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Implications of the Resurrection
He is risen!
(Re is risen indeed)
Now why would you say that?
Don’t you know that dead people have a tendency to stay dead?
At least, that’s what skeptics would have you believe.
Today we are talking about the Resurrection of Jesus Christ.
There are four implication I would like us to look at and those implication directly effect your life whether you believe its true or not.
So if you are here and do not believe in Jesus, I would simply ask that you be willing to have an honest look at this with me today.
How many of you have spent any amount of time planning your own funeral service?
Either on paper on even just in your head?
Have you made any considerations about things you might want said, songs you might want done, or how you want things to be handled?
Skeptics would have you believe that Jesus couldn’t rise again because
To many people, this is a taboo topic.
We don’t like to think about death.
Even the Christian who has no need to fear death, can be hesitant to have conversations about arrangements to be made for the possibility of death.
But to ignore the the topic of death is really not a wise plan of action.
The statistics prove:
10 out 10 people die.
10 out of 10 people die
Its an inescapable reality.
If you know anyone who is over 120 years old, then I’d like to talk to you.
We have a shelf life.
An expiration date.
Many people prepare for the worst by buying life insurance, or setting up a will.
And those are good things to do.
But many stop there.
And when the time comes and pass away, your family and loved ones will have to make arrangements for your funeral.
Have you put any thought into how you want that service conducted?
I have spent a little time thinking about my own death, not because I’m a particularly morbid person, but because I recognize that it’s unavoidable and I like to be prepared.
When I die, there are some things I want my family to take note of, and some things I want communicated to those at the funeral.
Some of it is serious, like letting people why its okay to grieve, and why death happens at all.
Some of it is more trivial, like don’t buy an expensive casket.
Get the cheapest one possible.
My body will be dead!
I don’t need to be comfortable!
And some of my preferences are symbolic.
I will share one symbolic request I have towards the end of the message this morning.
Tell people its okay to grieve.
Tell the people that my death happened because there is sin in the world.
Communicate the Gospel in a compelling way.
Spend the minimum amount of money as possible on my casket.
I don’t need to be comfortable; By body will be dead.
There is one more thing I would like, but I will tell at the end of the message.
Consider yourself teased
Before we get into the implications, he need to lay us a foundation of why we are talking about this.
I am going to be jumping around to a bunch of passages today, so I’ve put the verse on the screen for everyone’s convenience.
But
Today is Easter!
Its the day we’re supposed to talk about life!
And we will!
Today I am going to talk about the implications of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, and those implications directly affect you in your life and directly affects what happens when you die.
We are talking about a resurrection because of a death.
Jesus Christ was betrayed, brutally beaten and horrifically murdered.
He hung on that cross until he died.
We can only talk about a resurrection because there has been a death.
Jesus Christ physically died.
Jesus Christ was physically raised to life again.
Literally.
Not figuratively.
Not as a “nice story” but as a historical fact, this happened.
If you find this hard to accept, listen to the first implication.
And because this happened, there are implications.
Here are a four of them:
Here is the first implication:
Yes it is.
But did you know that what happens when you die is directly connected with
Well, yes.
In fact we are going to turn our attention to that topic now.
Number One:
1.
If the Resurrection Happened, then Christianity is True
When it comes to Easter, we aren’t gathered here to celebrate the Easter bunny.
We are here to celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus Christ.
I don’t know where you all are coming from today.
I know most of you and know that you believe in Jesus Christ, but if anyone here isn’t sure, or you know that you don’t believe, I want to say a few things.
If you’re here this morning and you’re not a Christian, or you’re not sure if you believe, or you don’t know what you think about Jesus, this is key.
If you’re here and you struggle to defend the historical reality of the resurrection, this is key.
The Bible is very honest when it comes to the implications of the resurrection.
The Bible itself says that if the resurrection didn’t happen, then your faith is worthless.
If the resurrection didn’t happen, then Christianity is pure and utter nonsense.
The Bible says that if the resurrection didn’t happen, then we who believe it did should be pitied more than anyone else in the world.
So while I have up here “If the resurrection happened, then Christianity is true” I could also give you the reverse: “If the resurrection didn’t happen, Christianity is false.”
Those are some pretty serious implications.
And the Bible itself is wide open about that implication!
First of all, I’m glad you’re here.
Genuinely, I’m glad you’re here.
I’m going to be honest with you: my hope is that you leave here convinced of the resurrection of Christ, and you place your faith in Him.
That’s my desire.
1 Corinthians 15:14-1
If Jesus did not rise from the dead, my preaching is worthless, your faith is worthless, and I’m a liar.
That’s the Bible’s own testimony about the resurrection.
The stakes simply could not be any higher.
Christianity rises or falls on the veracity of the Resurrection
So how do we know it’s true?
In short, the historical evidence strongly favors that it happened.
And when I say “strongly favors” I mean it’s practically indisputable.
From a historical
When it comes to knowing what happened in history, we are dependent upon historical documents that tell us what happened.
However, not all documents are equally trustworthy.
There are a number of tests that can be applied to any given document to see if it should be accepted.
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