He Rose from the Grave - Week 6

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Video: Against All Odds

Title of the Series:

Against All Odds

Title of the Message this Morning is:

He Was Led Like a Lamb to the Slaughter

Prayer:

INTRODUCTION

Good morning everybody!

And Happy Easter!

For the past 5 weeks we’ve been in a series called Against All Odds.

The series is based on a monumental chapter in the Old Testament:

Isaiah chapter 53.

Isaiah is an incredible book, and chapter 53 is an incredible chapter.

The Prophet Isaiah recorded His predictions 700 years before Jesus was born.

Isaiah 53 describes 24 actions the Messiah would experience that were all fulfilled in Jesus during Holy Week.

SEGUE

Today being Easter, we’re not going to talk about 48 prophecies, we’re just going to talk about the great prophecy: Jesus’ Resurrection from the dead.

What are the odds that a dead person could come back from the grave?

Well, it’s been done a few times.

Most of them involve an Emergency Room, or an Operating Table, or being trapped under icy water and revived afterwards.

It’s happened, but not often.

Jesus wasn’t revived, He was resurrected.

CONCLUSION

We make a big deal out of Easter, because Easter is a big deal.

Jesus came back to life,

proving God is powerful.

Demonstrating that Jesus was and is who He said He was.

And that there really is life after death.

Isaiah 53:10, in the Living Bible, says… But it was the Lord’s good plan to bruise him and fill him with grief.

(That’s Good Friday.)

However, when his soul has been made an offering for sin,

(That happened at the crucifixion.)

then he shall have a multitude of children, many heirs.

(That’s us!)

He shall live again,

(that’s the Resurrection!)

and God’s program shall prosper in his hands.

(God’s program is the church.

With branches in every nation of the world today, it’s doing very well, thank you.)

FORECAST/NEED

Let me walk you through the story today.

I’d like all of us to be able to walk out of here today able to think through and understand exactly what happened on Resurrection Sunday.

All four gospel writers record it.

Let me read you Luke’s account:

Read Luke 24:1-12

Alright, so what do we know so far?

What happened on Easter?

At least 7 things, though we only see part of it in Luke’s account.

Let me walk you through what we know:

First

Just before dawn, three women went to the tomb to finish dressing Jesus’ body. Lk. 24:1-12; Mk. 16:1

John mentions, 2 Marys and a Joanna.

Mark mentions the 2 Marys and a daughter of one of the Mary’s, whose name was Salome.

So probably 4 or more women witnessed the resurrection.

Which is just the opposite of what you would expect if you were fabricating an account.

Because having women witnesses would do you no good in a court of law, since females in that culture couldn’t testify in a court of law.)

The second thing we know is that

While on the way, there was an earthquake. Mt. 28:2

There was a whole lotta shakin goin on. Earthquakes aren’t common in Jerusalem. They remembered this one. It split a crack in the ground that you can still see there today. Third

These angels appeared in the form of men. Matthew tell us that one of the angels tells us that one of the angels appeared like lightning, and his clothes were as white as snow.)

Fourth, The women reported the news to the Disciples. Lk. 24:9-10

Fifth, On the way to report, they encountered Jesus in the flesh. Mt. 28:9-10

Sixth, The Disciples didn’t believe their report. Lk. 24:11 - After all, would you? They just saw Jesus die a horrible death. They watched the Roman soldier thrust a spear up under His ribcage, piercing His heart, and having clear, fluid gush from the wound. The presence of such fluid proved that the chambers of His heart had burst.

And seventh, Peter and John were intrigued enough by the women’s report that they ran to the tomb to investigate for themselves. Peter and John investigated the tomb for themselves. Lk. 24:12; Jn. 20:3-10

SUMMARY

That’s what happened Easter Sunday morning.

Everyone was freaking out, wondering if it was really true, and wondering how they could find out if it was true.

SEGUE

But wait, there’s more!

Luke also tells us about Easter afternoon.

He says, (read Luke24:12-49)

So, on the night of Easter… Jesus came to the Disciples in the evening (probably in Bethany). Lk. 24:36; Jn. 20:19

Since that’s where they had been staying all week long.

 Jesus walked through the wall to get to them. Jn. 20:19 Once inside (#11)…

 Jesus showed them His wounds. Lk. 24:40; Jn. 20:20

So that they would believe.

Notice that Jesus’ wounds are still with Him, even after death.

Jesus’ death changed Him, forever.

While He had their full attention, He did a Bible study with them…

Jesus explained the Scriptures to them. Lk. 24:45-46

SUMMARY

That’s Luke’s account of Easter Sunday.

John, who wrote his eyewitness account after Luke’s gospel had already been published, wanted to add a few more details for us.

So he wrote his own account of the Sunday evening meal with Jesus.

He said.. Read John 20:19-23

The two more things John wanted us to know about Easter were that:

(1)The Disciples rejoiced and believed. Jn. 20:20b (When they saw Jesus.)

What they saw, heard, felt, and experienced convinced them that the resurrection really had happened, and that Jesus was alive again and in their midst.

And…(2) Jesus gave them the Holy Spirit and authority. Jn. 20:22

If you’ve got God’s Holy Spirit inside of you, that is all you will ever need.

CONCLUSION

Easter Sunday was quite a day, wouldn’t you say?

Jesus rose from the dead,

met with and proved Himself to no less than 16 people, including 4 women, 10 Apostles

Judas had deserted, and Thomas wasn’t there on that first Sunday), plus the 2 other disciples on the road to Emmaus.

He walked through a wall – demonstrating just one of the upgraded features of what our resurrected bodies will be like.

And He ate some fish, demonstrating that He really was flesh and blood, not a ghost or apparition,

IMPLICATIONS

The Resurrection changed everything.

It means that there really is life after death, and God has made a way for us to get there.

It means that we are not evolutionary accidents, but intentionally created sons and daughters, made in God’s image, with all of God’s love and hopes and dreams for us and with us.

It means that life has meaning and purpose, and something far better to look forward to in our futures.

Happy Easter Everybody! He is RISEN INDEED!

Let’s pray together.

Salvation:

The Word of God says in: John 3:16

For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

Romans 10:13 NKJV

For “whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.”

If you’d would like to receive Jesus today, please pray this prayer with all of us:

Lord I believe that Jesus is the Son of God, and that He died On the cross for my sins and His resurrection from the dead gives me eternal life. I ask forgiveness of my sins, and I accept Jesus as my Lord and Savior. Amen.

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Benediction Scripture

45 And He opened their understanding, that they might comprehend the Scriptures.

46 Then He said to them, “Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day, Luke 24:45-46

Happy Easter Everybody! He is RISEN INDEED!

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