deuteronomy 6:4-9

Deuteronomy 6:4-9

Matthew 27:57-61

Now when evening had come, there came a rich man from Arimathea,

named Joseph, who himself had also

Matthew 27:57-61

become a disciple of Jesus. 58 This man went to Pilate and asked for the body

of Jesus.

Matthew 27:57-61Then Pilate

commanded the body to be given to him. 59 When Joseph had taken the body,

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he wrapped it in a clean linen

cloth, 60 and laid it in his new tomb which he had hewn out of

the

Matthew 27:57-61

rock; and he rolled a large stone against

the door of the tomb, and departed. 

Matthew 27:57-6161 And Mary

Magdalene was there, and the other

Mary, sitting opposite the tomb.

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• Today we live in a REAL Authority

CRISIS • Governmental• Spiritual• Social

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The image of

GOD is blurred and

distorted!

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One THIRD of

THE Church of Englanddo not believe in the

RESURRECTION! (TELEGRAPH

2002)

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LESS THAN

50% of Anglicansin Canada believe that Christ rose from thedead in body.

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42% of Americans,much less in Canada, believe that Christ rose from thedead in body.

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19% of Americans,much more in Canada, believe that

THE BIBLE IS A BOOK OF FABLES.

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AN INCREASEFROM 10% just3 years ago. DOUBLE THE NUMBERof people in Canadaand the USA.

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There is now the same number OF PEOPLE who read the BIBLE and believe it as those who mock it anddo not believe it.

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65% OF those who MOCK the

BIBLE areunder the age of

49.

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THE BATTLE 94% EVANGELICALS91% OF CATHOLICS78% mainline Protestantssay they BELIEVEin the resurrection ofJESUS CHRIST! HARTFORD INSTITUTE FOR RELIGION AND RESEARCH

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THE BATTLE 95% of EVANGELICALS and devoted CATHOLICSsay they attend church2 – 3 times a week.GALLOP POLL

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THE BATTLE The more involved in CHURCHthey are the morelikely they are toBELIEVE andread the Bible andpray. GALLOP POLL

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THE BATTLE There is a REAL war of BELIEFand FAITH being fought ON THE fields of MODERN NORTHAMERICAN CULTURE.

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THE resurrection IS CRITICAL TO theCHRISTIAN faithbecause it is theFOUNDATIONof all thingsCHRISTIAN.

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Jesus Christwas a good moral

teacher. The resurrection is not necessary for the

Christian faith to be relevant!”

Matthew 16:21-23

From that time Jesus began to show to

His disciples that He must go to

Jerusalem, and suffer

Matthew 16:21-23

many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and

be raised the

Matthew 16:21-23

third day.22 Then Peter took

Him aside and began to rebuke

Him, saying,

Matthew 16:21-23

“Far be it from You, Lord; this shall not happen to You!”

23 But He turned and said to Peter,

Matthew 16:21-23

“Get behind Me, Satan! You are an offense to Me, for

you are not mindful of the

Matthew 16:21-23

things of God, but the things of men.”

LEARN The RESURRECTION

of Jesus Christ is the foundation of the

plan of

SALVATION.

FROM HISTORY

Romans 6:1-4 What shall we say

then? Shall we continue in sin that

grace may abound? 2 Certainly

not!

Romans 6:1-4How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it? 3 Or do you not know that as many of us as

Romans 6:1-4were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His

death? 4 Therefore we were buried with

Romans 6:1-4Him through

baptism into death, that just as Christ

was raised from the dead by the glory of

Romans 6:1-4the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.

LEARN The RESURRECTION

of Jesus Christ is the core of

SALVATION.

FROM HISTORY

Romans 7:4Therefore, my

brethren, you also have become dead to the law through the body of Christ,

Romans 7:4that you may be

married to another—to Him who

was raised from the dead, that we

should bear fruit to God.

LEARN The RESURRECTION

POWERof Jesus Christ is the

ONLY WAY we can actually bear fruit of our new life in Christ.

FROM HISTORY

Romans 8:11But if the Spirit of

Him who raised Jesus

from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ

Romans 8:11from the dead will

also give life to your mortal bodies

through His Spirit who dwells in you.

LEARNThere is no ETERNAL life

without the

RESURRECTION POWERof Jesus Christ.

FROM HISTORY

1 Cor. 6:13-14 Now the body is not

for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. 

1 Cor. 6:13-1414 And God both

raised up the Lord and will also raise

us up by His power.

LEARNThere is no ability to

OBEY God without the

RESURRECTION POWERof Jesus Christ.

FROM HISTORY

1 Cor. 15:3-8For I delivered to

you first of all that which I also

received: that Christ died for our sins

1 Cor. 15:3-8according to the Scriptures, 4 and

that He was buried, and that He rose

again the third day

1 Cor. 15:3-8according to the Scriptures, 5 and

that He was seen by Cephas, then by the

twelve.

