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Dr. Robert Jeffress | Robert Jeffress - If Jesus Is Dead, So What? | April 3, 2026

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From the pulpit
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Of the first baptist church of dallas, texas,
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Hi, i'm robert jeffress,
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And welcome again to "pathway to victory."
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Jesus was a great teacher and a humble servant,
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But the world has seen plenty
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Of other great teachers and humble servants,
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Billy graham, george whitfield, d.l. moody,
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Just to name a few,
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So what makes jesus different from all the others?
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Well, he was the only one
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To miraculously rise from the dead.
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Today, we're going to explore what's at stake
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If jesus christ did not conquer the grave.
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My message is titled, "if jesus is dead, so what?"
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On today's special edition of "pathway to victory."
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You know somebody has well said
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Christianity stands or falls
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On the resurrection of jesus christ from the dead.
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Disprove it, and you have disposed of the christian faith
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Forever.
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Well, apparently the apostle paul believed the same thing.
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The resurrection isn't just incidental,
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It is essential to the christian faith,
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And today, we're going to discover why
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By answering the question in the reverse:
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If jesus is still dead, so what?
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If you have your bibles,
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Turn to 1 corinthians 15.
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Paul wrote to these corinthian christians
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To answer a number of questions they had
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About a variety of subjects,
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But one of the things they were confused about
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Was the resurrection.
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You see, the teaching of the sadducees, a sect of judaism,
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Had infected the church.
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The sadducees refused to believe in any resurrection,
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They didn't believe in the supernatural,
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And that crept into the church,
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And so people began to doubt the resurrection.
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Or even if they did accept christ's resurrection,
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They thought that was a one-off
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And none of us would ever experience it,
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So paul clarifies the truth about the resurrection
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In 1 corinthians 15.
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He begins by making the case for christ's resurrection.
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How do you know christ really arose from the dead?
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Well, he talked about the evidence of scripture.
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Look at verses 1 to 4 of 1 corinthians 15.
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Paul said, "now i make known to you, brethren,
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The gospel that i preached to you,
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Which you also received,
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By which you are saved if you hold fast
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The word which i preached to you,
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Unless you believed in vain."
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That's just a warmup for the message.
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He said, "here is the gospel message that you received,"
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The gospel in a nutshell.
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Verse 3, "for i delivered to you as of first importance
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What i also received,
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That christ died for our sins
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According to the scriptures."
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The bible says that christ died not as an accident,
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It was all prophesied in the scripture.
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For example, in isaiah 53,
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700 years before christ was even born, isaiah prophesied
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That jesus would die for the sins of the world,
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Verse 9, that he would be buried in a rich man's tomb.
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Hundreds of prophecies that said the messiah would die,
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That was the basis of the christian faith.
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He died for our sins, according to the scriptures,
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And was buried.
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But it doesn't stop there.
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Our faith is also built on the fact
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That he was raised on the third day,
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Again, according to the scriptures.
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The resurrection shouldn't be a surprise to the jews,
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Because it was prophesied
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For hundreds of years ahead of time.
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In psalm 16:10, the messiah said through the psalmist,
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"for you, god, will not abandon my soul to sheol,
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Nor will you allow your holy one to undergo decay."
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In job 19, job the patriarch said,
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"'and as for me, i know that my redeemer lives
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And that he shall take his stand one day upon the earth.
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Even after my skin is destroyed,
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Yet from my flesh, i shall see god."
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The resurrection was prophesied in the scripture.
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Now, anybody with any sense
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Would probably come to the conclusion,
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"well, wait a minute, pastor,
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You're using the bible to prove the bible.
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That's kind of circular reasoning, isn't it,
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To say that one of the evidences for the resurrection
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Is the fact that it was prophesied in the bible?
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That's just what the bible says.
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How do you know that really happened?"
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Well, let's pull back for just a moment.
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1 corinthians, we know, was written
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Anywhere from 50 to 55 ad.
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That is within about 15 to 20 years
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After the actual resurrection.
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That's a historical fact.
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We know when this document was written.
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15 to 20 years,
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Here's why that is significant.
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By the time paul is writing this letter,
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This is already a part of the christian faith.
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In fact, these words paul is quoting,
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"he died for our sins according to the scriptures,
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He was raised on the third day, according the scriptures,"
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That was most likely a hymn
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That was being sung in the early church,
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So there was already a song being written about this
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Within 20 years.
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You go back, and you'll actually see
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That within 10 years after the first gospel was written,
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It was in the scripture.
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You say, "well, why is that important?"
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Because we know from experts in the subject of myth
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That for a myth, a fictional story,
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To corrupt the real history of a story,
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It takes anywhere from 100 and 200 years
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For a myth to gain hold.
