Transcript Chinese Grace Bible Church

April 4 2010
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Because of the Reality of
the Resurrection, the
World Can No Longer
Deny …
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1. That the Scriptures Are True
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Acts 2:22-32
22"Men
of Israel, listen to these words:
Jesus the Nazarene, a man attested to you
by God with miracles and wonders and
signs which God performed through Him
in your midst, just as you yourselves
know-- 23this Man, delivered over by the
predetermined plan and foreknowledge of
God, you nailed to a cross by the hands of
godless men and put Him to death. 24"But
God raised Him up again, putting an end
to the agony of death, since it was
impossible for Him to be held in its power.
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25"For
David says of Him,
'I SAW THE LORD ALWAYS IN MY
PRESENCE; FOR HE IS AT MY RIGHT
HAND, SO THAT I WILL NOT BE SHAKEN.
26'THEREFORE MY HEART WAS GLAD
AND MY TONGUE EXULTED; MOREOVER
MY FLESH ALSO WILL LIVE IN HOPE;
27BECAUSE YOU WILL NOT ABANDON MY
SOUL TO HADES,NOR ALLOW YOUR
HOLY ONE TO UNDERGO DECAY. 28'YOU
HAVE MADE KNOWN TO ME THE WAYS
OF LIFE; YOU WILL MAKE ME FULL OF
GLADNESS WITH YOUR PRESENCE.'
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29"Brethren,
I may confidently say to you
regarding the patriarch David that he both
died and was buried, and his tomb is with
us to this day. 30"And so, because he was
a prophet and knew that GOD HAD
SWORN TO HIM WITH AN OATH TO SEAT
one OF HIS DESCENDANTS ON HIS
THRONE, 31he looked ahead and spoke of
the resurrection of the Christ, that HE
WAS NEITHER ABANDONED TO HADES,
NOR DID His flesh SUFFER DECAY.
32"This Jesus God raised up again, to
which we are all witnesses.
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John 2:13-14
13The
Passover of the Jews was near,
and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.14And
He found in the temple those who were
selling oxen and sheep and doves, and
the money changers seated at their
tables.
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John 2:18-22
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Jews then said to Him, "What sign
do You show us as your authority for
doing these things?" 19Jesus answered
them, "Destroy this temple, and in three
days I will raise it up." 20The Jews then
said, "It took forty-six years to build this
temple, and will You raise it up in three
days?" 21But He was speaking of the
temple of His body. 22So when He was
raised from the dead, His disciples
remembered that He said this; and they
believed the Scripture and the word which
Jesus had spoken.
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2. That Jesus is God
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Acts 2:36
36"Therefore
let all the house of Israel
know for certain that God has made
Him both Lord and Christ--this Jesus
whom you crucified."
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Romans 1:1-4
1Paul, a bond-servant of Christ Jesus,
called as an apostle, set apart for the
gospel of God, 2which He promised
beforehand through His prophets in
the holy Scriptures, 3concerning His
Son, who was born of a descendant of
David according to the flesh, 4who was
declared the Son of God with power by
the resurrection from the dead,
according to the Spirit of holiness,
Jesus Christ our Lord,
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3. That Redemption is Possible
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1 Cor. 15:16-22
16For
if the dead are not raised, not
even Christ has been raised; 17and if
Christ has not been raised, your faith
is worthless; you are still in your sins.
18Then those also who have fallen
asleep in Christ have perished. 19If we
have hoped in Christ in this life only,
we are of all men most to be pitied.
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1 Cor. 15:16-22
The Order of Resurrection
20But now Christ has been raised from
the dead, the first fruits of those who
are asleep. 21For since by a man came
death, by a man also came the
resurrection of the dead. 22For as in
Adam all die, so also in Christ all will
be made alive.
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1 John 2:1-2
1My
little children, I am writing these
things to you so that you may not sin
And if anyone sins, we have an
Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ
the righteous; 2and He Himself is the
propitiation for our sins; and not for
ours only, but also for those of the
whole world.
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4. That Accountability is Certain
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Rev. 20: 11-12
11Then
I saw a great white throne and Him
who sat upon it, from whose presence
earth and heaven fled away, and no place
was found for them. 12And I saw the dead,
the great and the small, standing before
the throne, and books were opened; and
another book was opened, which is the
book of life; and the dead were judged
from the things which were written in the
books, according to their deeds.
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Acts 17:30-34
30"Therefore
having overlooked the
times of ignorance, God is now
declaring to men that all people
everywhere should repent, 31because
He has fixed a day in which He will
judge the world in righteousness
through a Man whom He has
appointed, having furnished proof to
all men by raising Him from the dead.”
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32Now
when they heard of the
resurrection of the dead, some began
to sneer, but others said, "We shall
hear you again concerning this." 33So
Paul went out of their midst. 34But
some men joined him and believed,
among whom also were Dionysius the
Areopagite and a woman named
Damaris and others with them.
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