1 Cor. 15:3-86 After that He was seen by over five

hundred brethren at once, of whom the

greater part

1 Cor. 15:3-8remain to the

present, but some have fallen

asleep. 7 After that He was seen by

James, then by all the apostles.

1 Cor. 15:3-88 Then last of all He

was seen by me also, as by one born

out of due time.

LEARN The

RESURRECTION

of Jesus Christ is a HISTORICAL FACT not a

mystical whim.

FROM HISTORY

1 Cor. 15:12-19 Now if Christ is

preached that He has been raised

from the dead, how do some

1 Cor. 15:12-19among you say that

there is no resurrection of the dead?13 But if there is no resurrection of

the dead,

1 Cor. 15:12-19then Christ is not

risen.14 And if Christ is not risen, then

our preaching is empty

and

1 Cor. 15:12-19your faith is also

empty. 15 Yes, and we are found false witnesses of God, because we have

1 Cor. 15:12-19testified of God that He raised up Christ,

whom He did not raise up—if in fact the dead do not

1 Cor. 15:12-19rise. 16 For

if the dead do not rise, then Christ is not risen. 17 And if Christ is not risen,

your

1 Cor. 15:12-19faith is futile; you are still in your

sins! 18 Then also those who have fallen asleep in

Christ

1 Cor. 15:12-19have perished. 19 If in this life only we

have hope in Christ, we are of all men the most pitiable.

LEARNIF the RESURRECTION

is not real, Jesus Christ and all of Christianity is a

JOKE!

FROM HISTORY

1 Cor. 15:20-28But now Christ is

risen from the dead, and has

become the first-fruits of those who have fallen asleep. 

1 Cor. 15:20-28 21 For since by

man came death, by Man (Jesus - Son of man and God) also came the resurrection of the

dead.

1 Cor. 15:20-2822 For as in Adam all

die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive. 23 But each one in his own

order:

1 Cor. 15:20-28Christ the first-fruits, afterward those who are Christ’s at His

coming. 24 Then comes 

the end,

1 Cor. 15:20-28when He delivers

the kingdom to God the Father, when He

puts an end to all rule and all

authority and

1 Cor. 15:20-28power. 25 For He

must reign till He has put all enemies

under His feet. 26 The last

enemy 

1 Cor. 15:20-28that will be

destroyed is death.27 For  “He has put all

things under His feet.” 

1 Cor. 15:20-28 But when He says “all things are put

under Him,” it is evident that He

who put all

1 Cor. 15:20-28things under Him is

excepted. 28 Now when all things are

made subject to Him, then the

1 Cor. 15:20-28Son Himself will also

be subject to Him who put all things

under Him, that God may be all in all.

LEARNThe RESURRECTION is

REAL and the authority of Jesus

Christ is

POWERFUL and

supreme.

FROM HISTORY

1 Cor. 15:50-58Now this I say,

brethren, that flesh and blood cannot

inherit the kingdom of God;

1 Cor. 15:50-58nor does corruption

inherit incorruption. 51 Beho

ld, I tell you a mystery: We shall

not all sleep,

1 Cor. 15:50-58but we shall all be changed— 52 in a moment, in the

twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet.

1 Cor. 15:50-58For the trumpet will sound, and the dead

will be raised incorruptible, and

we shall be changed.

1 Cor. 15:50-58 53 For this

corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put

on immortality.

1 Cor. 15:50-5854 So when this

corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put

on immortality,

1 Cor. 15:50-58then shall be

brought to pass the saying that is

written: “Death is swallowed up in

victory.”

1 Cor. 15:50-5855 “O Death,

where is your sting? O

Hades, where is your

victory?”56 The sting of

death is

1 Cor. 15:50-58sin, and the

strength of sin is the law. 57 But

thanks be to God, who gives us the

victory

1 Cor. 15:50-58through our Lord

Jesus Christ. 58 Therefore, my

beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable,

1 Cor. 15:50-58always abounding in

the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in

vain in the Lord.

LEARNThere are three kinds of

CHRISTIANS:1- CULTURAL CHRISTIANS.

NOT SAVED!2- CHRISTIANS WHO DO NOT BELIEVE IN THE RESURRECTION.

NOT SAVED!

FROM HISTORY

LEARNThere are three kinds of

CHRISTIANS:3- CHRISTIANS WHO ARE NOT PERFECT. THEY ARE SINNERS SAVED BY GRACE THROUGH FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST!

SAVED!!!

FROM HISTORY

ROMANS 10:8-11

But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your

mouth and in your heart” (that is,

ROMANS 10:8-11

the word of faith which we

preach): 9 that if you confess with your mouth the Lord

Jesus and

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believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the

dead, you will be saved. 10 For with

the

ROMANS 10:8-11

heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made

unto salvation.

ROMANS 10:8-11

11 For the Scripture says, “Whoever

believes on Him will not be put to

shame.”

WHICH KIND OF CHRISTIAN ARE

YOU?