I Corinthians 15:120

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I Corinthians 151-20

• Resurrection Hope

Pg 1070 In Church Bibles
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87 of teens believe Jesus was a real 46 think
He committed sins 51 believe He did not rise
from the dead 20 of clergy in the church of
England doubt or dont believe in the physical
resurrection of Jesus
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The Resurrection..well, thats a lovely story.
Very sweet. But are we actually expected to
actually believe in the Resurrection?
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The Resurrection..well, thats a lovely story.
Very sweet. But are we actually expected to
actually believe in the Resurrection? If should
you be one of those people who dont believe in
the Resurrection, let me say to you that youre
in excellent company. There are many people,
respected scholars, faithful church-goers
bright people of strong faith and good conscience
who dont believe in a literal Resurrection.
There are also bright, faithful people who do
believe in it. Either way you go, youre in good
company
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thinking about whether the Resurrection literally
happened or not can make for an engaging academic
exercise but its not the point. Theres a
danger of becoming so obsessed with the facts
that we lose sight of the truth. Heres
whats true Out of dust and ashes utter defeat
good comes Resurrection those amazing times
when things work out, not in spite of all that
has gone wrong but somehow through, even because
of, the very wrongness.
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If the Resurrection isnt True v.14 -
Christianity is Vanity
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• Vanity of vanities
• Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.

• Ecclesiastes 12

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• Then I looked on all the works that my hands had
  done And on the labor in which I had toiled And
  indeed all was vanity and grasping for the wind.
  There was no profit under the sun.

• Ecclesiastes 211

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If the Resurrection isnt True v.14 -
Christianity is Vanity v.15 - Christianity is
Deceptive
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If the Resurrection isnt True v.14 -
Christianity is Vanity v.15 - Christianity is
Deceptive v.17 - Christianity is Ineffective
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• For the wages of sin is death

• Romans 623

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• Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat
  on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven
  fled away.
• And I saw the dead, small and great, standing
  before Godand they were judged, each one
  according to his works.
• This is the second death.

• Revelation 2011-14

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• But I say to you that for every idle word men may
  speak, they will give account of it in the day of
  judgment.

• Matthew 1236

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If the Resurrection isnt True v.14 -
Christianity is Vanity v.15 - Christianity is
Deceptive v.17 - Christianity is Ineffective
v.18 - Christianity is Hopeless v.19 -
Christianity is Pitiable
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• By faith Abrahamwent outdwelt in the land of
  promise as in a foreign country, dwelling in
  tents
• for he waited for the city which has foundations,
  whose builder and maker is God.

• Hebrews 118-10

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• By faith Mosesrefused to be called the son of
  Pharaohs daughter,
• choosing rather to suffer affliction with the
  people of God than to enjoy the passing pleasures
  of sin,
• esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches
  than the treasures in Egypt for he looked to the
  reward.

• Hebrews 1124-26

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If the Resurrection isnt True v.14 -
Christianity is Vanity v.15 - Christianity is
Deceptive v.17 - Christianity is Ineffective
v.18 - Christianity is Hopeless v.19 -
Christianity is Pitiable
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Garden Tomb
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Burial spot of Jesus in Garden Tomb
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Garden Tomb
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If the Resurrection isnt True v.14 -
Christianity is Vanity v.15 - Christianity is
Deceptive v.17 - Christianity is Ineffective
v.18 - Christianity is Hopeless v.19 -
Christianity is Pitiable
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How do we know the Resurrection is true?
v.5-8 Historical Proof
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Dr. Simon Greenleaf Dane Professor of Law at
Harvard Considered on of the greatest legal
minds the resurrection is one of the best
established historical facts when the laws of
legal evidence were applied.
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John Copley (Lord Lyndhurst) recognized as one of
the greatest legal minds in the history of Great
Britain. He held almost all the highest
offices that a legal expert could hold in
England. No intelligent jury in the world could
fail to bring in a verdict that the resurrection
story is true
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How do we know the Resurrection is true?
v.5-8 Historical Proof v.3-4 Scriptural Proof
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• Then He said to them, O foolish ones, and slow
  of heart to believe in all that the prophets have
  spoken! Ought not the Christ to have suffered
  these things and to enter into His glory?

