Historicity Of Jesus

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Historicity Of Jesus

• Lesson 8 The Resurrection II

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Who is this character?

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• Who said this?
• Give me liberty or give me death?
• The Bible is worth all the other books
• which have ever been printed.

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Elements Of Historical Research

• 1. Locate Primary Sources -
• Could be dairies, letters and
• original documents.
• 2. Find Secondary Sources-
• Could be historians interpretations
• and analyses of historical evidence.
• 3. Verify factual material as inconsistencies
• arise.

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The Historicity Of Jesus

• Study of the historical character called
• Jesus Christ of Nazareth.
• Was He a man , a myth , or
• the promised Messiah?

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The Resurrection

• Christianity stands or falls on
• the reality of the resurrection
• of Christ.

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Looking At The Facts

• The New Testament is historically
• accurate.
• It is beyond reasonable doubt that Jesus
• is a real person that walked on the Earth.
• The story of His resurrection has had a
• profound impact on mankind.

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The Swoon Theory

• Some have tried to convince the public
• that the story of the resurrection is
• incorrect.
• That Jesus never was resurrected.

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Its Empty !

• Whether friend or foe, it is
• undeniable that the tomb was
• empty.

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Jesus Physically Rose
From The Dead

• The apostles preached that they saw Jesus
• after He physically rose from the dead.
• Acts 122
• Acts 224
• Acts 231

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What About The Apostles

• Were they conmen ?
• Did they hallucinate?
• Were they crazy ?
• Was it peer pressure ?

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What About The Apostles

• Could it have been desire for wealth?
• Could it have been a desire for a reputation?
• Could it have been for a desire for power?
• Could it have been due to some fear?

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The Facts !!

• The majority of the Apostles suffered
• cruel horrific deaths because they preached
• that Jesus rose from the dead.

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From Foxs Book Of Martyrs.

• Deaths of the Apostles
• Paul Beheaded
• Peter Crucified (probably upside down)
• Thomas Thrust through with a spear
• Matthew Slain with a halberd
• Matthias - Stoned and beheaded

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The Apostles believed .

• seek first the Kingdom of God and His
• righteousness , and all these things shall
• be added to you.

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• while men may die out of religious
• deception, they do not willingly go to
• their deaths knowing they are perpetrating
• a hoax.
• Wayne Jackson
• Quoted from Behold The Lamb Of God Kyle Butt
  Eric Lyons

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The Man Of Destiny

• The destiny of death.
• Jesus exercised control over His life.
• Jesus walked freely through Palestine.
• His death was a fulfillment of His claims.

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The Man Of Destiny

• The musical Jesus Christ Super Star,
• made claim that Jesus was a victim
• of circumstance.
• The Apostle Paul tells us that Jesus
• humbled Himself to die on the cross.
• Philippians 2 5-8

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The Man Of Destiny

• Jesus claimed that He would be crucified.
• Matthew 2017-19
• His departure was a plan from heaven.
• John 131

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The Man Of Destiny

• Jesus claims to have the power of providence.
• John 10 17-18
• Jesus had a mission to fulfill and no
• man or nation would prohibit Him.
• John 12 32-33

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The Man Of Destiny

• Jesus died voluntarily
• Matthew 2750
• Mark 1537
• Luke 2346
• John1930

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It Is Finished !!

• In Koine Greek It is finished is one
• word, Tetelestai , which means
• that a debt has been paid in full.
• Reference this to Matthew 2028
• John 314-15.

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What is our relationship
with the resurrection?

• What doe this all mean with the relationship
• we have with the Lord Jesus?
• Should our actions reflect those of the
• Apostles?

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Romans 63-4

• Do you not know that all of us that have been
• baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized
• into His death? We were buried therefore
• with Him by baptism into death, in order that,
• just as Christ was raised from the dead by
• the glory of the Father, we too might walk
• in the newness of life.

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The Newness Of Life

• How we walk is a direct reflection of how
• we view the resurrection of Christ in our
• life.
• Romans chapter 12 is a great guide to
• walking in the newness of life and being
• a new creature in Christ.