1. ANASTASIS Why the resurrection has to be true

2. An Ancient Concept Job 19: 23-27 Psalm 49: 10-15 Redeemed from the grave

3. An Ancient Concept Isaiah 26: 19 Daniel 12: 1-2 Quwm, Quwts

4. An Ancient Reality I Kings 17: 17-23 II Kings 4: 32-37 The dead are raised

5. A First Century Possibility Mark 6: 14-16 Mark 8: 27-29 Who is this man?

6. A First Century Reality Luke 7: 11-15 Luke 8: 49-55 John 11: 38-44 Jesus raises the dead!

7. The reason for resurrection John 11: 25-26 I AM!

8. God of the living Luke 20: 27-40 God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob

9. “Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?” Luke 20: 36 No longer die Children of the resurrection

10. “Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?” John 5: 24-29 Crossed over from death to life Good will rise to live Evil will rise to condemnation

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12. “Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?” John 6: 35-59 I AM the bread of life Eat & not die I will raise them up

13. “Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?” John 8: 51 “I tell you the truth, if anyone keeps my word, he will never see death.”

14. “On the third day…” John 2: 18-21 Matthew 16: 21 Matthew 20: 17-19 John 14: 19 “the world will not see Me, but you will see Me”

15. A meeting of the living! Matthew 17: 1-9 “until the Son of Man has been raised form the dead”

16. Without the crucifixion, there can be no resurrection; without the resurrection, there can be no life Matthew 27: 45-53 I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds. John 12:24

17. HE IS RISEN! Matthew 28: 5-7 He is risen indeed!

18. The Preaching Begins Acts 2: 31-33 Acts 13: 36-37 Psalm 16: 9-11

19. The Preaching Begins Acts 4: 2, 33 Acts 23: 6 Resurrection of the Dead

20. The Preaching Begins I Corinthians 15: 14-15 Would we die for a lie?

21. The Preaching Begins “If we have been united with Him like this in His death, we will certainly also be united with Him in His resurrection.” Romans 6: 5

22. If Christ has been raised from the dead, then… I Corinthians 15: 16-24 “If only for this life we have hope in Christ…”

23. One new body, to go! I Corinthians 15: 42-44 And make it snappy! I Corinthians 15: 51-52

24. In the proper order… I Thessalonians 4: 13-18 Caught up together to meet with the Lord!

25. As originally planned… “Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when He appears, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.” I John 3: 2