Resurrection

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Resurrection
John 201-18
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The Missing Body Jn.201-10
v. 1 Mary Magdalene - body was not there v. 2
Tells Peter and John v. 3-8 Race to the Grave
Mary - tomb was empty John - The linen
clothes Peter - The linen clothes and Napkin
What They Saw
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The burial clothes had been abandoned
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The Missing Body Jn.201-10
v. 9 For as yet they knew not the scripture,
that He must rise again from the dead. Ps.
169-11 not leave my soul in hades John
219-22 destroy this temple, and in three days I
will raise it up. Luke 245-8 The Son of man
must be delivered into the hands of sinful men,
and be crucified, and the third day rise again.
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The Missing Body Jn.201-10
v. 10 Then the disciples went away again unto
their own home. Mary, Mother of Jesus, was
at the home of John Jn. 1926 Woman, behold
your son ! Jn. 1927 Then He said to the
disciple, "Behold your mother!" And from that
hour that disciple took her to his own home.
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Where was the Body ?
Did the gardener remove it ?
Mary Magdalene thought it was possible Jn. 2015
Sir, if You have carried Him away, tell me where
you have laid him, and I will take Him away.
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Where was the Body ?
Did the disciples steal it ?

• Soldiers testified to this - Matt. 2811-15
• - When they were asleep
• - Bribed to tell this
• - Death penalty for a guard asleep Matt. 2814
• Jews accepted this theory Matt. 2815
• Impossible - Matt. 2762-66

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Where was the Body ?
Did the enemies take it away ?

• No
• They wanted it to remain in the Tomb - Matt.
  2762-66
• They would later have produced it when the
  apostles were preaching about His resurrection

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Where was the Body ?
Did Jesus just faint ?

• No
• They pierced His side - Jn. 1934
• Centurion signed death certificate - Mk. 1544-45

Was it a hallucination ?
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Where was the Body ?
He Arose
Jn. 219-22 Destroy this temple, and in three
days I will raise it up." Then the Jews said, "It
has taken forty-six years to build this temple,
and will You raise it up in three days?" But He
was speaking of the temple of His body. Jn. 20
- Open tomb - Empty grave - Discarded grave
clothes
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Where was the Body ?
He Arose

• His appearances were conclusive proof
• Mary Magdalene
• - Weeping v. 11
• - Angels v. 12,13
• - Jesus v. 14-17
• - Disciples v. 18

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Where was the Body ?
He Arose
Why think His resurrection strange ? John 11-3
- He made the worlds Col. 116-17 - all
things were created by Him Gen. 16 - He made
man Gen. 27 - formed man of the dust
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What does the Resurrection Mean ?
1. Our Resurrection Depends Upon It 1 Cor. 1520
firstfruits of them that sleep. 2. Gospel
Depends Upon It 1 Cor. 1517 if Christ is not
risen, your faith is futile you
are still in your sins 1 Cor. 153-4
Death Burial Resurrection
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What does the Resurrection Mean ?
3. Proof Of The Deity Of Jesus And declared to
be the Son of God with power, according to the
spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the
dead. Rom. 14 Therefore My Father loves
Me, because I lay down My life that I may take it
again. Jn. 1017
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What does the Resurrection Mean ?
4. Gods Forgiving Our Sins Who was delivered
for our offences, and was raised again for our
justification. Rom. 425
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What does the Resurrection Mean ?
5. Basis of Christian Hope The apostles lost
hope at His death Lk.2419-21 Regained it
at His Resurrection 1 Pet. 13-4 Blessed be
the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who
according to His abundant mercy has begotten us
again to a living hope through the resurrection
of Jesus Christ from the dead.
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What does the Resurrection Mean ?
6. By Which We Are Saved There is also an
antitype which now saves usbaptism (not the
removal of the filth of the flesh, but the answer
of a good conscience toward God), through the
resurrection of Jesus Christ 1 Pet. 321
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The Resurrection of Jesus

• No human eye saw the rising of Jesus from the
  dead.
• His disciples and friends saw the empty grave and
  they saw the resurrected Jesus.
• He was the firstfruits of the resurrection 1
  Cor. 1520
• - The beginning
• - As He is risen so certainly shall we rise

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Rom. 63-6
we also shall be in the likeness of
His resurrection (65) raised with Him through
faith (Col. 212)
our old man was crucified (66)
Baptism
Death
Resurrection
BURIAL
buried with Him through baptism (64)
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Resurrection