Apologia!

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Apologia!
Every word of God is tested Proverbs 305
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The Church As Evidence Of The Resurrection

• The very existence of the church of Christ is
  evidence of the resurrection.
• Because the preaching that established the church
  was filled with references to the resurrection of
  Jesus.
• In fact, the resurrection is central to all
  gospel preaching.

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After Ascension Before Pentecost

• Acts 121-22 Therefore it is necessary that of
  the men who have accompanied us all the time that
  the Lord Jesus went in and out among us
  beginning with the baptism of John until the day
  that He was taken up from us one of these must
  become a witness with us of His resurrection.

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Sermon On Pentecost

• Acts 223-24 this Man, delivered over by the
  predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you
  nailed to a cross by the hands of godless men and
  put Him to death. But God raised Him up again,
  putting an end to the agony of death, since it
  was impossible for Him to be held in its power.
• 3,000 were baptized

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Contained In OT Scripture

• Acts 231-32 David looked ahead and spoke of
  the resurrection of the Christ, that He was
  neither abandoned to Hades, nor did His flesh
  suffer decay. This Jesus God raised up again, to
  which we are all witnesses.

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In Peters Second Sermon

• Acts 314-15 But you disowned the Holy and
  Righteous One and asked for a murderer to be
  granted to you, but put to death the Prince of
  life, the one whom God raised from the dead, a
  fact to which we are witnesses.

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Again In Acts 410

• let it be known to all of you and to all the
  people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus
  Christ the Nazarene, whom you crucified, whom God
  raised from the dead by this name this man
  stands here before you in good health.

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To Cornelius

• Acts 1039-41 We are witnesses of all the
  things He did.They also put Him to death by
  hanging Him on a cross. God raised Him up on the
  third day and granted that He become visibleto
  witnesses who were chosen beforehand by God.

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On Pauls First Journey

• Acts 1329-39 They laid Him in a tomb. But
  God raised Him from the dead.And we preach to
  you the good news.in that He raised up
  Jesus.but He whom God raised did not undergo
  decay.

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On Mars Hill

• Acts 1730-31 God is now declaring to men
  that all people everywhere should repent, because
  He has fixed a day in which He will judge the
  world in righteousness through a Man whom He
  appointed, having furnished proof to all men by
  raising Him from the dead

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The Church Is Historical Fact

• The church only existed in the first place
  because first century people believed in the
  resurrection.
• Christianity is based upon Jesus as the Messiah.
  A dead Messiah is not Messiah at all. The church
  would not exist unless she believed Jesus
  resurrected from the dead.

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The First Day Of The Week Evidence

• Furthermore, the churchs decision to hold the
  first day of the week sacred is evidence for the
  resurrection.
• Christianitys first adherents were Jews
  trained for centuries in the observance of the
  Sabbath.
• Exodus 208 Remember the Sabbath day, to keep
  it holy.

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Would They Break The Sabbath Easily?

• Numbers 1532-36
• Man gathering wood on the Sabbath was stoned to
  death by the commandment of the Lord.
• Exodus 3114 everyone who profanes it will
  surely be put to death.

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What About The Communion?

• these men observed the Lords day, a weekly
  memorial of the resurrection, instead of the
  Sabbath. On that Lords day they celebrated the
  holy communion, which was not a commemoration of
  a dead Christ, but a thankful remembrance of the
  blessings conveyed by a living and triumphant
  Lord.

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And What About Baptism?

• Colossians 212 having been buried with Him
  in baptism, in which you were also raised up with
  Him through faith in the working of God, who
  raised Him from the dead.
• Romans 63-4 -- Or do you not know that all of us
  who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have
  been baptized into His death? Therefore we have
  been buried with Him through baptism into death,
  so that as Christ was raised from the dead
  through the glory of the Father, so we too might
  walk in newness of life.

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Insurmountable Evidence!

• Jesus claimed He would rise from the dead.
• Jesus claimed He DID rise from the dead.
• Many people saw Him after His resurrection.
• Many saw Him ascend into heaven.
• Based upon that experience they were driven to
  preach of His resurrection, even in the face of
  terrible persecution.
• As the result of their preaching a mighty church
  grew up which has never been destroyed
  believing in the resurrection of Jesus.
• We still observe that resurrection to this day.

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