TEXT: ACTS 1:1-3
TITLE: JESUS POST RESURRECTION: SEEING IS BELIEVING

INTRODUCTION
A. If Christ is raised from the dead how can some say there is no resurrection of the dead? ​
B. If Christ has not been raised from the dead our faith is worthless ​
C. If Christ had not risen from the dead we would still be sinners ​
D. To deny the resurrection is to claim every witness is a lair who claimed to
know Christ ​
WHY IS THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS IMPORTANT
A. The Resurrection witnesses to the immense power of God Himself

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B. “I am the Resurrection and the Life” (John 11:25) ​
C. “Christ is risen from the dead and has become the first fruits of those fallen
asleep” (1Cor.15:20) ​
EVIDENCE OF THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRIST FROM THE DEAD
A. “JESUS appeared to them over a period over 40 days” (Acts 1:3) ​
B. Christ appeared to the women ​
C. Christ appeared to His disciples ​
D. Christ appeared to the Apostle Paul ​
“BLESSED ARE THOSE THAT HAVE NOT SEEN AND YET HAVE BELIEVED” (John 20:29)
A. “Do not be unbelieving, but believing” (John 20:29) ​
B. “My Lord and my God” (John 20:28) ​
C. “He did many other signs that you may believe He is the Christ, the Son of God” (John 20:30) ​
D. “And that believing you may have life in his name” (John 20:30) ​


CHALLENGE FOR THE WEEK

THAT I BELIEVE IN JESUS THROUGH HIS DEATH, BURIAL, AND RESURRECTION FOR MY SINS