Tag: the resurrection
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Great Turning Points in History
2 Samuel 19:7-8 “’Now therefore arise, go out and speak kindly to your servants, for I swear by the Lord, if you do not go, not a man will stay with you this night, and this will be worse for you than all the evil that has come upon you from your youth until now.’ Then the king…
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What’s the Main Theme?
1 Peter 1:10-12 “Concerning this salvation, the prophets who prophesied about the grace that was to be yours searched and inquired carefully, inquiring what person or time the Spirit of Christ in them was indicating when he predicted the sufferings of Christ and the subsequent glories. It was revealed to them that they were serving not themselves but you, in the things that…
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It’s Everything!
Hebrews 11:17-19 “By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises was in the act of offering up his only son, of whom it was said, ‘Through Isaac shall your offspring be named.’ He considered that God was able even to raise him from the dead, from which, figuratively speaking, he…
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The (Only) Way
1 Thessalonians 4:13-14 “But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep.” What does Christianity offer that no…
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The Sting of Death
1 Corinthians 15:55 “O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting? You and I live in a world where we are constantly exposed to the reality of death. Some of us have been with someone in their last moments on earth. It was a sobering and sad experience, an experience for…
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He Lives!
Acts 10:37-43 “You yourselves know what happened throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee after the baptism that John proclaimed: how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him. And we are witnesses of all that he did both in the country of…
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The Preeminent One
Colossians 1:16-18 “For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in…
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The Revelation of Christ
John 21:1 “After this Jesus revealed himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias, and he revealed himself in this way.” It is interesting how every time we read about Jesus encountering people after the resurrection His identity was apparently hidden from them at first. This was true when Jesus appeared to Mary Magdalene, to the…
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According to the Scriptures . . .
John 20:8-9 “Then the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed; for as yet they did not understand the Scripture, that he must rise from the dead.” The account of the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ is filled with references to how everything that happened there…
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Victory!
John 20:19-20 “On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being locked where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, ‘Peace be with you.’ When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw…