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If something sounds too good to be true.....it probably is
When I was on a family vacation in the dells, we were called over to a little table for one of these all inclusive vacation packages.
A free vacation package if you just take this all day tour to see this resort and that one, and you get blah blah blah.
Well, the more and more we listened, the more we realized that they were selling, not giving.
I remember my mom ‘won a free trip’ to some exotic destination, and all she had to do was go to a few meetings.
They went to about three meetings before they called it quits.
What seemed like a really great deal ended up just being a big time waster and a lesson learned.
Maybe you’ve received a flyer in the mail that has a key attached to it and says you’ve won a free car.
All you have to do is come in and claim your prize.
Or maybe it’s just a diet that lets you eat whatever you want
or an automatic vacuum that will actually keep your house clean
or a multi-tool that replaces your entire toolbox
or a walkie talkie that works over 4 miles
Today we’re going to study a story about something that seemed too good to be true.
It seemed so good that initially hardly anyone believed it.
Eventually many did believe, but most did not.
But those that did believe, it changed their life so radically that everything they knew before finally made sense.
The story is found in each of the four gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.
Looking at pieces of each of those accounts.
We’ll look at three acts today.
the Missing Person
the locked room
the final message
Theme: The reality of the risen Christ causes believers to repent and proclaim the Gospel.
I.
The Missing Person
What’s interesting about the four gospels is that some of the details are not exactly shared.
The details of the accounts have significant differences.
Some people look at those differences and claim it as proof the story was made up.
However, though the details of the story are different, they are not contradictory.
In fact, the slight differences in number of women at the tomb, angels present, when Jesus appeared and when is exactly what eye witness testimony would look like.
If the apostles had gotten together to make up a story, they would have the account match exactly.
What I’ll attempt to do today is walk through the story as we understand it from all the gospel accounts.
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Just before we read , know that the account we will discuss today takes place on Sunday April 5, AD 33.
Perhaps after midnight on Friday April 3, Jesus had been betrayed by Judas, was tried in a three phase Jewish trial, then a three phase roman trial.
This resulted in the Jewish people chanting to Pontius Pilot to crucify Jesus.
All Jerusalem seemed to know about these horrific events, and many were disappointed at the outcome.
Jesus is killed.
Hung on a piece of wood.
His friends stand confused and helpless as they watch him die.
Many run away for fear.
A man named Joseph takes Jesus dead body down from the cross, wraps it in linen and spices, and puts it in his own tomb.
Friday night, all day Saturday, and then Sunday morning comes.
I.
The Missing Person
I.
The Missing Person
Mark 16:1
A. Women meet him
They run to tell the others
B. Peter and John run to the tomb
John ahead but stops
Peter goes in and sees the expensive cloth and spices still there.
Any grave robber would have taken them.
John goes in and believes
C. Cleopas and another person talk with Jesus and break bread with him
Luke 24:13-
They immediately run back to Jerusalem
The Visit
Luke 24:45-47
His own disciples and closest friends did not seem to expect Jesus to do what he said he would do: to rise again from the dead.
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The Locked House
Jesus is alive and breathing and eating,
and some of them doubted because it was too good to be true.
When I was in college, I hitched a ride home during a short break and didn’t tell my mom.
I arrived right around dinner time and snuck in the back door.
My whole family was seated at the table, and mom left the room for a minute.
I quickly switched places with my brother, and everyone attempted to hide the smirks on their faces.
My mom sat down and I asked her to pass me a napkin.
She looked, did a double take, then jumped out of her chair laughing and crying.
Luke 24:36-
Sometimes we like to think of Thomas as the disciple who doubted.
John 20:23-
Some were so afraid they didn’t tell anyone
When Mary and the other two witnesses declared that they had indeed seen the risen Christ, they did not believe.
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The Final Mission
Mark says something similar.
Luke 24:44-48
That power came on the day of pentecost when the disciples spoke in languages they had never studied before and three thousand people were added to the church.
I don’t want you to miss this:
The proper and expected response of a believer, who saw Jesus was alive, bodily resurrected from his murder,
was TELLING OTHERS.
Was going to their neighbors next door and in other countries.
Was standing as a witness to the hope forgiveness of sins and eternity with God through repentance.
Repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
‘You are witnesses’
The immediate response of a believer to the resurrection is repentance from sin and proclamation of a risen Christ.
This Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent.
a Mission for Lent
Like all Christian holy days and holidays, it has changed over the years, but its purpose has always been the same: self-examination and penitence, demonstrated by self-denial, in preparation for Easter.
(Ted Olsen 2008 Christianity Today)
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