Jesus is _____________. Part 3 {Easter}
Speaker: Rev. Patrick Kelley
Originally Recorded: Apr 1, 2018
1 Corinthians 15:3-9
Now there was about this time Jesus, a wise man, if it be lawful to call him a man; for he was a doer of wonderful works, a teacher of such men as receive the truth with pleasure. He drew over to him both many of the Jews and many of the Gentiles. He was [the] Christ. And when Pilate, at the suggestion of the principal men amongst us, had condemned him to the cross, those that loved him at the first did not forsake him; for he appeared to them alive again the third day; as the divine prophets had foretold these and ten thousand other wonderful things concerning him. And the tribe of Christians, so named from him, are not extinct at this day.
- Josephus Flavius - Antiquities of the Jews/Book XVIII
“Woe to him who makes himself alive by means of the name of God!” (Babylonian Talmud Sanhedrin 106a)
Mark 3:21
And when his family heard it, they went out to seize him, for they were saying, "He is out of his mind."
But this younger Ananus, who, as we have told you already, took the high priesthood, was a bold man in his temper, and very insolent; he was also of the sect of the Sadducees,[23] who are very rigid in judging offenders, above all the rest of the Jews, as we have already observed; when, therefore, Ananus was of this disposition, he thought he had now a proper opportunity [to exercise his authority]. Festus was now dead, and Albinus was but upon the road; so he assembled the sanhedrim of judges, and brought before them the brother of Jesus, who was called Christ, whose name was James, and some others, [or, some of his companions]; and when he had formed an accusation against them as breakers of the law, he delivered them to be stoned:
- Josephus Flavius - Antiquities of the Jews Book XX
[The religious leaders said,] “Take your stand on the Temple parapet, so that from that height you may be easily seen and your words audible to the whole people.” Then they said, “O Righteous one, whose word we are all obliged to accept, the people are going astray after Jesus who was crucified; so tell us what is meant by ‘the door of Jesus’?” He replied as loudly as he could: “Why do you question me about the Son of Man? I tell you, He is sitting in heaven at the right hand of the Great Power, and He will come on the clouds of heaven.” …..So they went up and threw down the Righteous one. Then they said to each other, “Let us stone James the Righteous,” and they began to stone him…..Then one of them, a fuller, took the club which he used to beat out the clothes, and brought it down on the head of the Righetous one.
- Hegesippus - Early Church Historian
Big Idea:
If the resurrection is true that it changes everything for everyone.
The foundation of our faith is not just found in tradition or fairy tales; the foundation of our faith rests in the resurrection of Jesus, and that foundation is grounded in the testimony of eyewitnesses, historians and martyrs who had originally written Jesus off as a madman!
The resurrection power of God is the same power that transforms our lives, our hearts, our marriages, our families….
John 14:6
Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
John 10:10
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.
