Using John 2:18-21, this sermon seeks to establish that the Lord Jesus Christ rose from the dead sometime between sunset on Saturday, April 8th, and sunrise on Sunday, April 9th in the year AD 30. Please read the pdf as you listen.
In reflecting on that truth, we discover this is the ONLY event in the life of our Lord we can know precisely.
We do not know the exact date when Jesus was born, even though it is possible but highly unlikely he was born on December 25, 5 BC.
If we analyze the data of the New Testament in light of the Jewish calendar regarding the Passover in AD 30, we discover we cannot know with absolutely certainty the exact day the Lord Jesus was crucified.
Nisan 14 and 15, the time of the sacrifice of the Passover lamb and the celebration of the Passover meal, took place on Wednesday and Thursday, not Friday, Nisan 16.
That leaves us with one conclusion: If we limit ourselves ONLY to the New Testament data, we are left with only one clearly revealed holy day, the Lord's Day.
That should not surprise us because there is no New Testament book like Leviticus, where we have explicit commands and dates, including what kind of underwear the High Priest had to wear (Leviticus 16:4).
But we can know with absolute certainty that the Lord Jesus Christ rose from the dead, as we analyze Matthew 28:2-6 and Matthew 28:11-15 in light of Acts 5:29-32 and Acts 5:40. The Jewish leadership tortured the first followers of the Lord Jesus, but they never demanded they tell them where Jesus body was; they KNEW he had risen from the dead.
How can you and I KNOW for certain that this historical event it true? The answer lies in the new birth.
Featuring a sermon puts it on the front page of the site and is the most effective way to bring this sermon to the attention of thousands including all mobile platforms + newsletter.
Text-Featuring a sermon is a less expensive way to bring this sermon to the attention of thousands on the right bar with optional newsletter inclusion. As low as $30/day.
After serving Grace Presbyterian Church in Alexandria, Louisiana, Bob was honorably retired on Sunday, September 27, 2015, and given the title "Pastor Emeritus." This was forty years to the day after he became their pastor.
He now works for the Presbytery of the Gulf South as...
