Is
the resurrection of Jesus fact or fable? If it’s a fable, you can live any way
that you would like. But if it’s a fact, it changes everything about our reason to live:
1. Old Testament prophets predicted the Messiah would rise from the dead (Psalm 16:10,
30:3, Acts 2:27-31, 10:43, 13:33-35, Matt. 12:40). The prophecies were
recorded hundreds of years beforehand.
2. Jesus predicted
His own death and resurrection. (Matt.16:21, 17:9,23, 21:19, 26:32,56, John
2:19,21). Even the unbelieving Pharisees remembered His prophecies about rising from the dead (Matt.
27:62-64)
3. Jesus’ disciples, who fled when He was arrested, were so convinced He
rose from the dead they were martyred for Him. They remembered Jesus had prophesied
His own resurrection (John 2:22). Peter, who had previously denied Him three
times, boldly preached He rose from the dead (Acts 2:24,32, 3:15, 4:2,10,
5:30, 10:40-41).
4. Pontius Pilate ordered
Roman soldiers at the tomb to keep His body from being stolen. (Matt. 27:62-66). The
Roman guards reported to the chief priests that He rose from the dead (Matt. 28:11-15).
5. After Jesus rose
from the dead He appeared to over 500 people. (1 Cor. 15:4-8)
6. Paul, who had
murdered Christians, was changed after met the resurrected Jesus and preached for
years about His resurrection. (Acts 9:1-6, 13:30,33-37, 1 Cor. 15:8)
If
you aren’t sure that Jesus rose from the dead, I encourage you to watch the
movie Case for Christ (NOW IN THEATRES). Click to WATCH MOVIE TRAILER. Based on a true story of an atheist investigative journalist who set out to disprove Jesus’ resurrection.
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