How Has God Spoken?

1
How Has God Spoken?

• The evidence of Gods existence is overwhelming.
  All men know they need to seek and find
  the God that made them. (Rom 120 Acts 1726-27)

2
How Has God Spoken?

• Romans 120 (NKJV) - For since the creation of
  the world His invisible attributes are clearly
  seen, being understood by the things that are
  made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that
  they are without excuse,

3
How Has God Spoken?

• Acts 1726-27 - And He has made from one blood
  every nation of men to dwell on all the face of
  the earth, and has determined their preappointed
  times and the boundaries of their dwellings, 27so
  that they should seek the Lord, in the hope that
  they might grope for Him and find Him, though He
  is not far from each one of us

4
How Has God Spoken?

• When men take the knowledge of God and pervert it
  into idolatry or a false religion, the results
  are tragic. (Psa 1154-8)

5
How Has God Spoken?

• Psalm 1154-8 - Their idols are silver and gold,
  The work of mens hands. 5 They have mouths, but
  they do not speak Eyes they have, but they do
  not see 6 They have ears, but they do not hear
  Noses they have, but they do not smell 7 They
  have hands, but they do not handle Feet they
  have, but they do not walk Nor do they mutter
  through their throat. 8 Those who make them are
  like them So is everyone who trusts in them.

6
How Has God Spoken?

• How many false prophets and religious cults have
  arisen and captured peoples minds to the extent
  that they would do anything? (Ex. Jim Jones)

7
How Has God Spoken?

• How many false prophets and religious cults have
  arisen and captured peoples minds to the extent
  that they would do anything? (Ex. Jim Jones)
• What are the basic claims of Christianity and
  Islam?

8
How Has God Spoken?

• How many false prophets and religious cults have
  arisen and captured peoples minds to the extent
  that they would do anything? (Ex. Jim Jones)
• What are the basic claims of Christianity and
  Islam?
• Jesus openly challenged everyone to test the
  basis of their beliefs. (Jn 717 832)

9
How Has God Spoken?

• John 717 (NKJV) - If anyone wills to do His
  will, he shall know concerning the doctrine,
  whether it is from God or whether I speak on My
  own authority.

10
How Has God Spoken?

• John 832 (NKJV) - 32And you shall know the
  truth, and the truth shall make you free.

11
How Has God Spoken?

• I have received e-mails from Muslim apologist
  challenging me to test Christianity
  and the Muslim faith. This lesson is the fruits
  of those tests.

12
The Claims and Teachings of Muhammad

• Muhammad claimed to be a Prophet of God. In the
  year 610 (believed to be the 26th of
  Ramadan), while in a cave on Mt. Hirah, Muhammad
  said that the angel Gabriel appeared to
  him and commanded him to recite (961-19).  This
  recitation became the Qur'an.

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The Claims and Teachings of Muhammad

• Muhammad claimed to be a Prophet of God. In the
  year 610 (believed to be the 26th of
  Ramadan), while in a cave on Mt. Hirah, Muhammad
  said that the angel Gabriel appeared to
  him and commanded him to recite (961-19).  This
  recitation became the Qur'an.
• Muhammad claimed to work no miracles.

14
The Claims and Teachings of Muhammad

• Muhammad claimed that the prophets of the Old and
  New Testament were from God and that that
  message had been put in writing.

15
The Claims and Teachings of Muhammad

• He said that the Day of Judgment was coming and
  that a man's works will be weighed on
  that day.  Those whose good deeds out weigh their
  bad may, by Allah's grace, be saved and
  enter Paradise which is full of sensual
  pleasures.

16
The Claims and Teachings of Muhammad

• You simply must accept these claims because
  Muhammad gave no evidence to establish
  himself as a Prophet.

17
The Claims and Teachings of Muhammad

• You simply must accept these claims because
  Muhammad gave no evidence to establish
  himself as a Prophet.
• Even though He claims to believe the Bible
  prophets, He does not believe in the Bible. His
  sayings alone are to be considered.