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You know, the idea of liberals is,
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Yeah, jesus really lived,
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He existed, he was a good teacher,
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And he died for what he believed,
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But this idea of a resurrection,
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That's something people tacked on
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100 to 200 years after his life
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To make a good story an even better story.
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But that's impossible.
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We have it right here,
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15 years, 20 years, it's already a part of scripture.
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It was a part of tradition, really,
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From a few days after it happened.
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People were proclaiming the resurrection
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Throughout jerusalem.
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Now, again, here's why this is significant.
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I've said this before, but it'll help you understand this.
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Just imagine that this week,
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A new book hits the bookshelves,
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Or, i guess, amazon.com,
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And it's a book that claims
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That after ronald reagan died on june 5th, 2004,
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Three days later, on june 8th, 2004,
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Ronald reagan arose
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From his grave in simi valley, california,
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And he appeared before over 500 people at one time,
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And today, he's alive.
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Would that book gain any traction at all?
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It would be laughed off the shelf in the first week.
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Nobody would believe that.
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Why? because it's too close.
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It only happened 15 years earlier, supposedly,
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And we can go to simi valley
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And see that he's in the grave.
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We can talk to those so-called eyewitnesses
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And shoot holes in their story
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To prove that it didn't happen.
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That myth is not going to gain traction,
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And i'll tell you something,
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People certainly aren't going to die
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For a myth like that,
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People aren't going to give their lives,
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Saying, "i believe ronald reagan lives,
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And i've devoted my life to serving him."
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No, nobody would do that,
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It couldn't gain traction.
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And yet you have,
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Within a few days and a few years of the resurrection,
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People by the thousands are not only proclaiming that truth,
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They're giving their very lives for it.
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That's what an evidence, a strong evidence
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For the scripture, or for the resurrection, is,
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The evidence of scripture.
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Now, the second piece of evidence
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Is the evidence of eyewitnesses, paul says
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In verses five to 11.
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Testimony of eyewitnesses has long been considered
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One of the most reliable forms of evidence.
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Thomas arnold, a historian from oxford university, wrote,
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"i know of no one fact in the history of mankind
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Which is better proved by fuller evidence
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Than the great sign that god has given us
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That christ died and rose again from the dead."
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What is this eyewitness testimony that's so strong?
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Well, look at verse 5.
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"and that christ appeared to cephas,"
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That was peter, the apostle peter,
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"and then to the twelve," the other disciples,
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"and then he appeared to more than 500 brethren
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At one time."
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Matthew talks about that event as well.
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And he says, "most of them are still alive.
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A few have died, but most of them are still alive,
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You can go talk to them."
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And then he appeared to james.
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James was his half-brother.
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James, as well as all of jesus' family,
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Refused to believe in him while he was alive,
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But james became a believer
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After he saw his resurrected brother.
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And then he said,
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"he appeared to me," paul said,
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"least of all, as one untimely born.
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He appeared to me on the road to damascus years later,
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Even after he had ascended into heaven."
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Paul said that is the certainty of the resurrection.
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But what if,
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What if the resurrection is fiction?
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Does it really make that much difference?
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Paul says yes.
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Beginning in verse 12,
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He gives us seven consequences of no resurrection,
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And he starts with the general argument,
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And then comes to the very specific
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And very personal to you and me.
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What are the consequences of no resurrection?
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Remember, some in the church said,
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"there's no such thing as people coming back from the dead.
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This life is all there is."
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Well, if that's true, there is no resurrection,
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Then, paul says, the first consequence is
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Christ is not risen from the dead.
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Look at verse 12.
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"now, if christ is preached
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That he's been raised from the dead,
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How do some of them among you say
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That there is no resurrection of the dead?
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But if there is no resurrection of the dead,
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Not even christ has been raised."
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Now, admittedly, that's not rocket science, okay?
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If there's no such thing as a resurrection,
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Then christ hasn't been raised from the dead.
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Some people in the church said,
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"well, jesus rose from the dead spiritually.
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There was a spiritual resurrection,
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But jesus really wasn't a human being himself,
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He was more of a spirit."
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That's what the gnostics said.
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No, the new testament said he was live flesh and blood.
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In 1 john 1:1, the apostle wrote,
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"what was from the beginning,
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What we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes,
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What we have beheld and our hands have handled
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Concerning the word of life."
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John was saying, "forget this spirit stuff.
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We were there, we saw him,
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We handled him, we touched him,
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He was a human being,
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And he arose from the dead.
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If there is no resurrection,
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Christ has not been raised from the dead.
