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JESUS IS ALIVE! CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?
John 20:19-31
JOHN WANTS YOU TO BELIEVE
30 Jesus did many other miraculous signs in
the presence of his disciples, which are not
recorded in this book.31 But these are written that you may believe
that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and
that by believing you may have life in his
name.
REASONS FOR NOT BELIEVING
„Dead people do not come back to life‟.so either
Jesus hadn‟t died
The tomb wasn‟t empty
The disciples didn‟t see him alive they were hallucinating
they stole the body and made up the story of the his resurrection
This presupposes
The non-existence of a supernatural God
REASONS FOR NOT BELIEVING
I only believe what I can see for myself
"Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and
put my finger where the nails were, and put
my hand into his side, I will not believe it.“
The witness of the writers is unreliable
It‟s too long ago
The only evidence comes from Christians
They were writing mythical accounts
REASONS FOR NOT BELIEVING
I don‟t need to believe
It can be true for you but not for me
It isn‟t possible to know the truth so stop looking
I need to not believe
The implications of believing are unacceptable
THE EVIDENCE THAT JOHN PRESENTS
Jesus had died
John was there at the cross and saw everything
The tomb was empty
he‟d seen it
Jesus was alive
he‟d seen him
many others saw him too
WHO DID JOHN BELIEVE JESUS IS?
John 11 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word
was with God, and the Word was God.14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling
among us.
=> John believed that Jesus is God himself
WHY DOES JOHN WANT YOU TO BELIEVE?
16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son.
THOMAS’ EXPERIENCE
Thomas wanted to see and touch26 A week later his disciples were in the house again, and Thomas was with them. Though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, Peace be with you!27 Then he said to Thomas, Put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe.28 Thomas said to him, My Lord and my God!29 Then Jesus told him, Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.
PAUL’S PERSPECTIVE
“If Christ has not been
raised, our preaching is
useless and so is your
faith.”
The Apostle Paul
1 Corinthians 15:14
EVIDENCE OUTSIDE THE BIBLE
Millions of transformed lives
Christianity spread rapidly throughout the Roman
empire within a few years of Jesus resurrection
John Newton
CS Lewis
Nicky Cruz
Charles Colson
Lee Strobel
ONE DAY WE WILL ALL SEE JESUS
Rev 1:7 "Look, he is coming with the
clouds, and every eye will see him, even
those who pierced him; and all the peoples of
the earth will mourn because of him. So shall
it be! Amen."
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