18
The Claims and Teachings of Muhammad

• One of the reasons I am so skeptical about
  Muhammad's "so-called" revelations is that they
  lack any credible evidentiary verification and
  review, there are no independent witnesses as to
  the content of his revelations, he dictated them
  from memory after the fact, and that source of
  the Quran is from only one person, there is no
  verifiable prophecy, and no verification of facts
  are available from anyone other than Muhammad
  himself.

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The Claims and Teachings of Muhammad

• Why would anyone become a believer in this mans
  claims?

20
The Claims and Teachings of Jesus

• Jesus showed that His life, death and teachings
  were foretold by a large volume of prophecies
  found in the Old Testament. (John 539 Luke
  2425-26 44-45)

21
The Claims and Teachings of Jesus

• John 539 (NKJV) - You search the Scriptures, for
  in them you think you have eternal life and
  these are they which testify of Me.

22
The Claims and Teachings of Jesus

• Luke 2425-26 - Then He said to them, O foolish
  ones, and slow of heart to believe in all that
  the prophets have spoken! 26Ought not the Christ
  to have suffered these things and to enter into
  His glory?

23
The Claims and Teachings of Jesus

• Luke 2444-45 - 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. 45 And He opened
  their understanding, that they might comprehend
  the Scriptures.

24
The Claims and Teachings of Jesus

• This point is also made by New Testament writers.
  (Acts 318)

25
The Claims and Teachings of Jesus

• Acts 318 (NKJV) - But those things which God
  foretold by the mouth of all His prophets, that
  the Christ would suffer, He has thus fulfilled.

26
The Claims and Teachings of Jesus

• All of these writings were in existence before
  the birth of Christ. The Dead Sea
  scrolls prove this.

27
The Claims and Teachings of Jesus

• All of these writings were in existence before
  the birth of Christ. The Dead Sea
  scrolls prove this.
• Here is a detailed description of Christ's
  crucifixion. (Psa 221, 6-8, 14-18)

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The Claims and Teachings of Jesus

• Psalm 221 (NKJV)- My God, My God, why have You
  forsaken Me? Why are You so far from helping Me,
  And from the words of My groaning?

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The Claims and Teachings of Jesus

• Psalm 226-8 - But I am a worm, and no man A
  reproach of men, and despised by the people. 7
  All those who see Me ridicule Me They shoot out
  the lip, they shake the head, saying, 8 He
  trusted in the Lord, let Him rescue Him Let Him
  deliver Him, since He delights in Him!

30
The Claims and Teachings of Jesus

• Psalm 2214-18 - I am poured out like water, And
  all My bones are out of joint My heart is like
  wax It has melted within Me. 15 My strength is
  dried up like a potsherd, And My tongue clings to
  My jaws You have brought Me to the dust of
  death. 16 For dogs have surrounded Me The
  congregation of the wicked has enclosed Me. They
  pierced My hands and My feet

31
The Claims and Teachings of Jesus

• 17 I can count all My bones. They look and stare
  at Me. 18 They divide My garments among them, And
  for My clothing they cast lots.

32
The Claims and Teachings of Jesus

• Look at the account of the New Testament writers.
  (Matt 2735, 41-46)

33
The Claims and Teachings of Jesus

• Matthew 2735 - Then they crucified Him, and
  divided His garments, casting lots, that it might
  be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet
  They divided My garments among them, And for My
  clothing they cast lots.

34
The Claims and Teachings of Jesus

• Matthew 2741-46 - Likewise the chief priests
  also, mocking with the scribes and elders, said,
  42He saved others Himself He cannot save. If He
  is the King of Israel, let Him now come down from
  the cross, and we will believe Him. 43He trusted
  in God let Him deliver Him now if He will have
  Him for He said, I am the Son of God.

35
The Claims and Teachings of Jesus

• 44 Even the robbers who were crucified with Him
  reviled Him with the same thing. 45 Now from the
  sixth hour until the ninth hour there was
  darkness over all the land. 46 And about the
  ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice,
  saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is,
  My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?

