{"id":1667,"date":"2017-04-11T11:56:30","date_gmt":"2017-04-11T15:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.csbcva.org\/?p=1667"},"modified":"2017-04-11T11:56:30","modified_gmt":"2017-04-11T15:56:30","slug":"the-credibility-of-christs-resurrection-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.csbcva.org\/?p=1667","title":{"rendered":"The Credibility of Christ&#8217;s Resurrection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The cross either unmasked Jesus as a pretender or opened the door to a supernatural resurrection that has irrevocably affirmed His Lordship and deity!<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>The Following should solidify in someone&#8217;s mind the Credibility of Christ&#8217;s Resurrection:<\/h3>\n<h4>The Empty Tomb &#8211; John 20:1-8<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>The broken seal and stone rolled away- John 20:1; Matthew 27:65, 66\n<ul>\n<li>The seal gave warning that the tomb was under Roman protection<\/li>\n<li>The stone would have weighted 1 Y, to 2 tons<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Empty Tomb &#8211; John 20:2; Luke 24:3; Matthew 28:6; Mark 16:6<\/li>\n<li>The Grave Clothes &#8211; John 20:6, 7\n<ul>\n<li>No grave robber would have taken the time to leave behind the grave clothes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The Location of the Tomb &#8211; John 19:41\n<ul>\n<li>Walking distance from Jerusalem<\/li>\n<li>The apostles began preaching the gospel at Jerusalem- Acts 2:32<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Resurrection Appearances \/ Eyewitness Accounts<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Mary Magdalene &#8211; John 20:11- 18; Mark 16:9-11<\/li>\n<li>To the other women &#8211; Matthew 28:9, 10<\/li>\n<li>Two disciples on road to Emmaus &#8211; Luke 24:13-35<\/li>\n<li>Cephas (Peter) &#8211; Luke 24:34; 1 Corinthians 15:5<\/li>\n<li>The ten disciples in the Upper Room without Thomas &#8211; John 20:19, 20<\/li>\n<li>The eleven disciples in the Upper Room with Thomas &#8211; John 20:26-29<\/li>\n<li>To seven of the disciples beside the Sea of Galilee &#8211; John 21<\/li>\n<li>To all the apostles on the Mount of Olives &#8211; Luke 24:44-49; Acts 1:8<\/li>\n<li>Over five hundred believers at once -I Corinthians 15:6<\/li>\n<li>James the Lord&#8217;s half-brother &#8211; I Corinthians 15:7<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>The Dramatic Change in the Lives of the Disciples<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>The resurrection put to rest any doubt Christ&#8217;s followers may have harbored about who He was- John 20:26-30\n<ul>\n<li>He could be touched by them- John 20:26-28<\/li>\n<li>His wounds were evident -Luke 24:39-40<\/li>\n<li>He ate with them- Luke 24:41b- 43<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>People don&#8217;t die for what they know to be a lie!<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Most of Jesus disciples died as martyrs.<\/li>\n<li>They went to their graves still claiming that Jesus was the Christ and that He rose from dead!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Join us at Corner Stone Baptist Church to Celebrate this Historical Event! An Event that has Literally Changed this World!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The cross either unmasked Jesus as a pretender or opened the door to a supernatural resurrection that has irrevocably affirmed His Lordship and deity! The Following should solidify in someone&#8217;s<span class=\"excerpt-ellipsis\">&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.csbcva.org\/?p=1667\" itemprop=\"url\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,17,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-special-events","category-sunmorn"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csbcva.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csbcva.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csbcva.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csbcva.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csbcva.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1667"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.csbcva.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1667\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1668,"href":"https:\/\/www.csbcva.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1667\/revisions\/1668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csbcva.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csbcva.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csbcva.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}