He is not here, He is risen
Introduction
- Example of the sacrifice of the French Policeman
- The message of Good Friday
- Jesus knowingly went to the cross to free us from sin
- The message of Easter Sunday
- A day of victory and resurrection
- The Gospel is going forth in France
- Christianity is the only religion that offers real hope in the face of death and tragedy
- Jesus defeated death and the grace
- Text: "He is not here, He is risen"
A Supernatural Religion
- Jesus really had died
- It was not a swoon
- His body was not stolen
- Jesus really did rise from the dead
- A God with immense power - He made this world
- God (in Jesus) became man
- Jesus' conception - explanation
- Jesus' life - explanation & examples of miracles
- Either Jesus is the resurrection and the life or a fraud and a hoax
- You cannot sit on the fence - you must make a decision
- It is either true or false
- The Cross of Calvary - explanation & example
- Darkness for 3 hours
- The empty tomb - explanation
- The message of Christianity
- That Christ came into the world, would die and rise again
- No other religion like it
- What do you believe?
- Foretold in the Old Testament Scriptures
- Isaiah chapter 53 speaks of His death,
- Isaiah chapter 53 also speaks of His resurrection (v10-12)
- Psalm 16
- The resurrection in central to Christianity
- People have doubts until they come to faith
- Scripture examples
Closing Remarks