Son, our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; he descended into hell; the third day he rose again from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the
catholic church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness
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I BELIEVE in CHRISTSto shall come judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy RESURRECTION
right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence he the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting. Amen
of sins;
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For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised; and if Christ has not been raised, your faith is worthless If we have hoped in Christ in this life only, we are all men most to be pitied. of - 1 Cor. 15:16-17,19
The insurance against death is to have been created ex nihilo, which keeps open the possibility of an equally miraculous resurrection. Jean Baudrillard, secular postmodernist
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Key Question
Did Jesus Rise From the Dead?
and what did it accomplish?
"It is historically certain that Peter and the other disciples had experiences after Jesus' death in which Jesus appeared to them as the risen Christ."
-Gerd Ludeman, Atheist Guttingen University, Germany
" As they were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to them, being greatly disturbed because they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection from the dead. And they laid hands on them and put them in jail until the next day, for it was already evening. . . . On the next day, their rulers and elders and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem; and Annas the high priest was there, and Caiaphas and John and Alexander, and all who were of high-priestly descent. . . . Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, Rulers and elders of the people, if we are on trial today for a benefit done to a sick man, as to how this man has been made well, let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the deadby this name this man stands here before you in good health. He is the stone which was rejected by you, the builders, but which became the chief corner stone. And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved. Now as they observed the confidence of Peter and John and understood that they were uneducated and untrained men, they were amazed, and began to recognize them as having been with Jesus. And seeing the man who had been healed standing with them, they had nothing to say in reply."(Acts 4:1-14)
Anthony Flew, noted (now former) atheist debated Gary Habermas on the historicity of the resurrection. In the end, Flew admitted that Habermas had made an air-tight case that Jesus did indeed rise from the dead. What was Flews answer to that?
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Jesus must have had an unknown, identical twin brother who was separated from him at birth, and who showed up in Jerusalem at the time of the crucifixion, stole Jesus body, and then showed himself to the disciples, leading them to mistakenly infer that Jesus rose from the dead. Dr. Robert Greg Cavin University of California Professor, Ph.D. Dissertation on the Resurrection (Noted by William Lane Craig in lecture)
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When we lack the will to see things as they really are, there is nothing so mysterious as the obvious. - Irving Kristol
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When the dust has soaked up a persons blood, once he is dead, there is no resurrection."
-Apollo, founding of Areopagus Aeschylus, Eumenides 647-48
There is no DNA evidence that this is the historical Jesus of Nazareth The statistical analysis is untrustworthy The name "Jesus" was a popular name in the first century, appearing in 98 other tombs and on 21 other ossuaries There is no historical evidence that Jesus was ever married or had a child The earliest followers of Jesus never called him "Jesus, son of Joseph. Jesus enemies taunted Him with We were not born of fornication It is highly unlikely that Joseph, who died earlier in Galilee, was buried in Jerusalem, since the historical record connects him only to Nazareth or Bethlehem
After examining everything from a historical and rational perspective, the best explanation to account for the facts is that Jesus Christ rose from the dead via a miracle by God.
You killed the author of life, but God raised Him from the dead. (Acts 3:15)
Theological Implications
A Proof that Jesus is the Messiah
"concerning His Son, who was born of a descendant of David according to the flesh, who was declared the Son of God with power by the resurrection from the dead, according to the Spirit of holiness, Jesus Christ our Lord," (Romans 1:3-4)
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Theological Implications
Necessary belief for salvation "that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved;" (Romans 10:9)
Theological Implications
Necessary to Cancel Sins Effects For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised; and if Christ has not been raised, your faith is worthless; are still in your you sins. (1 Cor. 15:15-16)
"For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life." (Romans 5:10)
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Theological Implications
Provides Hope for Our Resurrection
Theological Implications
Provides Hope for Our Resurrection "For if we have become united with Him in the likeness of His death, certainly we shall also be in the likeness of His resurrection," (Romans 6:5)
The German chancellor, Konrad Adeneur, once asked Billy Graham this question: Mr.Graham, do you really believe that Jesus Christ rose from the dead? Billy Graham somewhat taken aback by the question said, Sir, if I did not believe in the resurrection of Jesus Christ, I would have no gospel left to preach. Graham said Conrad Adeneur paused, walked over to the end of the room, looked out of the window, at the post-war ruins and said, Mr. Graham, outside of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, I know of no other hope for mankind.
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But now Christ been raised has from the dead, the fruits of first those who asleep. are -1 Corinthians 15:20
Christs Ascension
" And after He had said these things, He was lifted up while they were looking on, and a cloud received Him out of their sight. And as they were gazing intently into the sky while He was going, behold, two men in white clothing stood beside them. They also said, Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into the sky? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come in just the same way as you have watched Him go into heaven." (Acts 1:9-11)
Christs Place
"So then, when the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, He was received up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God." (Mark 16:19)
"I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you will know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, and what is the surpassing greatness of His power toward us who believe. These are in accordance with the working of the strength of His might which He brought about in Christ, when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come. And He put all things in subjection under His feet, and gave Him as head over all things to the church, which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all." (Ephesians 1:18-23)
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The Creed
I BELIEVE in CHRISTSto shall come judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy RESURRECTION
right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence he the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting. Amen
of sins;