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Several friends were talking in a restaurant when the conversation came around to dying.
“What If
It’s True?”
EASTER REALITIES #4
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Easter Realities
They asked each other what they would like people to say about them at their funerals.
“WHAT IF IT’S TRUE?”
Le ade r ’s Guide
Part 1 IDENTIFY THE CURRENT ISSUE
Note to Leader: Provide each person with the Par ticipant ’s Guide
The first said, “I’d like them to talk about my career successes and all the good I did for people during my lifetime of hard work.”
included at the end of this study.
Several friends were talking in a restaurant when the conversation came around to dying.
They asked each other what they would like people to say about them at their funerals.
The
The second said, “I’d like someone to tell what a great husband and father I was and how much I loved my family and my family loves me.”
first said, “I’d like them to talk about my career successes and all the good I did for people
during my lifetime of hard work.”
The second said, “I’d like someone to tell what a great
The third, a Christ Follower said, “I’d like someone to say, ‘His body just moved!’”
husband and father I was and how much I loved my family and my family loves me.”
The
third said, “I’d like someone to say, ‘His body just moved!’”
That’s the story of Easter.
Jesus was dead from crucifixion on Friday, and on Sunday morning, his body moved!
his body moved!
Listen to the record written by Luke, the physician and historian.
Read
Listen to the record written by Luke, the physician and historian.
Read
.
If what I just read to you is true, then it is, by far, the most important event in human history.
When Jesus rose from the dead it potentially changed EVERY human life!
What if Jesus had not risen from the dead?
Discussion Starters:
[Q] Gowing up, what was the best thing about Easter?
[Q] How do you think the people around you regard the Resurrection story?
[Q] What does it matter if Jesus did rise from the dead?
What if Jesus had not risen
from the dead?
Part 2 DISCOVER THE ETERNAL PRINCIPLES
1. Easter morning began with unbelief, but what if . . .
?
What a stunning story!
The dead Jesus came back to life again—that is, if he actually died.
Some have suggested that he almost died but not quite, and that his followers nursed him
Some have suggested that he almost died but not quite, and that his followers nursed him back to full health and strength.
back to full health and strength.
That makes little sense.
Beat a man until his body is raw and
That makes little sense.
Beat a man until his body is raw and bleeding.
bleeding.
Nail him to a cross for six hours.
Run a spear up under his ribs and through his
Nail him to a cross for six hours.
Run a spear up under his ribs and through his organs.
organs.
Have his death certified by professional executioners whose careers and lives
Have his death certified by professional executioners whose careers and lives depended on the prisoner being dead.
depended on the prisoner being dead.
Bury him for three days.
Then nurse him back to
Bury him for three days.
normal?
He was dead.
Dead.
Then nurse him back to normal health?
Church, He was dead!
Dead!
Somehow, spectacularly, supernaturally, Jesus came to life again.
But his family, friends, and followers had a difficult time:
followers had a difficult time: “[T]hey did not believe the women, because their words
The whole idea that Jesus was alive again was
seemed to them like nonsense” ().
The whole idea that Jesus was alive again was
The whole idea that Jesus was alive again was simply crazy to them.
simply crazy to them.
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There was, however, one who was willing to check the situation out for himself.
“WHAT IF IT’S TRUE?”
Le ade r ’s Guide
Peter got up and ran to the tomb to see if Jesus’ body was gone.
There was, however, one who was willing to check the situation out for himself.
Peter got up
Although he still wasn’t fully convinced, we must admire his open-mindedness.
and ran to the tomb to see if Jesus’ body was gone.
Although he still wasn’t fully convinced, we
When everyone around you has a settled opinion, it takes a lot of courage to research the facts for yourself.
must admire his open-mindedness.
When everyone around you has a settled opinion, it takes a
Peter must have thought: It can’t be true—but what if it is?
lot of courage to research the facts for yourself.
Peter must have thought: It can’t be true—but
What if the impossible has happened?
what if it is?
What if the impossible has happened?
What if God overruled death and brought Jesus
What if God overruled death and brought Jesus back to life?
back to life?
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