36
The Claims and Teachings of Jesus

• There are many other examples like this! (Isa 53)

37
The Claims and Teachings of Jesus

• Jesus claimed to be the Son of God and, as a
  result, freely accepted worship without
  rebuking the worshippers. (Matthew 289-10 John
  2027-29)

38
The Claims and Teachings of Jesus

• Matthew 289-10 - And as they went to tell His
  disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying,
  Rejoice! So they came and held Him by the feet
  and worshiped Him. 10Then Jesus said to them, Do
  not be afraid. Go and tell My brethren to go to
  Galilee, and there they will see Me.

39
The Claims and Teachings of Jesus

• John 2027-29 - Then He said to Thomas, Reach
  your finger here, and look at My hands and reach
  your hand here, and put it into My side. Do not
  be unbelieving, but believing. 28 And Thomas
  answered and said to Him, My Lord and my God!
  29 Jesus said to him, Thomas, because you have
  seen Me, you have believed. Blessed are those who
  have not seen and yet have believed.

40
The Claims and Teachings of Jesus

• Jesus claimed that the sacrifice of Himself on
  the cross would provide the only path to God.
  (John 824).

41
The Claims and Teachings of Jesus

• John 824 (NKJV) - Therefore I said to you that
  you will die in your sins for if you do not
  believe that I am He, you will die in your sins.

42
The Claims and Teachings of Jesus

• Jesus claimed that His miracles proved that He
  was from God.

43
The Claims and Teachings of Jesus

• Jesus pointed to these without contradiction.
  (John 536 1025)

44
The Claims and Teachings of Jesus

• John 536 (NKJV) - But I have a greater witness
  than Johns for the works which the Father has
  given Me to finishthe very works that I dobear
  witness of Me, that the Father has sent Me.

45
The Claims and Teachings of Jesus

• John 1025 (NKJV) Jesus answered them, I told
  you, and you do not believe. The works that I do
  in My Fathers name, they bear witness of Me.

46
The Claims and Teachings of Jesus

• The bind man Jesus healed could see the
  implications. (John 932-33)

47
The Claims and Teachings of Jesus

• John 932-33 - Since the world began it has been
  unheard of that anyone opened the eyes of one who
  was born blind. 33 If this Man were not from God,
  He could do nothing.

48
The Claims and Teachings of Jesus

• What other answer is possible?

49
The Claims and Teachings of Jesus

• During His lifetime, Jesus performed many
  miracles. He healed the sick, the lame and the
  blind. He turned water into wine. He walked on
  water. Twice, He fed thousands just out of a
  small amount of bread and fish. He raised the
  dead. He cast out demons. He forgave sin. He
  clearly exercised power over Satan.

50
The Claims and Teachings of Jesus

• His miracles are so numerous that we need not
  list all of them here. Even a brief examination
  of the Gospels proves the point.

51
The Claims and Teachings of Jesus

• According to the Quran, there are dozens of Suras
  which state that Muhammad never performed a
  single miracle. He did not heal the sick, raise
  the dead, cast out demons, or rule over the
  elements of nature. Muhammad, when asked about
  miracles, either stayed silent, or simply
  responded that "he was just a man."

52
The Koran and the Bible

• Muslims believe the angel Gabriel revealed the
  Quran to the Prophet Muhammad a little at
  a time. The revelations began about A.D. 610 and
  continued until Muhammad's death in 632. They
  believe that the earthly book, bound between
  covers, is a copy of an eternal book that is kept
  in heaven.

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The Koran and the Bible

• Muslims believe the angel Gabriel revealed the
  Quran to the Prophet Muhammad a little at
  a time. The revelations began about A.D. 610 and
  continued until Muhammad's death in 632. They
  believe that the earthly book, bound between
  covers, is a copy of an eternal book that is kept
  in heaven.
• What will you find when you read the Koran?

54
The Koran and the Bible

• It is a disjointed, incoherent collection of
  contradictory laws.

55
The Koran and the Bible

• It is a disjointed, incoherent collection of
  contradictory laws.
• There is no fulfilled prophecy of claims of
  prophecy that predicted Muhammad or his work.

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The Koran and the Bible

• It is a disjointed, incoherent collection of
  contradictory laws.
• There is no fulfilled prophecy of claims of
  prophecy that predicted Muhammad or his work.
• Muslims must attack the Bible so that it will not
  be seriously examined. Here are their lines of
  attack.

