The resurrection of jesus
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The resurrection of jesus
- 1. Handbook for Christian Maturity Step 1; Lesson 4
- 2. To Recognize the importance of Christ’s resurrection, and how it relates to us personally.
- 4. Physical return of Jesus from death to life Jesus did not come back to life metaphorically or spiritually. Essential to Salvation Not like other times people have been raised from the dead. Everyone who was raised, died again except Jesus. Not a zombie!
- 5. 1. Jesus predicted his death, burial, and Resurrection; as wells as the Prophets of the Old Testament. 2. The Tomb Really was Empty 3. Jesus was seen and interacted with after He came back to life by friends and enemies 4. Witnesses transformed by what they saw and heard.
- 6. 5. The Christian church exists. 6. The apostles taught their followers to believe Jesus died and rose again.
- 7. Luke 18:31-33 Jesus predicted his death and described what would happened Nothing says power like choosing to lay down your own life and picking it up again. His enemies were afraid that Jesus’s followers would steal the body and insist that he rose from the dead. Matthew 27:63-65 300 Old Testament Prophecies
- 8. A stone at the entrance – Mark 15:46 Soldiers guarded the tomb – Matthew 27:62- 66 Why didn’t the Roman or the Jewish leaders produce the body? Because the Tomb was empty Why issue a spin-story to explain why the Tomb was empty? Matthew 28:11-15
- 9. Not hallucinations None of them believed until they saw Jesus Neither Paul nor James or Jude were followers of Jesus before the Resurrection The Women’s testimony and the “Principle of Embarrassment”? 1 Corinthians 15:1-8 Peter, James, 500 followers, the apostles, and Paul
- 10. Thomas went from a disbeliever (John 20:24-28) to a believing prayer (Acts 1:12-14) Peter was turned from a coward (Luke 22:54-62) to a bold witness (Acts 4:1-22) Paul pulled a 180 when he went from persecutor (Acts 7:54-8:3) to Preacher. (Acts 16:16-40) ALL of the Apostles (except John) were executed martyred for their Faith in Christ They were so convinced that they gave up their lives. They did not just believe they knew the truth. 2 Peter 1:16-21
- 11. For the most part when the leader of a small group is killed, the movement fades into obscurity. Not go on to be a world-altering force for 2000 years. Jesus changes lives. No different in the 21st century than in the 1st Century.
- 13. Didache, Clement of Rome, The Shepherd of Hermas, Ignatius, Polycarp, Diognetus Papias, Quadratus of Athens, Aristides, Justin Martyr, Claudius Apollinaris, Minucius Felix, Melito of Sardis, Hegesippus, Dionysius of Corinth, Athenagoras of Athens, Irenaeus of Lyons, Rhodon, Theophilus of Caesarea, Theophilus of Antioch, Maximus of Jerusalem, Polycrates of Ephesus, Pantaenus, Clement of Alexandria, Tertullian, Serapion of Antioch, Apollonius, Caius, Hippolytus of Rome, Origen From https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1NZRu6Q5bV5ABHofkuLs5VhblO5ndJM5WdwouoA ZuVVU/edit#slide=id.i0
- 14. There is no other explanation for explaining these things – Jesus bodily and in reality rose from the dead – proving and authenticating everything else he said and did. Validates everything in the Bible. The Resurrection is the most important miracle ever. If you can accept the truth you can accept any miracle described in the Bible. Jesus is our ever present hope – our only hope! 1 John 2:2,3
- 15. Case for Christ by Lee Strobel Cold-Case Christianity by J. Warner Wallace Mary Jo Sharp’s “Confident Christianity” website And many others.
Editor's Notes
- The Resurrection is the most important feature of Christianity. You cannot be a Christian without understanding the Resurrection. Our objective for this lesson is on page 37. [read it]. We are going to use the next short video to review the crucifixion of Christ and why Jesus died and was raised for us.
- [Play video]. I realize some of you may remember watching this before but I believe it is a great way to summarize the facts of why the crucifixion is important for us today.
- I want to add some things to the lesson and that is defining what “Resurrection” is and what it is not. The lesson, when you read it, assumes you know what it is. This is important because there are people running around claiming to be Christians but have very different ideas about what that means. As I stand here today, I was to make very clear what we are proclaiming to be true. Here Resurrection is no less that a physical return of Jesus from death to life – from a body that could die to an immortal body. Jesus did not come back to life metaphorically or spiritually. We are not refering to the idea that Jesus lives today as long as we remember him. Again I’m using the term “true” to mean that Jesus lives today regardless of what you or I or anyone else thinks about Him. Let me be even more clear: I am saying that if you had been standing outside of the tomb on that first Easter morning with your smart phone you could have uploaded a video Jesus walking out of that Tomb to YouTube. It was a real thing that really happen. If you do not belive the Resurrection you are not saved. If the Resurrection did not happen we are all doomed because our sins are still on us. Thanks to God , we don’t have to worry about that because we know that Jesus was raised from the dead. His Resurrection is not just a matter of believing it without any rationality. His Resurrection is the best explanation for all the points of evidence we do have. We spent the last lesson discussing the crucifixion. It is beyond discussion that Jesus was crucified just like the Bible says under the order of Pontius Pilate. We know there really was Pilate and there really was a Jesus. WE will now turn or attention to how we know Jesus was Resurrected and remember because of His Resurrection we have the promise that if we live in Him we will be raised by Him. Keep in mind that Jesus’ Resurrection is a true resurrection not like any of the incidence where people have been raised from the dead and restored to life in their bodies. This is true even when people are rescuccitated in the hospital. The big difference is that everyone died again but not Jesus Christ. He lives even now and will never die.
