The understand the living hope that keeps us throughout life.

1. HOPE
EASTER 2019
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2. 1 PETER 1:3
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3. Blessed be the God and
Father of our Lord
Jesus Christ,
1 PETER 1:3
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4. who according to His
abundant mercy has
begotten us again to a
living hope through the
resurrection of Jesus
Christ from the dead
1 PETER 1:3
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ESV

5. "Blessed be the God
and Father of our Lord
Jesus Christ!
1 PETER 1:3
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6. According to his great
mercy, He has caused us to
be born again to a living
hope through the
resurrection of Jesus Christ
from the dead"
1 PETER 1:3
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7. 1 PETER 1:3
NIV
ESV
"Blessed be the God
and Father of our Lord
Jesus Christ!ESV

8. In his great mercy, he has
given us new birth into a
living hope through the
resurrection of Jesus Christ
from the dead
1 PETER 1:3
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9. given us new birth into a living hope
begotten us again to a living hope
caused us to be born again to a
living hope
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ESV
NIV

10. given us new birth into a living hope
begotten us again to a living hope
caused us to be born again to a
living hope
THE RESURRECTION

11. the expectation of
coming good
HOPE

17. According to his great
mercy, He has caused us to
be born again to a living
hope through the
resurrection of Jesus Christ
from the dead"
1 PETER 1:3
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18. IF THE
ONLY POSSIBLE
HOPE IS
RESURRECTION
IS TRUE

19. IF THE
WE KNOW
HOW DO
RESURRECTION
IS TRUE?

20. EVIDENCE
AT THE
WE LOOK

21. B
E
A
D
ISCIPLES LIVES
URIAL
MPTY TOMB
PPEARANCES
ISCIPLES LIVES

22. "For I delivered to you as of first importance
what I also received: that Christ died for our
sins in accordance with the Scriptures,
that he was buried, that he was raised on the
third day in accordance with the Scriptures,
and that he appeared to Cephas,
then to the twelve."
1 Corinthians 15:3–5

23. "that he was buried, that he was raised on
the third day in accordance with the
Scriptures, and that he appeared to Cephas,
then to the twelve.Then he appeared to
more than five hundred brothers at one
time, most of whom are still alive, though
some have fallen asleep."
(1 Corinthians 15:4–6)

24. BURIAL
1.The location was known
2.Joseph of Arimathea is
an unlikely made-up hero

25. “Christians inventing Joseph (a member of
the court that condemned Jesus) is highly
unlikely.Why would early Christians make a
hero of a member of the very court that was
responsible for Jesus’ death?”
- Josh McDowell

26. I know I just blew up your planet…
Would you like to use my house for a memorial?
Sure, that would
be lovely!

27. BURIAL
1.The location was known
2.Joseph of Arimathea is
an unlikely made-up hero

28. B
E
URIAL
MPTY TOMB

30. EMPTY TOMB
1.Women’s Testimony
2.Jewish Leaders’ Confirmation
3. Disciples’ Early Preaching

31. “It is highly probable that the resurrection
was preached in Jerusalem weeks after the
crucifixion. If the tomb had not been empty,
such preaching could never have occurred”
- J.P. Moreland

32. 1.Women’s Testimony
2.Jewish Leaders’ Confirmation
EMPTY TOMB
3. Disciples’ Early Preaching

33. B
E
A
D
URIAL
MPTY TOMB
PPEARANCES
ISCIPLES LIVES

35. 1. Separate,Verifiable Reports
2. Uncommon View of Resurrection
APPEARANCES

36. “Those Jews who believed in the afterlife
believed in a general resurrection for all
people at the end of history.Therefore
Jesus’ resurrection differed from the
prevailing view in two ways:

37. 1) It happened in history, not at the end of
history and 2) It happened to one individual
and not the whole human race.”
- Doug Groothuis

38. 1. Separate,Verifiable Reports
2. Uncommon View of Resurrection
APPEARANCES

39. DISCIPLES LIVES
1.Transformation from scared
fisherman to bold martyrs
2. No record of anyone saying
the resurrection was a hoax

40. “The radically changed lives of those early
Christian believers are among the most
telling testimonies to the fact of the
resurrection. One of the most dramatic
changes was their willingness to go
everywhere proclaiming the message of
the risen Christ.

41. We must ask, what could have motivated
such a change? Had there been visible
benefits accruing to them from their efforts
(such as prestige, wealth or increased social
status) we might logically account for
their actions.

42. As a reward, however, for their
wholehearted and total allegiance to this
risen Christ, these early Christians were
beaten, stoned to death, thrown to the
lions, tortured, crucified and subjected to
every conceivable method of stopping
them from talking.

43. Yet they were the most peaceful of men
and women, who continually demonstrated
love and never forced their beliefs on
anyone. Rather they laid down their very
lives as the ultimate proof of their complete
confidence in the truth of their message.”
- Josh & Sean McDowell

44. “The "cruncher" in this argument is the
historical fact that no one, weak or strong,
saint or sinner, Christian or heretic, ever
confessed, freely or under pressure, bribe
or even torture, that the whole story of the
resurrection was a fake a lie, a
deliberate deception.

45. Even when people broke under torture,
denied Christ and worshiped Caesar, they
never let that cat out of the bag, never
revealed that the resurrection was their
conspiracy.

46. For that cat was never in that bag. No
Christians believed the resurrection was a
conspiracy, if they had, they wouldn't have
become Christians.”
- Peter Kreeft

47. B
E
A
D
URIAL
MPTY TOMB
PPEARANCES
ISCIPLES LIVES

48. FACTS
REVIEW THE
LET’S

49. The location was known
Joseph of Arimathea is an
unlikely made-up hero
Women’s Testimony
Jewish Leaders’ Confirmation
Disciples’ Early Preaching

50. Separate,Verifiable Reports
Uncommon View of
Resurrection
Transformation from scared
fisherman to bold martyrs
No record of anyone saying the
resurrection was a hoax

51. HOPELIVING

54. “Blessed be the God and Father of our
Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great
mercy, has begotten us again to a living
hope through the resurrection of Jesus
Christ from the dead”
1 PETER 1:3
resurrection
begotten us again living
hope

55. resurrection
living hope
begotten us again

56. RESURRECTIONresurrection
“Brought from death
into life; a rising of that
which has died”
“Forgiven”
Thomas Blackshear
Anastasis

57. BEGOTTEN AGAIN
“Rebirth; regeneration; restoration into
newness of life; born again [through
the transfer of ownership]”
Anagennao
PAID IN FULL

58. “LIVING” HOPE
“Hope that is active, growing, both
in scope and intensity”
Zao

60. “LIVING” HOPE
“Hope that is active, growing, both
in scope and intensity”
Zao

61. “Blessed be the God and Father of our
Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great
mercy, has begotten us again to a living
hope through the resurrection of Jesus
Christ from the dead”
1 PETER 1:3

62. HOPE
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LIVING

63. LIVING
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WE HAVE A
HOPE