Resurrection Hope - Luke 24

04/12/2020

Easter 2020

Resurrection Hope

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  Luke 24v1-12
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Easter Bunny!

‘Some of them (Followers of Jesus) began to say that God intervened and brought Jesus back from the dead. The story caught on, and some of his closest followers came to think that in fact he had been raised.’ Bart Ehrman

Why the resurrection can be trusted

Four reasons:

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  Surprising discovery
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  Empty Tomb
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  Supernatural presence
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  Reliable witnesses
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‘If you wanted to convince people that your leader was raised from the dead – and you are making it up – you do not make women, the eyewitnesses of the resurrection. It is counterproductive.’ (Clark)

What the resurrection teaches us today Remember his Words

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  God plan is fulfilled
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‘He (Jesus) was chosen before the creation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake.’ 1 Peter 1v20

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  Jesus dies for sin - Isaiah 53v3-6
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  Jesus can be trusted
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How the resurrection gives us true hope

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  There’s a way back
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‘He himself bore our sins in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sin and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed. For you were like sheep going astray, but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.’ 1 Peter 2v24-25

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  There’s a way forward
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‘Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. This inheritance is kept in heaven for you’ 1 Peter 1v3-4