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The Koran and the Bible

• We do not have the original manuscripts
  (autographs) of the Bible.

58
The Koran and the Bible

• We do not have the original manuscripts
  (autographs) of the Bible.
• The original manuscripts were copied by fallible
  men and as a result every copy that we posses
  today contains errors. In fact, no two
  manuscripts are alike.

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The Koran and the Bible

• We do not have the original manuscripts
  (autographs) of the Bible.
• The original manuscripts were copied by fallible
  men and as a result every copy that we posses
  today contains errors. In fact, no two
  manuscripts are alike.
• Because these errors exist, then whatever was
  originally in the Bible is unknowable today.

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The Koran and the Bible

• The copyists intentionally put their own
  mischievous beliefs into the text since
  the Bible records examples of sexual sins. One
  example he cites is that the Bible displays
  lady's nude bath! (II-Samuel 11 2-5).

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The Koran and the Bible

• Let us compare the assertions and charges of this
  fallible man to the promises of Jesus.
  (Matthew 2435).

62
The Koran and the Bible

• Matthew 2435 (NKJV) - Heaven and earth will pass
  away, but My words will by no means pass away.

63
The Koran and the Bible

• The original ancient texts had to be copied by
  hand in order to be preserved. There are no
  original manuscripts in existence.

64
The Koran and the Bible

• However, honest scholars can easily determine if
  the present Bible was transmitted accurately or
  if there was some conspiracy to later change the
  text.

65
The Koran and the Bible

• However, honest scholars can easily determine if
  the present Bible was transmitted accurately or
  if there was some conspiracy to later change the
  text.
• We have at least 5,366 manuscripts of the Greek
  New Testament in existence today, in whole or in
  part, that testify to the accuracy of the New
  Testament.

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The Koran and the Bible

• There are nearly complete manuscripts that date
  from 280 to 350 AD and there is a fragment that
  is dated around 125 AD.

67
The Koran and the Bible

• There are nearly complete manuscripts that date
  from 280 to 350 AD and there is a fragment that
  is dated around 125 AD.
• For the Old Testament we have the Dead Sea
  Scrolls that were written around 100 BC, which
  include a complete scroll of the book of
  Isaiah, along with other ancient manuscripts.

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The Koran and the Bible

• When the text of Isaiah found in the Dead Sea
  Scrolls was compared to what had previously been
  the oldest known text of Isaiah (written 900
  years later), the two texts matched word for word
  with only minor variations.

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The Koran and the Bible

• Jesus read from one of these texts of Isaiah in
  His ministry and called it scripture (Luke
  416-21)!

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The Koran and the Bible

• Jesus read from one of these texts of Isaiah in
  His ministry and called it scripture (Luke
  416-21)!
• By doing so He gave His approval for the accuracy
  and authority of these scrolls produced by
  copyists.

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The Koran and the Bible

• Luke 416-21 - So He came to Nazareth, where He
  had been brought up. And as His custom was, He
  went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and
  stood up to read. 17And He was handed the book of
  the prophet Isaiah. And when He had opened the
  book, He found the place where it was written

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The Koran and the Bible

• 18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, Because He
  has anointed Me To preach the gospel to the poor
  He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To
  proclaim liberty to the captives And recovery of
  sight to the blind, To set at liberty those who
  are oppressed 19 To proclaim the acceptable year
  of the Lord.

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The Koran and the Bible

• 20Then He closed the book, and gave it back to
  the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all
  who were in the synagogue were fixed on Him. 21
  And He began to say to them, Today this
  Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.

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The Koran and the Bible

• What kind of errors are we talking about? The
  bulk of these differences are in spelling and
  word order that have absolutely no affect upon
  the meaning! For example

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The Koran and the Bible

• The king Herod verses Herod the king and
  Jerusalem with Him verses all Jerusalem with
  Him

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The Koran and the Bible

• If some men had developed a conspiracy to
  deliberately change the text, then there should
  be numerous examples of major differences in
  these manuscripts.

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The Koran and the Bible

• If some men had developed a conspiracy to
  deliberately change the text, then there should
  be numerous examples of major differences in
  these manuscripts.
• These kinds of differences simply do not exist.