• Luke 2425-27

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• And beginning at Moses and all the Prophets, He
  expounded to them in all the Scriptures the
  things concerning Himself.

• Luke 2425-27

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• Then He said to them, These are the words which
  I spoke to you while I was still with you, that
  all things must be fulfilled which were written
  in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the
  Psalms concerning Me

• Luke 2444-45

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

• Luke 2444-45

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How do we know the Resurrection is true?
v.5-8 Historical Proof v.3-4 Scriptural
Proof v.1-2 Personal Proof
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If the Resurrection isnt True v.14 -
Christianity is Vanity v.15 - Christianity is
Deceptive v.17 - Christianity is Ineffective
v.18 - Christianity is Hopeless v.19 -
Christianity is Pitiable
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SINCE the Resurrection IS True v.14 -
Christianity is Vanity v.15 - Christianity is
Deceptive v.17 - Christianity is Ineffective
v.18 - Christianity is Hopeless v.19 -
Christianity is Pitiable
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SINCE the Resurrection IS True v.14 -
Christianity is Profitable v.15 - Christianity
is Deceptive v.17 - Christianity is Ineffective
v.18 - Christianity is Hopeless v.19 -
Christianity is Pitiable
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SINCE the Resurrection IS True v.14 -
Christianity is Profitable v.15 - Christianity
is the Truth v.17 - Christianity is Ineffective
v.18 - Christianity is Hopeless v.19 -
Christianity is Pitiable
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SINCE the Resurrection IS True v.14 -
Christianity is Profitable v.15 - Christianity
is the Truth v.17 - Christianity is Redemptive
v.18 - Christianity is Hopeless v.19 -
Christianity is Pitiable
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• Therefore let it be known to you, brethren, that
  through this Man is preached to you the
  forgiveness of sins and by Him everyone who
  believes is justified from all things

• Acts 1338-39

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SINCE the Resurrection IS True v.14 -
Christianity is Profitable v.15 - Christianity
is the Truth v.17 - Christianity is Redemptive
v.18 - Christianity is Hopeless v.19 -
Christianity is Pitiable
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SINCE the Resurrection IS True v.14 -
Christianity is Profitable v.15 - Christianity
is the Truth v.17 - Christianity is Redemptive
v.18 - Christianity is Hope filled v.19 -
Christianity is Pitiable
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• But I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren,
  concerning those who have fallen asleep, lest you
  sorrow as others who have no hope.
• For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again,
  even so God will bring with Him those who sleep
  in Jesus.

• 1 Thessalonians 413-14

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SINCE the Resurrection IS True v.14 -
Christianity is Profitable v.15 - Christianity
is the Truth v.17 - Christianity is Redemptive
v.18 - Christianity is Hope filled v.19 -
Christianity is Pitiable
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SINCE the Resurrection IS True v.14 -
Christianity is Profitable v.15 - Christianity
is the Truth v.17 - Christianity is Redemptive
v.18 - Christianity is Hope filled v.19 -
Christianity is Enviable
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• Mark the blameless man, and
• observe the upright
• For the future of that man is peace.
• But the transgressors shall be
• destroyed together
• The future of the wicked shall be cut off

• Psalm 3737-38

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• if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and
  believe in your heart that God has raised Him
  from the dead, you will be saved.

• Romans 109-11

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• For with the heart one believes unto
  righteousness, and with the mouth confession is
  made unto salvation. For the Scripture says,
  Whoever believes on Him will not be put to
  shame.

• Romans 109-11

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SINCE the Resurrection IS True v.14 -
Christianity is Profitable v.15 - Christianity
is the Truth v.17 - Christianity is Redemptive
v.18 - Christianity is Hope filled v.19 -
Christianity is Enviable
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• Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus
  Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has
  begotten us again to a living hope through the
  resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead

• 1 Peter 13

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He is not here, but is risen! (Luke 246)