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The second consequence, preaching is useless,
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"and if christ has not been raised," verse 14,
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"then our preaching is in vain."
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There's no reason for me to be standing up here
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Talking to you all
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If there is no such thing as a resurrection,
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There's no reason for you all to get up on sunday morning,
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And come to church, and give your money like you do.
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If there is no resurrection,
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Preaching is vain
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If there's no such thing as the resurrection,
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The bible is reduced to nothing but an aesop fable,
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The bible is nothing but a good, a nice book
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About a nice man
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Who went around saying nice things to people.
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Anybody want to hear that week after week?
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I sure don't.
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No, if there is no resurrection,
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All preaching is in vain.
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Not only that, if there is no resurrection,
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Third, faith is meaningless.
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Look at verse 14.
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"and if christ has not been raised,
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Then our preaching is in vain
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And your faith also is in vain."
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Do you remember that faith you exercised
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To become a christian?
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Do you remember that faith?
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That was just an emotion,
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It wasn't faith.
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You know that faith that you've told people about
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That sustained you in a difficult circumstance?
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That was a sham, it didn't exist.
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You know that faith
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That you said came alongside of you and empowered you
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When you lost that loved one?
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That's just your imagination.
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Faith is absolutely meaningless, paul said,
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If there is no resurrection.
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Not only that,
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Fourth, if there is no resurrection,
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All christians are liars.
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Look at verse 15.
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"moreover, we are even found to be false witnesses of god
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Because we testified against god
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That he raised christ whom he did not raise
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If, in fact, the dead are not raised."
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Paul is saying,
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"i and all other apostles, every one of us is a liar
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If, in fact, christ wasn't raised from the dead,
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Because we've testified
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That he has been risen from the dead."
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Do you believe that about all of the apostles,
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That they were liars?
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Think about it.
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Anyone who has ever proclaimed the christian resurrection
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Is a liar.
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Do you believe that?
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And not only are they liars,
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That godly grandfather, or grandmother,
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Or mother, or father
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Who led you to christ,
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Every one of them is a liar as well.
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That is the consequence of no resurrection.
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Fifth, if there is no resurrection,
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You are still in your sins.
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Look at verse 17,
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"and if christ has not been raised,
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Your faith is worthless
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And you are still in your sins."
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That is, your sins have not been forgiven
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If there is no such thing as a resurrection.
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You say, "well, what does my forgiveness have to do
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With the resurrection?"
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Well, it has everything to do with it,
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Because what the resurrection tells us
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About jesus christ.
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Listen to me, the resurrection told us two things
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About jesus christ.
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The resurrection first of all verifies
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The deity of jesus christ.
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It is the signal proof
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That jesus was who he said he was, the son of god.
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Romans 1:4 says jesus was declared to be the son of god
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By his resurrection from the dead.
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It's the proof that he is who he said he was.
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If he had remained in that grave,
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Then jesus christ would've been no different
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Than you and me,
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But it was the proof that he was the resurrection,
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That he was the son of god.
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The bible says the resurrection verifies
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The deity of christ,
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But secondly, the resurrection verifies
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The sufficiency of christ to pay for our sins.
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Verse 25 of romans 4 says,
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"he who was delivered over because of our transgressions
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And was raised up because of our justification."
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Remember, that word justify means
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It's a courtroom term,
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It means to declare not guilty,
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And by jesus' resurrection from the dead,
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We were declared not guilty in the eyes of god.
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Why?
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Because the resurrection was proof
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That god had accepted jesus' payment for our sins.
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Number six, what does no resurrection mean?
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If there is no resurrection,
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All of our christian loved ones have perished.
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Verse 18, "then those also who have fallen asleep in christ
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Have perished."
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The bible uses fallen asleep
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To describe what happens to a christian when he dies.
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It's not his soul that dies,
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His soul goes immediately to the lord
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To be absent from the bodies,
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To be at home with the lord,
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But our physical body falls asleep until the resurrection.
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Paul said, "if there is no resurrection,
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Then those who have died in christ,
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Those christian loved ones,
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Have perished."
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That word perish doesn't mean just died physically.
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That would be repetitive.
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The word perished literally means to be damned forever.
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Remember, if there is no resurrection,
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Then nobody's sins have been paid for,
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And that means those of your loved ones
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Who claimed to be christians and have died,
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They are burning in hell right now,
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They are experiencing the same torture, the same hell
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As osama bin laden, adolf hitler, charles manson.
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Do you believe that about your christian loved ones?
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Such an idea is preposterous,
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But that is exactly the consequence of no resurrection.
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And finally, he says, as a climax,
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"if there is no resurrection,
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Our lives are most miserable."