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The Koran and the Bible

• It would have been impossible for any later
  conspirators to find all the manuscripts that
  were spread over several countries and then
  change them (in some cases parts of scripture
  were copied and buried with the bodies of
  Christians!).

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The Koran and the Bible

• It would have been impossible for any later
  conspirators to find all the manuscripts that
  were spread over several countries and then
  change them (in some cases parts of scripture
  were copied and buried with the bodies of
  Christians!).
• I challenge all to read the Bible and to read the
  Koran! Many Muslims will not take up this
  challenge!

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The Koran and the Bible

• Consider one Muslim who was caught reading the
  Bible.

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The Koran and the Bible

• He asked me what I was reading. I told him and
  he responded angrily, "I fear lest you become a
  Christian." I was very much provoked at his reply
  and, although I did not wish to seem
  disrespectful, I could not help saying "Why
  should I become a Christian? Does the mere
  reading of the New Testament make one a
  Christian?

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The Koran and the Bible

• I am reading it in order to destroy Christianity
  root and branch. You should encourage me in this
  matter instead of finding fault with me." He
  replied "I said this because I have heard that
  he who reads the New Testament becomes a
  Christian.

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The Koran and the Bible

• Have you not heard what a certain poet has said
  When he reads the New Testament, the heart of
  the faithful one turns away from Islam'?" "This
  information is inaccurate," I replied. After
  giving me further counsel, the mawlavi returned
  to his room. http//www.the-good-way.com/eng/arti
  cle/a18.htm11

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The Death, Burial and Resurrection of Jesus

• Jesus pointed to His own resurrection as the
  ultimate proof to his enemies. (John 219-21
  Matt 2763-64)

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The Death, Burial and Resurrection of Jesus

• John 219-21 (NKJV) - Jesus answered and said to
  them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I
  will raise it up. 20 Then the Jews said, It has
  taken forty-six years to build this temple, and
  will You raise it up in three days? 21 But He
  was speaking of the temple of His body.

86
The Death, Burial and Resurrection of Jesus

• Matthew 2763-64 (NKJV) - saying, Sir, we
  remember, while He was still alive, how that
  deceiver said, After three days I will rise. 64
  Therefore command that the tomb be made secure
  until the third day, lest His disciples come by
  night and steal Him away, and say to the people,
  He has risen from the dead. So the last
  deception will be worse than the first.

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The Death, Burial and Resurrection of Jesus

• This made the enemies work harder to prevent it.

88
The Death, Burial and Resurrection of Jesus

• This made the enemies work harder to prevent it.
• This was "the sign" to all unbelievers. (Matt
  1239-40)

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The Death, Burial and Resurrection of Jesus

• Matthew 1239-40 (NKJV) - But He answered and
  said to them, An evil and adulterous generation
  seeks after a sign, and no sign will be given to
  it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. 40 For
  as Jonah was three days and three nights in the
  belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man
  be three days and three nights in the heart of
  the earth.

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The Death, Burial and Resurrection of Jesus

• The Motive and lives of the eyewitnesses testify
  to their credibility.

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The Death, Burial and Resurrection of Jesus

• The Motive and lives of the eyewitnesses testify
  to their credibility.
• There was nothing to gain by these men making up
  lies. (1 Cor 1530-32)

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The Death, Burial and Resurrection of Jesus

• 1 Corinthians 1530-32 - And why do we stand in
  jeopardy every hour? 31I affirm, by the boasting
  in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I
  die daily. 32If, in the manner of men, I have
  fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantage is
  it to me? If the dead do not rise, Let us eat
  and drink, for tomorrow we die!

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The Death, Burial and Resurrection of Jesus

• These men all died a martyr's death, except John.

