Topic: Real Resurrection
Text: Genesis 3:15
Teacher: Pastor Will
Date: 4-4-2021

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What matters most:

Jesus’ Death:

Acts 2:22 - 24 (NASB)

22“Men of Israel, listen to these words: Jesus the Nazarene, a man attested to you by God with miracles and wonders and signs which God performed through Him in your midst, just as you yourselves know— 23this Man, delivered over by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you nailed to a cross by the hands of godless men and put Him to death.

24“But God raised Him up again, putting an end to the agony of death, since it was impossible for Him to be held in its power.

• For believers the death of Jesus was part of His divine plan to save humanity. The death and resurrection of Jesus is at the very heart of our Christian faith. For believers it is through Jesus' death that our broken relationship with God is restored.

Jesus’ Burial:

Romans 6:4 - 6 (NLT)

4For we died and were buried with Christ by baptism. And just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glorious power of the Father, now we also may live new lives.

5Since we have been united with him in his death, we will also be raised to life as he was.

6We know that our old sinful selves were crucified with Christ so that sin might lose its power in our lives.

We are no longer slaves to sin.

• Having an actual burial place for Jesus serves as a witness and a testimony of his death.

He really died. The Jews didn't bury him alive. Many people witnessed that he was buried in the cave in the garden.

Jesus’ Resurrection:

1 Corinthians 15:14;16 - 19 (NASB)

14 and if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is vain, your faith also is vain.

16 For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised;

17 and if Christ has not been raised, your faith is worthless; you are still in your sins.

18 Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.

19 If we have hoped in Christ in this life only, we are of all men most to be pitied.

If Jesus Had NOT Been Raised, Then the Following Would Be True

According to Paul, if Jesus has not been raised then the following five things would be true.

1. Christian preaching is empty and so in anyone's faith because the object of the faith, Jesus, is not whom He said He was.
2. The apostles are liars for testifying to a resurrection that did not occur.
3. No forgiveness has been granted for anybody's sin.
4. Those who have died believing in Jesus have no hope.
5. If hope in Jesus is limited to this life, believers are to be pitied above all people.

Jesus’ Appearance:

1 Corinthians 15:5 - 8 (NASB)

5 and that He appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve.

6 After that He appeared to more than five hundred brethren at one time, most of whom remain until now, but some have fallen asleep;

7 then He appeared to James, then to all the apostles;

8 and last of all, as to one untimely born, He appeared to me also.

• The importance of the post-resurrection appearances cannot be overestimated. There is no eternal life for believers if Jesus is not risen. Without the post-resurrection appearances, many would not have believed, including some of the disciples. Without the resurrection there is no gospel message.

Be a Berean “Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.” Acts 17:11