Can't Keep A Good Man Down

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How Can I be Sure Jesus Rose from the Dead?
What Difference Does It Really Make?
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1 CORINTHIANS 15 Paperback pg. 799 Hardback
pg. 1139
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How Can I be Certain Jesus Rose from the Dead?
The Scriptural records (v.4)
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I used to believe that the historical documents
that comprise the NT describe the Resurrection
were irreparably flawed because they had been
written so long--perhaps 100 years--after the
events. As a professor told me in college, legend
wishful thinking developed during this interim
period hopelessly distorted the record of who
Jesus was what He did. But as a journalist I
found that many scholars are concluding there
never was such a big gap between the life of
Jesus the belief that He's the resurrected Son
of God. The key to this is establishing an
accurate date for when the Book of Acts was
written then to work backwards to figure out
when the Resurrection accounts were recorded.
Lee Strobel
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How Can I be Certain Jesus Rose from the Dead?
The Scriptural records. Attack late dating
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How Can I be Certain Jesus Rose from the Dead?
The Scriptural records. Attack late
dating Answer limited time line
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How Can I be Certain Jesus Rose from the Dead?
The Scriptural records. Attack late
dating Answer limited time line Jesus
crucifixion (30 or 33 A.D.)
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How Can I be Certain Jesus Rose from the Dead?
The Scriptural records limited time
line Jesus crucifixion (30 or 33
A.D.)     Book of Acts (early 60s)
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How Can I be Certain Jesus Rose from the Dead?
The Scriptural records limited time
line Jesus crucifixion (30 or 33
A.D.)     Book of Acts (early
60s) Peter, Paul James executed (61-65
AD) Neros persecution of the church (64
AD) Roman-Jewish War (66-70 AD)
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How Can I be Certain Jesus Rose from the Dead?
The Scriptural records limited time
line Jesus crucifixion (30 or 33 A.D.)
Gospel of Luke (58-59 A.D.)   Book of Acts
(early 60s)
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How Can I be Certain Jesus Rose from the Dead?
The Scriptural records limited time
line Jesus crucifixion (30 or 33 A.D.) Gospel
of Mark Gospel of Luke (58-59 A.D.)   Book
of Acts (early 60s)
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How Can I be Certain Jesus Rose from the Dead?
The Scriptural records limited time
line Jesus crucifixion (30 or 33 A.D.) Gospel
of Mark (37 A.D.) Gospel of Luke (58-59
A.D.) Book of Acts (early 60s)
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How Can I be Certain Jesus Rose from the Dead?
The Scriptural records limited time
line Jesus crucifixion (30 or 33 A.D.) Gospel
of Mark (37 A.D.) Gospel of Luke (58-59
A.D.) Book of Acts (early 60s)
Even the passage of two generations wouldn't be
enough time for legend to wipe out a solid core
of historical facts. Dr. A. N. Sherwin-White,
Oxford University
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How Can I be Certain Jesus Rose from the Dead?
The Scriptural records limited time
line Jesus crucifixion (30 or 33
A.D.) v.3b-4 Early Church Creed Gospel of
Mark (37 A.D.) Gospel of Luke (58-59
A.D.) Book of Acts (early 60s)
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How Can I be Certain Jesus Rose from the Dead?
The Scriptural records limited time line The
Eyewitness accounts (v.5-9)
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How Can I be Certain Jesus Rose from the Dead?
The Eyewitness accounts Attack theyre
hallucinating
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How Can I be Certain Jesus Rose from the Dead?
The Eyewitness accounts Attack theyre
hallucinating Answer an impossibility
Hallucinations are like dreams--theyre
individual events that can't be shared between
people. Dr. Gary Collins
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How Can I be Certain Jesus Rose from the Dead?
The Eyewitness accounts Attack example of
group think
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How Can I be Certain Jesus Rose from the Dead?
The Eyewitness accounts Attack example of
group think Answer totally unexpected
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The circumstances actually point in the wrong
direction. The disciples weren't anticipating a
resurrection, which would have been totally alien
to their Jewish beliefs, so they weren't primed
for this sort of group think to occur. In
addition, Jesus ate with them, talked back
forth with them, appeared numerous times before
all kinds of people in different emotional states
-- all of which runs contrary to group think
theory. Dr. Gary Collins
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How Can I be Certain Jesus Rose from the Dead?
The Eyewitness accounts Attack example of
group think Answer totally unexpected empty
tomb dozen appearances over 40 days 515
different individuals
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I've covered scores of criminal trials as a
legal affairs journalist, I've never seen one
with anywhere near 515 eyewitnesses. To put this
into perspective, if you were to call each one of
them to the stand to be questioned
cross-examined for just 15 minutes each, you
went around the clock without a break, it would
take you from breakfast on Monday until dinner on
Friday to hear them all. After listening to
nearly 129 straight hours of eyewitness
testimony, who could possibly walk away
unconvinced? Lee Strobel
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How Can I be Certain Jesus Rose from the Dead?
The Eyewitness accounts
No intelligent jury in the world could fail to
bring in a verdict that the Resurrection story is
true." Lord Darling, Chief Justice of England
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What Difference Does It Really Make?
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What Difference Does It Really Make?
Benefit 1 Hes able to give you life!
John 635 Jesus declared, I am the bread of
life. John 146 I am the way, the truth the
life. John 14 In Him was life that life
was the light of men.
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What Difference Does It Really Make?
Benefit 1 Hes able to give you life! Eternal
life
John 1125-26 I am the resurrection the life.
He who believes in Me will live, even though he
dies whoever lives believes in Me will never
die. John 317 God didnt send His Son into
the world to condemn the world, but to save the
world through Him."
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What Difference Does It Really Make?
Benefit 1 Hes able to give you life! Eternal
life Abundant life
Jesus says, Ive come that you might have life
and have it abundantly. John 1010
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What Difference Does It Really Make?
Benefit 1 Hes able to give you life! Benefit
2 Hes able to give you power!
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What Difference Does It Really Make?
Benefit 2 Hes able to give you power!
All power has been given to Me. Matt.2818
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What Difference Does It Really Make?
Benefit 2 Hes able to give you power!
I pray that you will begin to understand how
incredibly great His power is to help those who
believe Him. It is that same mighty power that
raised Jesus Christ from the dead. Eph.120
(LB)
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What Difference Does It Really Make?