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The Death, Burial and Resurrection of Jesus

• Test the evidence presented by the eyewitnesses
  (Matt 2757-66)

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The Death, Burial and Resurrection of Jesus

• Matthew 2757-66 (NKJV) - Now when evening had
  come, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named
  Joseph, who himself had also become a disciple of
  Jesus. 58 This man went to Pilate and asked for
  the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body
  to be given to him. 59 When Joseph had taken the
  body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,

96
The Death, Burial and Resurrection of Jesus

• 60 and laid it in his new tomb which he had hewn
  out of the rock and he rolled a large stone
  against the door of the tomb, and departed. 61And
  Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary,
  sitting opposite the tomb. 62 On the next day,
  which followed the Day of Preparation, the chief
  priests and Pharisees gathered together to
  Pilate,

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The Death, Burial and Resurrection of Jesus

• 63 saying, Sir, we remember, while He was still
  alive, how that deceiver said, After three days
  I will rise. 64Therefore command that the tomb
  be made secure until the third day, lest His
  disciples come by night and steal Him away, and
  say to the people, He has risen from the dead.
  So the last deception will be worse than the
  first.

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The Death, Burial and Resurrection of Jesus

• 65 Pilate said to them, You have a guard go
  your way, make it as secure as you know how. 66
  So they went and made the tomb secure, sealing
  the stone and setting the guard.

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The Death, Burial and Resurrection of Jesus

• Jesus was dead. (John 1932-36)

100
The Death, Burial and Resurrection of Jesus

• John 1932-36 - Then the soldiers came and broke
  the legs of the first and of the other who was
  crucified with Him. 33But when they came to Jesus
  and saw that He was already dead, they did not
  break His legs. 34But one of the soldiers pierced
  His side with a spear, and immediately blood and
  water came out.

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The Death, Burial and Resurrection of Jesus

• 35And he who has seen has testified, and his
  testimony is true and he knows that he is
  telling the truth, so that you may believe. 36For
  these things were done that the Scripture should
  be fulfilled, Not one of His bones shall be
  broken.

102
The Death, Burial and Resurrection of Jesus

• The body was placed in a new tomb. (Matt 2760)

103
The Death, Burial and Resurrection of Jesus

• The body was placed in a new tomb. (Matt 2760)
• The tomb was cut out of rock. (Matt 2760)

104
The Death, Burial and Resurrection of Jesus

• A large stone covered the entrance. (Matt 2760)

105
The Death, Burial and Resurrection of Jesus

• A large stone covered the entrance. (Matt 2760)
• A Roman seal was placed on the stone. (Matt 2766)

106
The Death, Burial and Resurrection of Jesus

• A large stone covered the entrance. (Matt 2760)
• A Roman seal was placed on the stone. (Matt
  2766)
• A Roman Guard was placed at the tomb. (Matt
  2765-66)

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The Death, Burial and Resurrection of Jesus

• A large stone covered the entrance. (Matt 2760)
• A Roman seal was placed on the stone. (Matt
  2766)
• A Roman Guard was placed at the tomb. (Matt
  2765-66)
• The tomb was inspected carefully. (John 203-8,
  11)

108
The Death, Burial and Resurrection of Jesus

• John 203-8 - Peter therefore went out, and the
  other disciple, and were going to the tomb. 4So
  they both ran together, and the other disciple
  outran Peter and came to the tomb first. 5And he,
  stooping down and looking in, saw the linen
  cloths lying there yet he did not go in.

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The Death, Burial and Resurrection of Jesus

• 6 Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went
  into the tomb and he saw the linen cloths lying
  there, 7and the handkerchief that had been around
  His head, not lying with the linen cloths, but
  folded together in a place by itself. 8Then the
  other disciple, who came to the tomb first, went
  in also and he saw and believed.

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The Death, Burial and Resurrection of Jesus

• John 2011 - But Mary stood outside by the tomb
  weeping, and as she wept she stooped down and
  looked into the tomb.

111
The Death, Burial and Resurrection of Jesus

• Who moved the stone?

112
The Death, Burial and Resurrection of Jesus

• Who moved the stone?
• Did the Jews? (Matt 2762-66)

113
The Death, Burial and Resurrection of Jesus

• Who moved the stone?
• Did the Jews? (Matt 2762-66)
• The Jews were the very ones trying to prevent the
  resurrection.

