Henry LepkePresents

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Lyrics & Music: Robert Lowry, 1826 - 1899

CHRIST AROSE

If Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith.

More than that, we are then found to be false witnesses about God, for we have testified about God that he raised Christ from the dead.

And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile - you are still in your sins.

Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ are lost.

If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are to be pitied more than all men.

The Apostle Paul said…

1 Corinthians 15:14-19 (NIV)

There is

If you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.

- Romans 10:9 (NIV)

3 REASONSfor the

1. The Promises of God 2. The Identity of Jesus3. Our Justification

RESURRECTION

TO

KING DAVID

1

2 Samuel 7:16 (NIV)

God promised King David

through the prophet Nathan:

“Your house and your kingdom

shall endure for ever before me;

Your throne shall be established

forever.”

Psalm 16:9-10 (NIV)

King David said of the Christ to come:

“My heart is glad and my tongue

rejoices; my body also will rest

secure, because you (God) will

not abandon me to the grave,

nor will you let your Holy One

see decay.”

Acts 2:30-32

The Apostle Peter confirms it:

David was a prophet and

knew that God had promised

him on oath that he would

place one of his descendants

on his throne.

Seeing what was ahead, David

spoke of the resurrection of

the Christ, that he was not

abandoned to the grave, nor did

his body see decay. God has

raised this Jesus to life, and we

a

re all witnesses of the fact.

2 The Identity of Jesus

John 14:6 (NIV)

Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No-one comes to the Father except through me.”

John 11-25 (NIV)

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die.”

Matthew 26:29 (NIV)

“I tell you, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it anew with you in my Father’s kingdom.”

John 2:19-22 (NKJV)

Jesus answered and said to them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” Then the Jews said, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will You raise it up in three days?”

But He was speaking of the temple of His body. Therefore, when He had risen from the dead, His disciples remembered that He had said this to them; and they believed the Scripture and the word which Jesus had said.

John 10:17-18 (NKJV)

“Therefore My Father loves Me, because I lay down My life that I may take it again.

No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of Myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again.

This command I have received from My Father.”

Our

Justification3

Romans 3:24 (NKJV)

Being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.

Romans 5:9 (NKJV) Having now been justified by His blood we shall be saved from wrath through Him.

Romans 4:24-25 (mixed NIV and NKJV)

Righteousness shall be imputed to us who believe in Him who raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead, who was delivered up for our offenses and was raised for our justification.

God sent His SonThey called Him Jesus

He came to love heal and forgiveHe lived and died to buy my pardon

An empty grave is there To prove my Saviour lives

Words & Music: William J. Gaither © 1971; CCLI #2408680

Because He lives I can face tomorrow

Because He lives All fear is gone

Because I know-ow-ow He holds the future

And life is worth the living Just because He lives

Chorus

Words & Music: William J. Gaither © 1971; CCLI #2408680

7. To Establish JesusAs Head over His ChurchBECAUSE HE LIVES

There definitely is

!