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Verse 19: "if we have hoped in christ in this life only,
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We are of all men most to be pitied."
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He's saying, "if there is no resurrection,
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If this life is all that there is,
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We who are christians
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Are the most miserable people in the world."
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Have you ever heard people say,
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"well, you know, if i come to the end of my life
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And i discover that all of this was just a myth,
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I'm still glad i'm a christian
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Because i've lived the best way possible."
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Have you heard that before?
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"rubbish!" the apostle paul says.
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If you're really a christian,
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It means you've sacrificed something.
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You can't be a christian without sacrificing something.
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I'm sure paul thought about what he'd sacrificed,
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The beatings, the stonings,
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The imprisonment, the shipwrecks.
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He said, "if i find out that there is no resurrection,
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Then i am the most miserable person in the world,
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Because i've given everything to follow a risen christ."
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We are of all people most miserable.
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That is the result of no resurrection.
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But paul doesn't stop there.
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Look at verse 20, he says,
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"but now christ has been raised from the dead.
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There is no doubt in my mind, i've seen him.
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He has been raised from the dead.
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And not only that,
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He is the first fruits of those who are asleep."
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He says in verse 22, "for as in adam all die,
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So also in christ all shall be made alive."
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Who is it that is in adam?
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What does he mean in adam?
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He means everybody who's ever been a descendant of adam
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Is going to die, not just physically,
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But spiritually, separated from god.
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And who's a descendant of adam?
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Everybody raise your hand.
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That would be you and me.
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We've all come from adam,
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And because of that, we're all going to die,
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And if nothing happens in our life spiritually,
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We're going to die not just physically but spiritually
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Because of our sin.
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The wages of sin is death,
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For as in adam, all die.
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But here's the way of escape,
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"but in christ, all shall be made alive."
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What does it mean to be in christ?
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It means to put your faith and trust in jesus.
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That is who is in christ,
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"as in adam, all die,
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So in christ, all shall be made alive."
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Jesus said it this way in john 11:25,
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"'i am the resurrection and the life.
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He who believes in me, though he were dead,
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Yet shall he live again.'"
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Now, folks, whatever you do,
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Don't move, don't leave, don't rustle your papers.
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You listen to me for these next three minutes,
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Because your eternal destiny hangs
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On your understanding what i'm about to say.
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The only people who are going to be raised again
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And escape god's judgment
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Are those who have believed in jesus,
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But most people don't know what it means
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To believe in jesus.
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They think to believe in jesus means
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To believe the right things about jesus,
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That he was the son of god
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Who died on the cross for the sins of the world,
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And he rose again on the third day.
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They think, "if i believe those things,
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That's all i need to do."
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No, you can believe all of those things
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With all of your heart
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And go straight to hell when you die.
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There has to come that moment of faith
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When we kneel before a holy god
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And we say, "god, i know i am a sinner,
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I know i deserve your punishment.
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I don't have any hope in my myself,
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But i believe, i trust in, i cling to the fact
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That jesus died on the cross for me,
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That he took the punishment from you that i deserve,
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And right now, i'm clinging to, trusting in,
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Putting my whole weight upon
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What jesus did for me to save me from my sins.
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And the bible says the moment you say that to god
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And mean it with all of your heart,
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You are in christ, you are in his hands.
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John 10:28, jesus said, "'i give eternal life to them
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And they shall never perish.
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No man shall snatch out of my hands,
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Those whom the father has given me.'"
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That's what it means
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-to be in christ, -(congregants applauding)
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And those who are in christ have eternal life.
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"i give eternal life to them."
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It is a quality of life that begins right now,
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And it extends throughout eternity.
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Jesus said it this way,
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"truly, truly, i say unto you,
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He who hears my word and believes him who sent me
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Has eternal life
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And shall not come into condemnation,
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But has passed from death unto life."
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♪ music ♪
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Our entire christian faith, our hope in our future
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Hangs on the resurrection of jesus christ.
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Gratefully, the resurrection is not fictional,
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But a historical fact backed by irrefutable evidence.
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Now, before we go, i want to encourage you
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With a remarkable comment i received
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From lev, who lives in israel.
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He wrote, "amid recent events and uncertainties in israel,
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"pathway to victory" has brought me hope.
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Rooted in faith,
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Helping me navigate through challenging times.
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The program's messages have served as a constant reminder
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Of god's presence and unwavering love.
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"pathway to victory" has been a refreshing reprieve
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In these trying times.
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When unexpected challenges hit,
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That as a person thinks within himself, so is he.
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Our attitudes impact everything,
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Robert Jeffress - If Jesus Is Dead, So What?

April 3, 2026 | 27:29

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