Ken Niswender, Lead Pastor

Easter Sunday, April 20, 2014

Ken Niswender, Lead Pastor

RESURRECTION REALITY

INTRODUCTION

Is The Resurrection REAL?

How Do We KNOW?

How Can We Have CONFIDENCE?

Is There Any PROOF?

Either the resurrection of Jesus Christ is a heartless HOAX thrust upon the minds of men, or it is the most fantastic FACT of history!

The RESURRECTION of Jesus Christ and CHRISTIANITY stand or fall together. Without the RESURRECTION, the CROSS is meaningless.

Everything Christianity stands for and offers the world, hinges on the RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRIST.

Matthew 27:57 - 28:15

WHAT CHRIST’S GRAVE OFFERS THAT NO OTHER GRAVE OFFERS

A BODY that is not THERE!

1. Of The FOUR MAJOR WORLD RELIGIONS Based On PERSONALITIES Rather Than a PHILOSOPHICAL SYSTEM, Only CHRISTIANITY Claims An Empty Tomb For Its Founder.

2. Abraham

3. Buddha

4. Mohamed

5. Jesus

FACTS RELEVANT TO THE RESURRECTION

BACKGROUND TO THE RESURRECTION

1. The BODY of Jesus.

2. The Solid Rock TOMB.

3. The Roman GUARD and Roman SEAL.

4. Three Days Later the Tomb Was EMPTY.

EVIDENCE FOR THE RESURRECTION

1. Jesus Was DEAD.

2. Jesus Was BURIED.

3. Broken Roman SEAL.

4. The EMPTY Tomb.

5. Large Stone MOVED.

6. Roman Guard Goes AWOL.

7. Grave Clothes Tell a TALE.

8. Jesus’ APPEARANCES Confirmed.

9. The Real Proof: The Disciples’ LIVES.

CONCLUSION

1. Where Do You Stand?

2. What Should Our Response Be In Light of the Resurrection?

Two Choices: REJECT or ACCEPT.

3. The Resurrection Is Not a HOAX.

The Resurrection Is the HOPE of the World.