EASTER

English Standard Version Chapter 3

4 Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?” 5 Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.

ALIVE

Acts of the Apostles

Lives Transformed

Illogical Fabrications

Verified by Witnesses

Empty Tomb

Acts of the Apostles

A total change in Emphasis

Sabbath worship changed from Saturday to Sunday

The Holy Spirit-filled believers starting at the Day of Pentecost ()

The P

Lives Transformed

Disciples abandoned Christ at his death, turned and became empowered confident apostles sharing the gospel at risk to their lives. () ()

The Apostles counted it all joy when they suffered for Christ

Illogical Fabrications

The Disciples Testimonies

Could a lie transform them?

What was their motivation?

Who would die for a lie?

Reliability of Early Historians

The New Testament is the most accurate, literal, and preserved collections of writings in historicity.

Lack of Contradictions in the New Testament texts

Illogical Fabrications don’t add up

Jews were looking for for a messiah to save them from Roman oppression, Jesus came as a servant

Women were first witnesses, who were looked down on at the time.

Disciples didn’t believe the women’s testimony, why would they think others would?

Verified By Witnesses

Woman at the tomb

Apostle Peter

Disciples

James, Jesus Brothers

500 witnesses

Empty Tomb

Swoon Theory: Jesus didn’t die, he passed out, but the crawls out himself. PRoblem is Romans were expert killers and would have certainly checked his death. How could he have

Wrong Tomb Theory: It was a special tomb, and they had been their before. How could they have missed it?

Hallucination Theory: All 500 hallucinated the same thing for 40 days.

Stolen Body Theory: Disciples stole the body while Roman soldiers were asleep.

Jesus rose from the dead!

→ If Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins.

WHAT CHRISTIANS RECEIVE BY FAITH

Access to the Father

Mediator(Jesus Christ)

The Holy Spirit (Indwelling)

Fruits of the Spirit

Clarity of the Word of GOd

All the Spiritual Blessings under heaven

Everlasting life

Peace with God

New spirit

New Song

New Nature

New Life (in your mortal body)

New Hope

Victory over Sin