- Starting page 38, we are given 7 points of evidence for the Resurrection. I’ve seen these arguments used by other Christians and they crush objections. They have been used to when debates and change lives. The Resurrection is the only reasonable explanaton to make sense of the evidence. They make a great instrument by the Holy Spirit to bring people to Jesus. Please feel free to study and use these. To help with that, today I will try to add ideas on how to handle objections to these points. Used correctly they are unassailable. Read the slides
- Throughout the Gospels, Jesus warns his followers and his enemies of his impending execution and gives them the hope of his Resurrection For example: Luke 18:31-33 Nothing says power like choosing to lay down your own life and picking it up again. Jesus was so clear that even the people who thought that they set him up to die were afraid that Jesus’s followers would steal the body and insist that he rose from the dead. Matthew 27:63-65 300 Old Testament prophecies. The chances of one person fulfilling just 7 of those prophecies in a single life time is the the same as randomly picking a marked quarter from filling the state of Texas to height of two meters with quarters, mixing them up with bull dozers for days. And Jesus fulfilled all of them.
- The Tomb Really was empty Despite the precautions A stone at the entrance – Mark 15:46 Soldiers guarded the tomb – Matthew 27:62-66 If the tomb was not empty why didn’t the Roman or the Jewish leaders produce the body? Why issue a spin-story to explain why the Tomb was empty? Matthew 28:11-15 Some critics have tried to suggest that maybe the witnesses went to the wrong tomb Easter morning. But this means that you would have to think these people were stupid or something and it still does not explain why they did not just show that the tomb had not been disturbed or that Jesus’ body was still in there. Weak. Weak.
- Jesus appeared to people physically after his death. The Gospels give much detail about how people saw Jesus and talked to Jesus and they reacted Some have tried to say that the apostles were not intentionally lying but just wanted to believe that Jesus was alive so much that they halucinated Resurrection was not on their short list of explanations. It’s very hard to prove a group hallucination Paul was an unbeliever until he saw Jesus. He was happy to make as many of Jesus’ followers to join Jesus in death as possible. Paul did not want to see Jesus The Women Back in the first century, Women were not considered credible witnesses. Given the Gospels tell us that women were the first to discover the empty tomb and see Jesus, while the male apostles were cowering in fear, it is powerful proof that this is true because the Gospel writers would not have made up details that would discredited their witness. Paul gives a list summarizing this evidence. Before we read it, we need to point out that it’s not something Paul made up. He’s writing this in the 50’s AD, but he is quoting a tradition that goes back to at least two or three years after the Resurrection itself. If You wat to know what the first generation of Believers believed – this is it! 1 Corinthians 15:1-8 Peter, James, 500 followers, the apostles, and Paul
- His followers were changed into new people with new priorities. Compare these guys lives Thomas went from a disbeliever (John 20:24-28) to a believing prayer (Acts 1:12-14) Peter was turned from a coward (Luke 22:54-62) to a bold witness (Acts 4:1-22) Paul pulled a 180 when he went from persecutor (Acts 7:54-8:3) to Preacher. (Acts 16:16-40) ALL of the Apostles were executed martyed for their Faith in Christ They were so convinced that they gave up their lives. Some critics point out that being willing to die is not sufficient evidence, and they are right. But unlke other people who die for their religious beliefs , these people were in a position to know for sure. They weren’t just told Jesus was risen they talked to him, ate with him, and touched him. You can’t do any of that with a halucination. 2 Peter 1:16-21
- The Christian church exists. For the most part when the leader of a small group is killed, the movement fades into obscurity. Not go on to be a world-altering force for 2000 years. Jesus changes lives. No different in the 21st century than in the 1st Century.
- Apostles taught their followers to believe Here is a clip from an interview with J. Warner Wallace who , being a cold-case detective in southern California, applied the same skill set in shifting through evidence to the evidence regarding the Resurretion. Talk about a cold-case! It has been almost 2000 years. Although he was an Atheist for 35 years, he could not overlook the weight of the evidence. Play clip Show slide of Church fathers Full interview at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKDkecMpIDc
- There is no other explanation for explaining these things – Jesus bodily and in reality rose from the dead – proving and authenticating everything else he said and did. Let us move to application. Given that Jesus rose for the dead what does that mean to you and me now? Page 51 bottom. The Resurrection shows us that Jesus is who Jesus claimed to be. It Validates everything in the Bible. It shows us that God can protect us and empower us to live the kind of life God wants us to live. We can know for sure that the promise of transformed glorious bodies will happen. See Phillipians 3:21. 1 Corinthians 15:12-26 shows us what our lives are like without the truth of the Resurrection. The Resurrection is the most important miracle ever. If you can accept the truth you can accept any miracle described in the Bible. Jesus’ Resurrection and Heavenly assention makes the last part of the lesson really easy. Jesus will come visibly in the sky. See Matthew 24:30 and Acts 1:11 Different from the first time Jesus came to earth. No baby this time. He will be seen as he truly is – conquering prophet, priest, and king. One of my favorite scriptures describes what happens to us when Jesus returns. 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; 2 Thessalonians 1:6-9 Jesus is our ever present hope – our only hope! 1 John 2:2,3
- Full Video on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGnEuGwvXqU