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Robert Jeffress - The Resurrection: Foolish, Fake News, or Fact?

April 15, 2025 | 27:29

Robert Jeffress - The Resurrection: Foolish, Fake News, or Fact?
Dr. Robert Jeffress presents a powerful message on the historical resurrection of Jesus Christ in "The Resurrection: Foolish, Fake News, or Fact?" He discusses the prophecies and proofs of the resurrection, including the logic of an empty tomb, the transformation of the disciples, the early acceptance of the resurrection message, and the eyewitness testimonies. Dr. Jeffress emphasizes that the resurrection assures believers of their justification by God and holds the promise of future glorification.
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Dr. Robert Jeffress | Robert Jeffress - The Resurrection: Foolish, Fake News, or Fact? | April 15, 2025
  • ♪ music ♪
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  • [narrator] from the pulpit
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  • Of the first baptist church of dallas, texas,
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  • This is pathway to victory with dr. robert jeffress.
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  • Hi, i'm robert jeffress,
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  • And welcome again to pathway to victory.
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  • In today's world, we're bombarded with so much news
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  • From so many different sources
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  • That it's often hard to tell fact from fiction.
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  • But as we approach the day when jesus rose from the grave,
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  • We can take comfort in knowing
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  • That jesus' resurrection is a historical fact
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  • With eternal implications.
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  • My message is titled
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  • The resurrection: foolish, fake news, or fact?
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  • On today's edition of pathway to victory.
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  • The editor of a religious magazine
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  • Received the following letter.
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  • "dear sir, our preacher said last sunday
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  • That jesus did not actually die on the cross,
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  • But he simply fainted
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  • And his disciples lovingly nursed him back to health.
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  • What do you think of that?"
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  • The editor replied, "dear reader,
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  • Let me suggest that you beat your preacher
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  • With a cat o' nine tails with 39 heavy strokes,
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  • Nail him to a cross, hang him in the sun for six hours,
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  • Run a spear through his heart, embalm him,
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  • Put him in an airless tomb for 72 hours,
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  • And see what happens."
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  • Nobody with any credibility argues
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  • Against the historical fact that jesus died.
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  • No argument about that whatsoever.
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  • But what about the resurrection?
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  • Is it foolish to believe in the resurrection?
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  • Is the resurrection simply a case of fake news
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  • Invited by some overzealous followers of christ?
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  • Or is the resurrection a fact
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  • That can be proven even outside of the bible?
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  • That's what we're going to talk about today,
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  • And most importantly, if the evidence is strong enough
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  • For a historical resurrection,
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  • What does that mean to you and me today?
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  • First of all, i want to talk about
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  • The prophecy of the resurrection.
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  • Secondly, we're going to look
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  • At four proofs for the resurrection.
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  • And finally, and most importantly,
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  • The purpose of the resurrection.
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  • First of all, the prophecy of the resurrection.
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  • When you think about it,
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  • Our entire faith rests on the integrity of the bible.
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  • Everything we know about heaven, about hell,
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  • About damnation, about eternal life,
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  • About salvation, all comes from this book.
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  • So the question is, can we trust this book?
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  • What is it that makes this book different
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  • From other religious books,
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  • Like the quran or the book of mormon or any other book?
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  • What is it that makes the bible unique and trustworthy?
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  • Two words,
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  • Fulfilled prophecy.
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  • Over and over again in the old testament
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  • And the new testament,
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  • There was a prophecy that christ would be not spiritually,
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  • But physically, literally raised from the dead,
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  • The prophecy of the resurrection.
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  • Secondly, let's look at the proof of the resurrection.
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  • Well, that's a pretty mighty big claim, jesus.
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  • How do we know you actually pulled it off?
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  • What is the proof for the resurrection
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  • And is there proof outside of the bible?
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  • I could stand up here and quote bible verses all day long,
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  • But you would say that's a circular argument
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  • If you are a skeptic.
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  • So, let's look and see outside of the bible
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  • What the evidence is for the resurrection.
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  • I'm going to mention to you four, what i think,
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  • Are proofs that when you add them together
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  • Prove the resurrection.
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  • First of all, the proof of human logic.
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  • The proof of logic.
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  • Turn over to matthew 27:62-66.
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  • I want you to notice something what happened here.
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  • This is on saturday,
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  • The day after the crucifixion on friday.
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  • "now on the next day,
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  • Which is the one after the preparation,
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  • The chief priest and the pharisees gathered together
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  • With pilate, and said,
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  • 'sir, we remember that when jesus was still alive,
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  • That deceiver.'"
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  • Isn't that interesting?
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  • Religious leaders, "he's a deceiver."
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  • "that deceiver said, 'after three days i am to rise again.'"
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  • They knew that was central to his teaching.
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  • "therefore, pilate, please give orders
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  • For the grave to be made secure until the third day,
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  • Lest the disciples come and steal him away
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  • And say to the people, 'he has risen from the dead,'
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  • And the last deception will be worse than the first."
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  • That was their fear, that the body would disappear
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  • And people would say he is who he said he is.
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  • So they asked pilate, the roman governor,
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  • For extra security to secure the tomb.
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  • And "pilate said to them, 'you have a guard;
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  • Go, make it as secure as you know how.'
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  • And they went and made the grave secure,
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  • And along with the guard they set a seal on the stone."
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  • It is a true truth outside of the bible
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  • That jesus' body has never been discovered.
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  • Everybody agree with that?
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  • Nobody has discovered the body of jesus.
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  • So, the tomb has been empty for 2000 years.
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  • Now, here's where logic plays into it.
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  • You've got to ask yourself,
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  • How do you explain an empty tomb,
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  • A body that hasn't been found for 2,000 years
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  • Of somebody we know that died?
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  • There are only two possible explanations.
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  • Either men took that body out of the grave
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  • Or god took that body out of the grave.
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  • So, let's use logic.
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  • Let's look at the possibility that men,
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  • Other people, removed the body from the grave.
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  • Who would those other people have been?
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  • Some people say, well, it was jesus' disciples,
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  • It was his friends.
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  • They were the ones who did that. really?
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  • I mean, think about these people.
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  • I mean on friday all of his disciples had deserted him
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  • By friday night at the crucifixion.
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  • Remember at the trial of jesus,
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  • Early friday morning,
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  • Peter, who was the most courageous of all of the disciples,
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  • He ran as fast as his feet could carry him
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  • When this little servant girl simply said,
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  • "hey, weren't you hanging around jesus?"
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  • Just by suggesting he knew jesus,
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  • That was enough to say it for simon peter to say,
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  • "i'm out of here."
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  • All the disciples had departed from jesus.
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  • Now, are you going to tell me that those fearful,
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  • Cowardly disciples somehow in 48 hours
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  • Are going to screw to up the courage
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  • To go and defeat an entire roman guard unit
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  • And risk their life for a lie?
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  • That makes no sense whatsoever.
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  • Other people say, "well, i agree,
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  • It couldn't have been his disciples,
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  • But maybe his enemies stole the body.
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  • Maybe the religious leaders, maybe the romans themselves."
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  • That even makes less sense.
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  • They lack the motivation to do that.
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  • Remember, they were the ones who said,
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  • "let's keep this body here lest the deception continue
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  • That he is the son of god."
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  • They were doing everything they could
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  • To stop the christian movement from starting,
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  • And once it did start to pick up steam,
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  • And remember 50 days later at pentecost
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  • When peter was standing up preaching
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  • His great sermon and 3,000 were saved that day,
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  • The romans were scared to death.
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  • "how do we stop this?"
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  • Now, if they already had the body of jesus,
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  • They could have stopped it right there at pentecost
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  • While peter was up there talking about this man,
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  • Jesus, who was raised from the dead.
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  • The romans could have stood up and said,
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  • "yoo-hoo, peter.
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  • Right here. we've got the body.
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  • Come and look, dead as a doornail."
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  • And you know what would've happened?
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  • The christian movement
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  • Would've been stillborn at its inception.
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  • But in fact the movement grew and grew
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  • And grew and grew.
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  • What i'm saying to you is logic tells us
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  • There is no logical person who could have
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  • Or would have taken jesus' body from the tomb.
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  • The only explanation is god is the one who reached down
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  • And rescued his son from the grave.
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  • (congregation applauding)
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  • The proof of human logic.
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  • You say, well, i'm not so sure about that.
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  • Give me something else, pastor.
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  • Okay, let's look at the proof of human nature.
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  • You know, it is human nature to want to preserve ourselves.
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  • We're born instinctively to protect ourselves,
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  • To keep our own lives
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  • And look at the transformation though
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  • That occurred in these disciples.
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  • They turn from cowards in 72 hours
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  • To courageous defenders of the faith,
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  • Willing to give up their lives for the faith,
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  • Willing to risk everything
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  • Because of this belief that jesus was alive
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  • And that courage continued.
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  • If the apostles' friends deserted them
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  • Because of their faith, they gave up their friends.
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  • If their families left them because of their faith,
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  • They gave up their families.
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  • If they lost their jobs because of their faith,
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  • They gave up their jobs.
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  • If they were threatened with death
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  • Because of the faith in christ,
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  • They gave up their lives.
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  • The only way to explain that
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  • Is they had seen the risen lord,
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  • The proof of human preservation.
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  • You say, "well, no pastor.
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  • There are all kind of people who die,
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  • Religious zealots who die for something that is not true,"
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  • And that's true.
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  • I mean, just think of these islamic terrorists
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  • Blowing themselves up.
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  • They believe it's the truth. that's the difference.
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  • It's a lie what they believe,
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  • The 72 virgins and all of that,
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  • But they believe it is true.
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  • It's one thing to believe a lie that you think is the truth,
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  • But no person, no sane person,
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  • Dies for something he knows is a lie.
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  • It was the faith of the apostles
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  • That give strong evidence
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  • For the resurrection of jesus from the dead.
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  • Thirdly, the proof of early acceptance
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  • Of the resurrection message.
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  • Again, this is an argument outside of the bible,
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  • How quickly the resurrection story was embraced.
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  • Now, let me tell you the usual take
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  • That you'll hear even today
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  • About the resurrection story and the bible.
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  • This is the garbage i heard
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  • In my religion classes in college,
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  • And you still hear it to a certain extent today.
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  • It goes like this.
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  • Yes, jesus was a real person.
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  • He lived a good life. he was a good teacher.
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  • But 100 years or 200 years after his death,
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  • When the gospels were written,
  • 00:11:32.414 --> 00:11:33.949
  • All of these fictitious events, miracles,
  • 00:11:33.949 --> 00:11:36.852
  • And especially the resurrection,
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  • Were added to the jesus story,
  • 00:11:38.420 --> 00:11:40.790
  • Corrupting the original story,
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  • And now you can't separate truth from fact in the gospels
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  • Because of this corruption of the message.
  • 00:11:46.328 --> 00:11:49.231
  • Now, that is the common story,
  • 00:11:49.231 --> 00:11:51.000
  • Or it was until fairly recently
  • 00:11:51.000 --> 00:11:53.803
  • Because now even the most liberal scholars
  • 00:11:53.803 --> 00:11:58.507
  • Like john a.t. robinson for example,
  • 00:11:58.507 --> 00:12:01.577
  • Have admitted recent manuscripts
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  • Have shown that the new testament,
  • 00:12:03.612 --> 00:12:05.981
  • Especially the gospels,
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  • Weren't written 100 or 200 years after christ's death.
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  • We now have proof that the majority of the new testament,
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  • Including the gospels,
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  • Were written between 40 and 65 ad.
  • 00:12:15.891 --> 00:12:21.063
  • Some of the gospels were written not within decades
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  • But within years of the life of christ.
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  • And the reason that's important is
  • 00:12:27.703 --> 00:12:29.538
  • It is impossible for myth to corrupt the truth
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  • In that short of a time period.
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  • You have to wait until lots of people have died
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  • Who knew the truth before you can inject a myth
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  • Into a historical story
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  • For that myth to gain any traction at all.
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  • You have to wait several hundred years
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  • Till everybody who knew the truth is dead
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  • And everybody who knew those who knew the truth
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  • Is dead as well.
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  • The early acceptance of the christian message
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  • Is a strong evidence for the reality of the resurrection.
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  • Fourth, the proof of eyewitnesses.
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  • We're told that eyewitness testimony,
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  • Especially when it occurs with many people,
  • 00:13:08.510 --> 00:13:11.313
  • Is some of the most convincing evidence that there is.
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  • 1 corinthians 15:6,
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  • It says that 500 people saw the resurrected christ.
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  • Paul 25 years later mentioned
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  • Some of them who are still alive.
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  • They saw the risen christ.
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  • Now, the purpose of the resurrection.
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  • What does the resurrection mean to me?
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  • What implication does it have for me?
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  • This is so important. two implications of the resurrection.
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  • Number one, the resurrection assures us
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  • Of our justification by god.
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  • The resurrection assures us of our justification by god.
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  • The bible says we all owe god a debt because of our sin.
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  • Every time we sin, as i said last time,
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  • We increase our indebtedness to god.
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  • The wages, the payment for sin, is eternal debt.
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  • We owe god a debt and that debt keeps accruing every day.
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  • Some people owe god a bigger debt than others.
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  • Some people are bigger sinners than others.
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  • But you know what?
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  • That doesn't matter because none of us is capable
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  • Of paying our sin debt ourselves.
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  • But here's the good news of the bible.
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  • Jesus says, "i'm willing to pay your debt for you."
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  • When jesus came and died on the cross,
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  • He didn't die to pay off his sin debt.
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  • He had no debt because he was the perfect son of god,
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  • But he came to offer you and me payment for our sins.
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  • And that is why when jesus hung on the cross,
  • 00:14:42.771 --> 00:14:45.040
  • Some of his final words, john 19:30, were,
  • 00:14:45.040 --> 00:14:48.410
  • "it is," what?
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  • Finished.
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  • Literally in greek, 'tetelestai,' paid in full.
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  • Jesus has paid our sin debt for us.
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  • What do we need to do?
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  • All we have to do is endorse the check.
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  • That is, by faith saying, "i believe what jesus said,
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  • And today i am banking on what he did for me,
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  • Not in my good works,
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  • But in what he did for me to save me for my sins."
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  • That's what it means to become a christian
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  • And to have your debt erased forever.
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  • And listen to me, had jesus not been raised from the dead,
  • 00:15:24.313 --> 00:15:28.517
  • Had he stayed in the tomb on that sunday,
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  • It would've meant he didn't pay for our sins.
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  • He wasn't the son of god.
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  • He, like everybody else, died for his own sins.
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  • But the apostle paul says in romans 4:25,
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  • It says that jesus was raised for our justification.
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  • Romans 1:4says, "he is the son of god declared with power
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  • By his resurrection from the dead."
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  • The resurrection of jesus christ from the dead
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  • Was the proof that he had sufficient funds
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  • To pay for our sins,
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  • That he was really who he said he was.
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  • And that is why i say the resurrection assures
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  • That our sins have been paid
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  • And we have been declared not guilty
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  • By god forever and ever.
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  • That is why the resurrection matters.
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  • It assures our justification.
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  • Secondly, and oh boy, this is so great.
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  • Not only that,
  • 00:16:23.939 --> 00:16:25.474
  • The resurrection ensures the glorification of our bodies.
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  • It ensures our future glorification by god.
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  • The fact that jesus was raised from the dead
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  • Means that one day, those of you who trust in him
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  • For salvation will also conquer death.
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  • You'll be reunited with your loved ones
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  • And with god forever in history.
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  • How do you know that forever and ever?
  • 00:16:48.530 --> 00:16:50.899
  • Look at 1 corinthians 15:20-23, look at this.
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  • "but now christ has been raised up from the dead.
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  • He is the first fruits of those who are asleep.
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  • For since by a man came death,
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  • By a man also came the resurrection of the dead."
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  • That man was adam,
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  • For since by a man adam came death,
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  • By a man jesus also came the resurrection of the dead.
  • 00:17:12.988 --> 00:17:17.292
  • Now, star this.
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  • "for as in adam all die,
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  • So also in christ all shall be made alive.
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  • But each in his own order;
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  • Christ the first fruits,
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  • After that those who are christ's at his coming."
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  • We hear this story about the resurrection.
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  • We think, okay, that's wonderful.
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  • Jesus is raised from the dead,
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  • But what does that mean to me?
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  • What it means to me is if we are in christ,
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  • What happened to jesus was not just a one-time event
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  • In history where one person conquered death.
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  • It means we too shall conquer death and live forever.
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  • You say, "how is that possible?"
  • 00:17:53.529 --> 00:17:55.464
  • Well, notice what he says.
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  • "christ is the first fruits of those who are asleep,"
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  • Verse 20.
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  • Verse 23, "christ was the first fruits,
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  • And after that those who are christ's at his coming."
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  • Do you know what first fruits are?
  • 00:18:07.109 --> 00:18:09.111
  • In israel, whenever they were ready to harvest crops,
  • 00:18:09.111 --> 00:18:12.347
  • Before they would bring in the entire harvest,
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  • They would take a sample of the harvest
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  • And bring it to the priest as an offering.
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  • That sample harvest was called the first fruits.
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  • The first fruits wasn't the entire harvest,
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  • It was just a small sample of the greater harvest
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  • That was yet to come.
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  • Now, paul says christ
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  • Is the first fruits of the resurrection.
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  • He was the first one to be raised in a brand new body,
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  • But he isn't the last one.
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  • In fact, there are many more
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  • Who are going to be raised from the dead just like jesus was.
  • 00:18:44.246 --> 00:18:48.617
  • And who are those people
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  • That will be part of the resurrection harvest?
  • 00:18:49.952 --> 00:18:52.921
  • Look again at verse 21. it's those who are in christ.
  • 00:18:52.921 --> 00:18:56.024
  • Verse 22, "for as in adam all die,
  • 00:18:56.024 --> 00:18:59.828
  • So also in christ all shall be made alive."
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  • Do you know what you have to do to die and go to hell?
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  • You know what you have to do?
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  • Nothing.
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  • Zero, zippo.
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  • Just be born, live your life and die,
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  • And you will go to hell.
  • 00:19:20.282 --> 00:19:22.017
  • You know why that is?
  • 00:19:22.017 --> 00:19:23.685
  • Because he says right here in verse 22,
  • 00:19:23.685 --> 00:19:26.121
  • "we are all born in adam."
  • 00:19:26.121 --> 00:19:28.090
  • Every one of us is physically related to adam
  • 00:19:28.090 --> 00:19:31.693
  • And that means we've inherited adam's curse,
  • 00:19:31.693 --> 00:19:34.229
  • Adam's sin, adam's disobedience.
  • 00:19:34.229 --> 00:19:37.399
  • That's why he says, those of you related to adam,
  • 00:19:37.399 --> 00:19:40.168
  • For in adam all die.
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  • That's not just physically,
  • 00:19:42.537 --> 00:19:43.705
  • That is eternal separation from god.
  • 00:19:43.705 --> 00:19:46.675
  • But you know how you escape death
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  • And know you're going to be living forever with christ?
  • 00:19:49.044 --> 00:19:52.781
  • Notice the second part.
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  • "so also in christ, all shall be made alive."
  • 00:19:54.082 --> 00:19:58.787
  • To be in christ means to trust jesus for your salvation,
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  • To believe with all of your heart
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  • That he paid the price for your sins,
  • 00:20:06.094 --> 00:20:08.363
  • To trust in that and not your good works for your salvation.
  • 00:20:08.363 --> 00:20:12.634
  • The bible says in john 1:12,
  • 00:20:12.634 --> 00:20:14.269
  • "for as many as received him, jesus,
  • 00:20:14.269 --> 00:20:16.972
  • To them he gave the power to become the children of god,
  • 00:20:16.972 --> 00:20:20.509
  • Even to those who believe on his name."
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  • To go to hell, we have to do nothing.
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  • To trust in christ, to go to heaven,
  • 00:20:27.649 --> 00:20:30.052
  • We have to endorse the check.
  • 00:20:30.052 --> 00:20:31.653
  • There has to be that moment in time
  • 00:20:31.653 --> 00:20:33.388
  • When you deposit his grace in your life,
  • 00:20:33.388 --> 00:20:36.558
  • When you reach out and say,
  • 00:20:36.558 --> 00:20:37.826
  • "god, i accept your gift of salvation today."
  • 00:20:37.826 --> 00:20:42.030
  • You know, i began this sermon with a question,
  • 00:20:42.931 --> 00:20:45.967
  • Is the resurrection foolish?
  • 00:20:45.967 --> 00:20:49.538
  • Is it fake news? or is it an indisputable fact?
  • 00:20:49.538 --> 00:20:54.810
  • Let me tell you in closing
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  • How one man answered that question.
  • 00:20:56.545 --> 00:20:59.848
  • His name is simon greenleaf.
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  • Many of you may know him.
  • 00:21:03.819 --> 00:21:06.088
  • He was perhaps the most renowned professor
  • 00:21:06.088 --> 00:21:09.658
  • That harvard law school ever had.
  • 00:21:09.658 --> 00:21:12.861
  • He was an expert in the rules of legal evidence
  • 00:21:12.861 --> 00:21:16.998
  • And he was also a hardened atheist.
  • 00:21:16.998 --> 00:21:20.435
  • In fact, he wasn't contained to keep his atheism to himself.
  • 00:21:21.603 --> 00:21:24.406
  • He wanted to spread it.
  • 00:21:24.406 --> 00:21:26.208
  • He wanted to destroy christianity,
  • 00:21:26.208 --> 00:21:29.077
  • And from a legal perspective,
  • 00:21:29.077 --> 00:21:30.412
  • He knew the best way to destroy the christian faith
  • 00:21:30.412 --> 00:21:33.382
  • Was to once forever drive a nail in the coffin
  • 00:21:33.382 --> 00:21:36.451
  • Of the superstition known as the resurrection.
  • 00:21:36.451 --> 00:21:39.921
  • And so for years he studied the so-called evidence
  • 00:21:39.921 --> 00:21:43.492
  • For the resurrection in order to disprove it.
  • 00:21:43.492 --> 00:21:47.496
  • But after years of study, he was so overwhelmed
  • 00:21:47.496 --> 00:21:51.833
  • By the evidence for the resurrection of christ
  • 00:21:51.833 --> 00:21:55.170
  • That he became a devout follower of jesus christ
  • 00:21:55.170 --> 00:21:58.540
  • And spent the rest of his life sharing the news of christ.
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  • I want you to listen to his summary of what he discovered.
  • 00:22:02.577 --> 00:22:05.514
  • He said, quote, "according to the laws
  • 00:22:05.514 --> 00:22:08.517
  • Of legal evidence used in courts of law,
  • 00:22:08.517 --> 00:22:12.320
  • There is more evidence of the historical fact
  • 00:22:12.320 --> 00:22:16.024
  • Of the resurrection of jesus christ
  • 00:22:16.024 --> 00:22:18.894
  • Than for just about any event in human history."
  • 00:22:18.894 --> 00:22:24.866
  • The resurrection is a fact,
  • 00:22:25.467 --> 00:22:28.170
  • But it's a fact that demands a response
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  • From every one of us here today.
  • 00:22:32.007 --> 00:22:34.743
  • For you see, if the resurrection is true,
  • 00:22:34.743 --> 00:22:37.679
  • It means that jesus was exactly who he said he was.
  • 00:22:37.679 --> 00:22:42.050
  • He was the son of god.
  • 00:22:42.050 --> 00:22:44.419
  • And if jesus was who he said he was,
  • 00:22:44.419 --> 00:22:47.622
  • Then it means everything he said to us
  • 00:22:47.622 --> 00:22:50.859
  • Is absolutely true about heaven, hell, and eternity.
  • 00:22:50.859 --> 00:22:56.231
  • If jesus was raised from the dead,
  • 00:22:56.965 --> 00:22:59.334
  • It means the promise of john 11:25 is true.
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  • "i am the resurrection and the life.
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  • He who believes in trust and clings to me,
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  • Though he were dead, yet shall he live again."
  • 00:23:09.644 --> 00:23:13.715
  • And if jesus was raised from the dead,
  • 00:23:13.715 --> 00:23:16.184
  • It also means he was telling the truth
  • 00:23:16.184 --> 00:23:18.653
  • When he said in john 14:6,
  • 00:23:18.653 --> 00:23:21.223
  • "i am the way, the truth and the life;
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  • No man comes to the father but by me."
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  • ♪ music ♪
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  • The resurrection of jesus from the grave
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  • Was the miracle that gave him kingdom authority.
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  • And my hope is that today's study
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  • Inspires you in your celebration of easter.
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  • Now, just before we wrap up today's program,
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  • I'd like to give a word of thanks to our pathway partners
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  • And all who support pathway to victory.
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  • God is using this ministry to reach a growing audience
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  • With the good news of the resurrection.
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  • Together we are broadcasting the message of biblical hope
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  • And the life-transforming power of jesus christ
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  • Across the country and around the world.
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  • And people are responding positively
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  • When they hear about god's love and forgiveness.
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  • So, thank you for helping me proclaim jesus christ
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  • To a world in need,
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  • And for standing with me to continue
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  • This bold, biblical, and practical ministry
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  • That transforms lives.
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  • Stay right there,
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  • I'll be back with more pathway to victory in just a moment.
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  • We know that easter is much more
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  • Than chocolate bunnies and easter eggs.
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  • Easter celebrates the most important event
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  • In all of human history.
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  • [narrator] in "the power of the cross,"
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  • Dr. robert jeffress retraces the steps of jesus
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  • Each day of holy week,
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  • From bethany to jerusalem to calvary and to the empty tomb.
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  • Through his incredible sacrifice,
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  • Jesus conquered sin and death once and for all.
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  • And this beautifully illustrated book provides
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  • A trustworthy and approachable way
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  • To share the good news with someone you love.
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  • [narrator] "the power of the cross"
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  • Is a full color, 96-page, large print book,
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  • Filled with imagery from the holy land
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  • And photographic depictions of key scriptural events
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  • That bring holy week to life.
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  • Request "the power of the cross"
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  • It's called "live from israel."
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  • Thank you for partnering with pathway to victory
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  • To share the life-changing truth
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  • Of the gospel this easter season.
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  • Together we are proclaiming the radical transforming power
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  • Of the cross of christ,
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  • The only hope for our beloved country and world.
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  • Today's news may be riddled
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  • With fake sources and misconstrued facts,
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  • But we can have complete confidence
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  • In the historical resurrection of jesus christ.
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  • The proof clearly points to our savior
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  • Who died and then rose from the grave.
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  • Well, before we can celebrate easter,
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  • We need to recognize good friday,
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  • And next time we'll reflect
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  • On christ's remarkable sacrifice on our behalf,
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  • Starting with his six trials.
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  • Stay tuned for a preview of what's coming up next
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  • In our series, the power of the cross.
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  • We know that the death of christ
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  • Is foundational to our salvation,
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  • But few people are aware of the events
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  • That actually led up to the crucifixion and death of christ.
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  • Now, from god's perspective, it was all part of his plan.
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  • Usually, we look at this from god's perspective,
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  • But today we're going to look at the events
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  • That led to christ's crucifixion from a human perspective.
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  • [narrator] set your dvr and join us next time
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  • For the message god on trial
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  • Here on pathway to victory.
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