Reasons to Believe in the Resurrection
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A. Scripture predicted the resurrection. (3-4)
A. Scripture predicted the resurrection. (3-4)
that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved;
1. The biblical authors predicted the death and resurrection of Jesus the Messiah.
1. The biblical authors predicted the death and resurrection of Jesus the Messiah.
For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol; Nor will You allow Your Holy One to undergo decay.
2. The Bible is a trustworthy source of information.
2. The Bible is a trustworthy source of information.
“Also I will restore the captivity of My people Israel, And they will rebuild the ruined cities and live in them; They will also plant vineyards and drink their wine, And make gardens and eat their fruit. “I will also plant them on their land, And they will not again be rooted out from their land Which I have given them,” Says the Lord your God.
“Who has heard such a thing? Who has seen such things? Can a land be born in one day? Can a nation be brought forth all at once? As soon as Zion travailed, she also brought forth her sons.
B. Many people saw the resurrected Christ. (5-7)
B. Many people saw the resurrected Christ. (5-7)
1. The Bible says Jesus appeared. (5)
1. The Bible says Jesus appeared. (5)
2. Ideas about the resurrection that have been debunked.
2. Ideas about the resurrection that have been debunked.
C. Countless lives have been changed by the resurrection. (8-9)
C. Countless lives have been changed by the resurrection. (8-9)
1. People who know Jesus are transformed.
1. People who know Jesus are transformed.
Jesus answered and said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
2. If you repent and believe in the resurrected Jesus you too will be transformed.
2. If you repent and believe in the resurrected Jesus you too will be transformed.
that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved;
3. Christian, are you still living the transformed life?
3. Christian, are you still living the transformed life?
For we also once were foolish ourselves, disobedient, deceived, enslaved to various lusts and pleasures, spending our life in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another. But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared, He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit,