114
The Death, Burial and Resurrection of Jesus

• Who moved the stone?
• Did the Jews? (Matt 2762-66)
• The Jews were the very ones trying to prevent the
  resurrection.
• If so they had a perfect time to present the body
  50 days later! (Acts 232, 36)

115
The Death, Burial and Resurrection of Jesus

• Acts 232 (NKJV) - This Jesus God has raised up,
  of which we are all witnesses.

116
The Death, Burial and Resurrection of Jesus

• Acts 236 (NKJV) - Therefore let all the house
  of Israel know assuredly that God has made this
  Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ.

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• Did the Romans?

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• Did the Romans?
• The Romans would not want to risk their necks for
  what they would consider as "silly Jewish
  superstition.

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• The penalty for a Roman guard's failure was
  death. (Acts 1627 2742)

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• Acts 1627 (NKJV) - And the keeper of the prison,
  awaking from sleep and seeing the prison doors
  open, supposing the prisoners had fled, drew his
  sword and was about to kill himself.

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• Acts 2742 (NKJV) - And the soldiers plan was to
  kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim
  away and escape.

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• Did the Disciples?

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• Did the Disciples?
• This was the best explanation the smartest men
  among the Jews could come up with. (Matt 2811-15)

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• Matthew 2811-15 - Now while they were going,
  behold, some of the guard came into the city and
  reported to the chief priests all the things that
  had happened. 12When they had assembled with the
  elders and consulted together, they gave a large
  sum of money to the soldiers, 13saying, Tell
  them, His disciples came at night and stole Him
  away while we slept.

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• 14And if this comes to the governors ears, we
  will appease him and make you secure. 15 So they
  took the money and did as they were instructed
  and this saying is commonly reported among the
  Jews until this day.

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• If they were asleep, how did they know it was the
  disciples?

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• Why did the Romans authorities not prosecute the
  apostles as grave robbers?

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• Why did the Romans authorities not prosecute the
  apostles as grave robbers?
• Did the apostles give their lives for a lie?

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• Why did the Romans authorities not prosecute the
  apostles as grave robbers?
• Did the apostles give their lives for a lie?
• Who then moved the stone? (Acts 1327-31)

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• Acts 1327-31 - For those who dwell in Jerusalem,
  and their rulers, because they did not know Him,
  nor even the voices of the Prophets which are
  read every Sabbath, have fulfilled them in
  condemning Him. 28And though they found no cause
  for death in Him, they asked Pilate that He
  should be put to death.

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• 29 Now when they had fulfilled all that was
  written concerning Him, they took Him down from
  the tree and laid Him in a tomb. 30 But God
  raised Him from the dead. 31He was seen for many
  days by those who came up with Him from Galilee
  to Jerusalem, who are His witnesses to the people.

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• Jesus tomb is empty while Muhammads is
  occupied.

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• Will you find the forgiveness of God?

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• Will you find the forgiveness of God?
• Jesus pointed to His sacrifice as the only way to
  God. (John 316 824 146)

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• John 316 - For God so loved the world that He
  gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes
  in Him should not perish but have everlasting
  life.

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• John 824 - Therefore I said to you that you will
  die in your sins for if you do not believe that
  I am He, you will die in your sins.

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• John 146 - Jesus said to him, I am the way, the
  truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father
  except through Me.

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• Muhammad pointed to an impersonal God that has
  scales to weigh your works.

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• Salvation is wholly of man and is earned. How
  good is good enough?

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• Salvation is wholly of man and is earned. How
  good is good enough?
• Forgiveness is assured through the promises of
  God! (Acts 238, Romans 41-6)

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• Acts 238 - Then Peter said to them, Repent, and
  let every one of you be baptized in the name of
  Jesus Christ for the remission of sins and you
  shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

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• Romans 41-6 - What then shall we say that
  Abraham our father has found according to the
  flesh? 2 For if Abraham was justified by works,
  he has something to boast about, but not before
  God. 3 For what does the Scripture say? Abraham
  believed God, and it was accounted to him for
  righteousness. 4 Now to him who works, the wages
  are not counted as grace but as debt.

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• 5 But to him who does not work but believes on
  Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is
  accounted for righteousness, 6 just as David also
  describes the blessedness of the man to whom God
  imputes righteousness apart from works