1. What Christians believe about… The Resurrection From EffectiveChildrensMinistry.org

2. Christians believe that… …Jesus was tried, crucified and died

3. Christians believe that… …He was buried in a tomb

4. Christians believe that… …The tomb was sealed with a great rock DesignPics

5. Christians believe that… …Three days later his tomb was empty

6. Christians believe that… …Jesus had come alive again VisualBibleAlive.com

7. What is the evidence?

8. Evidence 1. The Broken Seal

9. Dorling Kindersley “His disciples may come and steal the body and tell the people that he has been raised from the dead.” “Take a guard! Go, make the tomb as secure as you know how.”

11. Greek: Kustodia Latin: Custodia Dorling Kindersley

12. Not Jewish guards Roman guards Highly disciplined and well-trained Death penalty for disobedience That means… No one would dare break the seal!

13. Evidence 2. The Stone was moved Istockphotos

14. The weight of the stone = iStockphotos or

15. Stone found a long way off Stockbyte

16. Who moved the Stone?

17. Was it the Roman and Religious Leaders? NO

18. Was it the Disciples? NO

19. Was it the Women? NO VisualBibleAlive.com

20. It was an angel! VisualBibleAlive.com

21. Evidence 3. The Grave Clothes

22. Then Simon Peter …went into the tomb and saw the linen cloths lying there; But the burial napkin (kerchief) which had been around Jesus' head, was not lying with the other linen cloths, but was still rolled up (wrapped round and round) in a place by itself. (John 20:6-9 Amplified Bible)

23. Then the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, went in too; and he saw and was convinced and believed. (John 20:6-9 Amplified Bible)

24. Why are the grave clothes such convincing evidence?

26. VisualBibleAlive.com Jesus called Lazarus from his tomb

27. “But the burial napkin which had been around Jesus' head, was not lying with the other linen cloths, but was still rolled up (wrapped round and round) in a place by itself.” (John 20:6-9 Amplified Bible)

28. The conclusion: 1. No one stole Christ’s body 2. Jesus came alive again 3. His new body rose up through the grave clothes

29. ChristianWallpaper.org Evidence 4. The Empty Tomb

30. VisualBibleAlive.com

31. Gamaliel Josephus VisualBibleAlive.com

32. Conclusion: The tomb must have been empty on the Sunday. No one has ever produced evidence to prove otherwise.

33. Evidence 5. The Women Women were thought to be inferior to men Women were not allowed to give evidence Yet women were first to find the tomb empty VisualBibleAlive.com

34. Anyone wanting to lie about it would NOT have said that women were the first witnesses No men would have deliberately embarrassed themselves like that! VisualBibleAlive.com

35. Conclusion: The Gospel account must be true, because in that culture no false story would have given women an important position.

36. The Guards at the Tomb An earthquake… An angel rolled back the stone The tomb was empty! They fainted with fright They went to tell the religious leaders Evidence 6. The Guards

37. The religious leaders bribed the guards to say: “We fell asleep.” “Someone stole the body.”

38. A Big Lie How did they avoid the death penalty? How did they avoid the death penalty? How could every soldier fall asleep at same time? How could every soldier fall asleep at same time? How could they see what was happening if they were asleep? How could they see what was happening if they were asleep? Hemera

39. Conclusion: The resurrection must have happened, or else why did the authorities lie and try to cover it up?

40. Jesus came out of the grave alive. He was seen by hundreds of people Evidence 7. Appearances of Jesus

41. Peter 12 Disciples Over 500 people James All the Apostles Paul himself (then called Saul) Paul’s List (1 Corinthians 15:5-8)

42. Conclusion: Jesus was seen alive by far too many people for the truth to be covered up.

43. Evidence 8.Transformed Disciples VisualBibleAlive.com

44. Preached boldly in public Dorling Kindersley

45. Not put off by opposition VisualBibleAlive.com

46. Changed the main day of worship

47. 8.Transformed Disciples Received the power of the Holy Spirit Dorling Kindersley

48. Conclusion: Nothing could have changed the disciples except the resurrection of Christ and his continued power.

49. Evidence 9. Unbelievers converted Saul the persecutor Dorling Kindersley

51. Evidence 9. Unbelievers converted VisualBibleAlive.com James the doubter

52. Summary of the Evidence  The broken clay seal  The stone moved away  The grave clothes uncut  The empty tomb

53.  Women’s evidence  Guards bribed to lie  Appearances of Jesus alive Summary of the Evidence

54.  Disciples transformed  Unbelievers changed their minds Summary of the Evidence

55. That is why Christians believe that …

56. What do you think?

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