Matthew 28:1-20

“The evidence for Jesus's life, death and resurrection has been shown to be satisfactory (according to the standards of any historian). It (holds up) according to the common rules for distinguishing good evidence from bad. Tens of thousands of persons have gone through it piece by piece as carefully as any judge reviewing the most important case. I have myself done this many times over, not to persuade others but to satisfy myself. Throughout my life I have made a career of studying the histories of times and events, examining and weighing the evidence for what was written about each of them, and I know of no other one fact in history which is proved by better and fuller evidence than this one: Jesus Christ died and rose again from the dead.”

I. The women, who respond with fear and great joy.

"If Jesus resurrected, none of these things that cause you grief—guilt and injustice and addictions and pain and death and the loss of loved ones—have the final word. I could do others: The empty tomb is the final word.”

II. The chief priests, who closed their eyes to the evidence.

III. The soldiers, who respond with fear without joy.

IV. The disciples, who worship in spite of their doubts.

Faith is when the unexplainable meets the undeniable.

V. Us, who receive the Great Commission.