Resurrection Celebration

Follow Along with the Message

Resurrection Celebration

 We are not the nails (John 10:11-18; Romans 5:8)

1. Jesus is the good shepherd and   sacrifices His life.
2. Jesus says that no one takes His life.
3. We have a need for a  , and He acted to meet that need.
4. You are not the nail; rather, Jesus is the good  .
5. Jesus laid His life down, but He took it up again, for our sake.

 The Centrality of the Resurrection (I Corinthians 15:12-19)

1. Four implications if there was no resurrection:
   • Our faith would be in  .
   • Paul and the others were   God.
   • Our faith is  .
   • Those who have already died have perished.
2. We are to be   more than anyone else.

Confidence in the Resurrection (I Corinthians 15:3-8,20)

1. It is a   that Jesus was raised from the dead.
2. The story that we celebrate is that Jesus died for our sins, as it was foretold in the scriptures, but then He was   from the dead.
3. The evidence
   •    : Cephas (Peter), 500 believers at one time, James and other apostles, Paul, the two men walking to Emmaus
   • The Jewish religious leaders knew that Jesus was not in the tomb and   the Roman soldiers to lie (Matthew 28).
   • Pilate stationed up to four squads of soldiers at the tomb.
   • Jesus’ tomb was sealed with a Roman  .
     • To break the seal meant automatic death for the culprit or culprits.
     • No one was  , and no one was executed for breaking the seal.
   • The disciples began preaching the gospel in Jerusalem   after the resurrection.

 The Gospel:   that Jesus is Lord and   that God raised Him from the dead (Romans 10:9-11).