Life of Christ part 3 Last Week Lesson

Life of Christ, part 3 Last Week Lesson 18 Mark 16: 12 -14 Luke 24: 13 -43 John 20: 19 -21: 25 1 Corinthians 15: 5 -7

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Intro o o o Years of preparation – 30 yrs Beginning of ministry – 6 mos Great Galilean ministry – 18 mos Period of retirement – 6 mos Close of ministry – 6 mos Last week Resurrection and exaltation review

Christ is raised!!! review o Very early on the first day of the week o Great earthquake o Angel descended from heaven n Appearance as lightning n Clothes white as snow o Rolled back the stone o Sat on it

Christ is raised!!! review o Roman guard fainted with fear o No great details of resurrection o Acts 2: 23 -24 "Him… you have taken by lawless hands, have crucified, and put to death; whom God raised up, having loosed the pains of death, because it was not possible that He should be held by it. it

Christ is raised!!! o When they arrive at the tomb n No Roman guards n Stone is ‘taken away’ o Mary Magdalene goes to tell the disciples o Two men in white apparel n One sitting on the stone review

Christ is raised!!! review o The women remember o They are told to go tell Peter and the other disciples Jesus would go to Galilee and see them there o Imagine the emotions n Fear? n Amazement? n Joy?

Christ is raised!!! review o Mary Magdalene tells Peter and John o ‘they have taken the Lord and we do not know where they have laid Him’ Him o Peter and John race toward the tomb o John stops at the entrance o Peter goes in followed by John o They see the grave clothes, but no body

Christ is raised!!! review o Did they not see the angels? ? o John 20: 8 Then the other disciple, who came to the tomb first, went in also; and he saw and believed o Peter and John leave the tomb

Appearances of Jesus o To o To Mary Magdalene the other women the two men going to Emmaus Simon Peter the ten apostles and others review

Appearances of Jesus review o Mary Magdalene returns to the tomb o One of the angels asks why she is weeping o ‘They have taken away my Lord and I do not know where they have laid Him’ Him

Appearances of Jesus review o Jesus is behind her and speaks to her o She does not recognize Him o Jesus calls her by name and she knows it is Him o He tells her to go tell the others o ‘I have seen the Lord’ o She was the first to see Jesus alive

Appearances of Jesus review o Other women go to the tomb o Jesus greets them o They fall at His feet worshiping Him o He tells them to tell the others to go to Galilee and He would see them there o Now there is joy!!

Life of Christ, part 3 Last Week Lesson 18 Mark 16: 12 -14 Luke 24: 13 -43 John 20: 19 -21: 25 1 Corinthians 15: 5 -7

Appearances of Jesus o To o To Mary Magdalene the other women the two men going to Emmaus Simon Peter the ten apostles and others

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On the road to Emmaus o Still on the day He arose n First day of the week o Two disciples walking and talking about events in Jerusalem o A ‘stranger’ joins them and asks what they are discussing o They were amazed the he would not know of all the talk in Jerusalem

On the road to Emmaus o ‘what things’ o They tell Him who Jesus was and what they were expecting and what had happened o Jesus scolded them and rehearsed all that the prophets had said about Him n Can you imagine hearing this review!! o They invited him to stay the night with them

On the road to Emmaus o As they were eating their eyes were opened and they realized who He was o Jesus vanished from their sight o They left immediately to go to Jerusalem to tell the eleven what had happened "Did not our heart burn within us while Have you ever had such a He talked with us on the road, and while He opened the Scriptures to us? " burning?

Jesus appears to Peter o Before the men from Emmaus could tell what had happened, the apostles told of Jesus appearing to Peter o It was still hard for everyone to believe n Mark 16: 13 And they went and told it to the rest, but they did not believe them either.

Appearance to the disciples o That same evening the disciples (the eleven? ) were eating o Jesus appeared in their midst o They thought it was a ghost o ‘touch Me, a ghost does not have flesh and bones’ o Jesus showed them His hands and feet n Nail scars? ?

Appearance to the disciples o All things (Lukeof 22: 44) Nehemiah 8: 13 concerning “Then on the. Christ secondfulfilled day the heads n Law of Mosesof all the people, the. Luke 24: 45 father’s households priests and And the He their Levites were gathered to Ezra the scribeopened that they might gain n Prophets understanding, that insight into the words of the law. ” n Psalms they might o Need to understand comprehend the Scriptures. n To comprehend is to mentally grasp something’s complete nature or meaning

Appearance to the disciples o He asked for food and ate n A spirit does not eat o ‘He rebuked their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen Him after He had risen. ’ why? o They accepted His resurrection as fact o He breathed on them for them to receive the Holy Spirit

‘doubting Thomas’ o Thomas was absent when the others had seen Jesus o Thomas said he would not believe until he had seen the nail prints, etc for himself o However, keep in mind the unbelief of the others as well

The next forty days o The apostles a week later o Seven disciples by Sea of Galilee o Above 500 brethren at once o James o Apostles on occasion of the great commission

A week later o Jesus appears to the disciples n Thomas is with them o Jesus suddenly appears to them n With the door locked!! o He tells Thomas to touch Him and believe o ‘My Lord and My God’

John 20: 29 -31 o Jesus said to him, "Thomas, because you have seen Me, you have believed. (? ) Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed And truly Jesus did many other signs in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book; but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name.

At the Sea of Galilee o Peter and several of the others were there and went fishing n Their old occupation o They fished all night and caught nothing o At daybreak Jesus, standing on the shore, told them to cast the net on the right side of the boat

At the Sea of Galilee o They could not pull in the nets they were so full o ‘it is the Lord’ o Jesus was cooking and invited them to eat breakfast o This is the third time He has appeared to them since He arose

At the Sea of Galilee o Three times Jesus asks Peter ‘do you love Me more than these? ’ o Three times Peter replied in the affirmative o Jesus said ‘feed/tend My sheep’ o Remember Peter had denied Jesus three times o Jesus told of the death by which Peter would glorify God

1 Corinthians 15 o Paul writes to the Corinthians o At one event Jesus appeared to over 500 at once o He also appeared to James o Later to Paul himself o CHRIST IS RISEN!! o SATAN IS DEFEATED n Remember Genesis 3: 15

n o s s e l Appearance to the disciples o He asked for food and ate n A spirit does not eat o ‘He rebuked their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen Him after He had risen. ’ risen o They accepted His resurrection as fact o He breathed on them for them to receive the Holy Spirit When sufficient evidence has been presented…

n o s s e l John 20: 29 -31 o Jesus said to him, "Thomas, because you have seen Me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed And truly Jesus did many other signs in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book; but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name.

n o s s e l 1 Corinthians 15 o Paul writes to the Corinthians o At one event Jesus appeared to over 500 at once o He also appeared to James 8 1 : 5 1 o Later to Paul himself 1 Cor l e p s o G The o CHRIST IS RISEN!! o SATAN IS DEFEATED n Remember Genesis 3: 15