Ressurrection Proof

Resurrection Proof

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In the early church after Jesus resurrection they would greet each other by these words- He is Risen! He is Risen indeed!

This morning we celebrate and greet each other with those words He is Risen indeed! The joyful and praiseworthy Resurrection of Jesus Christ. The Empty Tomb of the living savior Jesus. They are words of encouragement to each other.

As a believer we need to acknowledge that He has done all that is needed for us to have a restored relationship with God the Father.

If you remember a few weeks ago I said that part one of this sermon was Resurrection Truth and part two today was Resurrection Proof.

Part one was that nothing will point us more to Jesus than the cross and the resurrection.

That Jesus had to have the gruesome week where Jesus endured suffering and death on the cross and three days later as said, He would be resurrected and witnessed alive by over 500 people. Recorded in all the Gospels.

My prayer is that you will have an open heart this morning as we look at His word and understand that everything for our salvation hinges on the cross and the resurrection. It is more than a one day thing!

You cannot spend eternity with the Lord without accepting and believing what He has done on the cross for us.

Our hope is not wishful thinking- it is not about Luck. It is not about doing enough good to outweigh the bad things we have done. It is all about Jesus and what He has done.

The debt of our sin has been already paid for… everyone of us- there is nothing more that Jesus has to do for our salvation and Jesus could not show us anymore love than what He has already done and what He has already shown us.

If you remember we read of His crucifixion and death on the cross and his being buried in the borrowed tomb of Joseph and the concern of the Romans was that his body would be stolen by his disciples so they placed soldiers at the front to make sure he was not taken.

Without Friday where Jesus died we cannot have Sunday where we celebrate His resurrection. The two had to happen.

The disciples and followers of Jesus were after his death between a rock and hard spot. Some thought that this was a disappointment and that all the things Jesus had taught was for nothing- forgetting that it was the very words of Jesus that these things had to happen and that there would be a resurrection.

We pick up the event in Luke 24 where Jesus is dead and in the tomb at least 24 hours and Mary and some of the other women have prepared spices to prepare the body for burial. The guards outside protecting the entrance and they begin to go to the tomb.

Marks account Mark 16 “Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they were on their way to the tomb and they asked each other, who will roll the stone away from the entrance of the tomb.”

Matthews account 28- “There was an earthquake, for the angel of the Lord came down from heaven and going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it. His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow. The guards were so afraid of him that they shook and became like dead men.”

Luke 24- “They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them. In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here; he has risen: remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee. The Son of Man must be delivered unto the hands of sinful men, be crucified and on the third day be raised again. Then they remembered his words.”

Here are three different accounts of the resurrected Jesus in the Bible. It does not mean that there is a discrepancy.

The funny thing about witnesses is that they can see things at different times of the event and record what they felt and what they saw. It does not mean one was right and one wrong because you put those witness accounts together and try to set up a time line and a complete story of what happen. That is what happens here- no account dismisses the other, it is recorded at different times of the event. Some people share great detail and some share just the facts-