• Benefit 2 Hes able to give you power!
• Starting power (to start over)

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What Difference Does It Really Make?

• Benefit 2 Hes able to give you power!
• Starting power (to start over)
• Staying power (to persist)

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What Difference Does It Really Make?

• Benefit 2 Hes able to give you power!
• Starting power (to start over)
• Staying power (to persist)

I have the strength to face all conditions by
the power that Christ gives me." Phil.413 (GN)
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What Difference Does It Really Make?
Benefit 1 Hes able to give you life! Benefit
2 Hes able to give you power! Benefit 3 Hes
able to give you direction!
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What Difference Does It Really Make?
Benefit 3 Hes able to give you direction!
TURN TO 2 CORINTHIANS 118-20 paperback p.801,
hardback p.1142
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What Difference Does It Really Make?
Benefit 3 Hes able to give you direction!
He carries out and fulfills all of God's
promises no matter how many of them there are. 2
Cor.120 (LB)
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What Difference Does It Really Make?

• Benefit 3 Hes able to give you direction!
• He guarantees each promise as totally reliable.

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What Difference Does It Really Make?
Benefit 3 Hes able to give you
direction! Whats absolutely reliable in
life? GODS PROMISES.
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HOW CAN I BE CERTAIN JESUS ROSE FROM THE DEAD?
Helpful Books
THE CASE FOR CHRIST! by Lee Strobel WHO MOVED
THE STONE? by Frank Morison EVIDENCE THAT
DEMANDS A VERDICT! By Josh McDowell
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WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT REALLY MAKE?
Life Power Direction
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HOW DO I GET IN ON THESE BENEFITS?
By being an American?
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HOW DO I GET IN ON THESE BENEFITS?
By being an American?
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HOW DO I GET IN ON THESE BENEFITS?
By being an American? going to Church?
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HOW DO I GET IN ON THESE BENEFITS?
By being an American? going to Church?
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HOW DO I GET IN ON THESE BENEFITS?
By being an American? going to Church? being
Baptized?
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HOW DO I GET IN ON THESE BENEFITS?
By being an American? going to Church? being
Baptized?
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HOW DO I GET IN ON THESE BENEFITS?
By being an American? going to Church? being
Baptized? joining a Church?
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HOW DO I GET IN ON THESE BENEFITS?
By being an American? going to Church? being
Baptized? joining a Church?
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HOW DO I GET IN ON THESE BENEFITS?
Here I am. I stand at the door and knock. If
anyone hears My voice opens the door, I will
come in fellowship with Him. Rev.320
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HOW DO I GET IN ON THESE BENEFITS?
Opening the door requires a faith commitment.
If you confess with your mouth Jesus is Lord
believe in your heart that God raised Him from
the dead, you will be saved. Rom.109
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