easter 2026

1 what what we know the gospel accounts

1 mathew 28-6 he is risen

mark 16-6 he is resin

luke 24 6 he is not here he is resin

john 20 2 he is gone the tomb is empty

have you ever thought about the why?

wouldnt him dying on the cross be enough

HEBBREWS 6 SAYS THE RESERRCTION IS OUR FOUNDTIONAL BELEIF EVERYTHING THAT SETS US APART FROM ALL OTHER

PART 1 TEXT 1 COR 15 17

1 And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins CONTEXT OF VS 12-19

1-VS 12

PAUL HAS BEEN PREACHING THIS HIS WHOLE MINISTRY

THAT IS WHAT HE PREACHED

Acts 17:18 “Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the

IN ACT24:21 .” 21 Except it be for this one voice, that I cried standing among them, Touching the resurrection of the dead I am called in question by you this day.

MANY DENIED IT THEN

VS 1-8

MARY SEEN HIM HE APPEARD TO THE DISCIPLES 8 DAY LATER HE APPERDD AGAIN FOR THOMAS

THE 2 ON THE ROAD TO DAMASCUS

OVER 500 PEOPLE STILL ALIVE AT THE TIME OF HIS WRITTINGS

PAUL SAYS LASTLY I SEEN HIM

ILLUSTRATION

THIS IS STILL TRUE TODAY

FROM LIFE WAY RESEARCH 1-5 OR ROUGHLY 20-30%

OF AMERICANS DENY THE BIBLICAL ACCOUNT

THE DEMOGRAPHIC

MEN NON CHURCH GOERS THOSE FROM THE WEST AND NORTH EAST

THE LIBRAL/PROGRRESSIVE SO CALLED CHURCH

2ND

NO OTHER RELGION BOAST THERE FOUNDER ROSE FROM THE DEAD

1 MUSLOUMS WOULD LOVE TO SHOW THE BONES OF THEIR PROPHET MAHMOUD

HERE IS OUR GREAT PROPHET

HE IS IN TOMB IN THE MOSQUE OF THE PROPHET IN MADINA SAUDI ARABIA THE GREEN DOME

2 BUDDHA DIED IN 483 BC IN KUSHINGER INDIA THIS WAS BEFOR JESUS WAS BORN HE WAS CREAMATED AND DIVIDED INTO 8 PARTS AND BURIED IN STUPAS (BURIAL MOUNDS ) LATER HIS REMAINS WAS DIVIDED INTO 84000 PARST AND SPREAD ACROSS ASIA

BUDIST 500-530 MILLION

ISLAM HAS ABOUT 2 BILLION

2,5 BILLION PEOPLE PUT THEIR ETERNITY ON DIED MEN

THIS IS WHAT PAUL IS TELING

IF JESUS DID NOT RISE FROM THE DEAD WE HAVE WASTED OUR TIME

VS 14 -15

EVERYTHING PAUL ENDURED ALL THE MARTERS WHO DIED WHAT WE HAVE TOLD THE WORLD

WE HAVE LIED WE AS VS 15 SAYS WE HAVE MADE LIED ON GOD

WE HAV ENO MORE HOPE THAN THE OTHERS

VS 19 IF ALL WE GOT IS A GOOD MAN WHO DIED LAYING IN A CAV EIN ISREAL

WE ARE MOST MISRABLE ITS ALL BEEN FOR NOTHING

PART 2

BUT VS 20

CHRIST IS RESIN HE IS THE FIRST AND WE SHALL FOLLOW HIM

JOHN 11 HE TELLS MARTHA I AM THE RESSURECTION AND THE LIFE

HE THAT BELEIVE IN ME THOUGH HE WHERE DEAD YET SHALL HE LIVE

HE IS THE GIVER OF LIFE AND THE GIVER OF NEW LIFE

IN VS 33 PAUL SAYS DO NOT BE DECIEVED

PEOLPLE WHO DENY THE RESSURTION CAN MESS YOU UP

TELL YOU ALL SORT OF REASON WHY IT IS IMMPOSSABLE

PAUL GIVES US THE EXAMPLE IN THE PROCEDDEING VS

DON TSTAND FOR PEOPLE TELLING YOU HE DIDNT RISE FROM THE DESD

CLOSING

LOOK WHAT PAUKL SAY IN PHILIPIANS 3:7-11

7 But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. 8 Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ, 9 And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith: 10 That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death; 11 If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead. 12 Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. 13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, 14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. 15 Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you. 16 Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing. 17 Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark

BECAUSE HE LIVES WE KEEP WORKING WE C

KEEP PREACHING

WE KEEP ON TOWARD HIS CALLING

FINAL VERSE

1 Corinthians 15:58 “Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.”

QUOTE

he Resurrection stands as Christianity’s most distinctive and significant teaching, addressing both the core of salvation through the gospel message and believers’ ultimate hope of eternal life.1

The Resurrection serves multiple interconnected purposes. It vindicates Jesus after His rejection and death, with God reversing human judgment against Him.2 More specifically, Christ’s death for sins gains its assurance of effectiveness through the Resurrection.2 The event witnesses to God’s immense power, reminding us of His absolute sovereignty over life and death.3

Beyond individual salvation, the Resurrection inaugurated the new age—Christians understood Jesus’ resurrection as already bringing the future kingdom into the present, allowing believers to experience a foretaste of the age to come.2 The Resurrection establishes union between believers and Christ, making a “walk with Christ” a vital daily reality rather than merely a historical fact.2

Theologically, the Resurrection testifies to human resurrection, making Christianity unique among religions—it alone has a founder who transcends death and promises the same for His followers.3 Christ’s Resurrection provides assurance of believers’ future resurrection, as God who raised Jesus will also raise us.2 It demonstrates God’s acceptance of Jesus’ sacrifice, proves His power to raise the dead, and guarantees that believers will not remain dead but be resurrected to eternal life.3

BECAUSE HE LIVES I CAN FACE TOMMOROW BECAUSE HE KIVES ALL FEAR IS GONE

INVATAION