now about noon, and darkness
came over the whole land until three
in the afternoon, for the sun stopped
shining.
And the curtain of the temple was
torn in two. Jesus called out with a
loud voice,
“Father, into your hands I commit
my spirit.” When he had said this,

8. LUKE 24:1-6
On the first day of the week,
very early in the morning,
the women took the spices
they had prepared and went
to the tomb. They found the
stone rolled away from the tomb,
but when they entered, they did not
find the body of the Lord Jesus…

9. LUKE 24:1-6
While they were wondering
about this, suddenly two men
in clothes that gleamed like
lightning stood beside them.
In their fright the women
bowed down with their faces
to the ground, but the men said to
them,
“Why do you look for the living among

10. 1 CORINTHIANS 15:12-19
But if it is preached that Christ has
been raised from the dead, how can
some of you say that there is no
resurrection of the dead? If there
is no resurrection of the dead, then
not even Christ has been raised. And
if Christ has not been raised, our
preaching is useless and so is your
faith. More than that, we are then

11. 1 CORINTHIANS 15:12-19
…for we have testified about God that
He raised Christ from the dead. But
He did not raise him if in fact the
dead are not raised. For if the dead
are not raised, then Christ has not
been raised either. And if Christ has
not been raised, your faith is
futile; you are still in your sins.
Then those also who have fallen

12. TIM KELLER
Jesus Christ
did not just
DEFY death.
He did not just
DENY death.
He DESTROYED death.

14. BECAUSE of JESUS’
VICTORY…1. We can have victory OVER SIN
The next day John saw Jesus
coming
toward him and said, “Look, the
Lamb
of God, who takes away the sin
of the world!”
- John 1:29

15. 2. We can have victory OVER DEATH
“Death has been swallowed up in
victory.”
“Where, O death, is your
victory?
Where, O death, is your sting?”
The sting
of death is sin, and the power
BECAUSE of JESUS’
VICTORY…

16. 2. We can have victory OVER DEATH
Jesus says, "I am the
resurrection
and the life. Those who believe
in Me,
even though they die, will
live.”
– John 11:25
BECAUSE of JESUS’
VICTORY…

17. 3. We can have victory in the HERE &
NOW
The thief comes only to steal
and kill
and destroy; I have come that
they
may have life, and have it to
the full.
BECAUSE of JESUS’
VICTORY…

18. 4. We can have victory in the FUTURE
“Then I saw “a new heaven and
a new
earth,” for the first heaven
and the first
earth had passed away, and
there was
no longer any sea. I saw the
BECAUSE of JESUS’
VICTORY…

19. 4. We can have victory in the FUTURE
“And I heard a loud voice from
the throne
saying, “Look! God’s dwelling
place is
now among the people, and He
will dwell
with them. They will be His
BECAUSE of JESUS’
VICTORY…

20. 4. We can have victory in the FUTURE
“There will be no more death’
or
mourning or crying or pain,
for the
old order of things has
passed away.”
He who was seated on the
BECAUSE of JESUS’
VICTORY…

21. 2 Cor 5:17-18a
If anyone is in Christ,
the new creation has come:
The old has gone,
the new is here!
All this is from God, who
reconciled us to Himself
through Christ .

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