Witness

Acts 1:³ “During the forty days after he suffered and died, he appeared to the apostles from time to time, and he proved to them in many ways that he was actually alive. And he talked to them about the Kingdom of God.”

Phil.3:¹⁰ [NKJV] “that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death”. Paul, James, Peter, Thaddeus and all the others had this same cry in their hearts. I pray that you will also hunger to experience the power of resurrection and that your testimony will be an evidence of resurrection power.

Not many enlightened people will argue with the fact that Jesus walked the earth. And it is because there is a lot of historical proof that Jesus lived and that He was crucified. But there are a lot of arguments surrounding the resurrection of Jesus. Did Jesus actually resurrect from the dead? The reality is that not everybody believes this. There may be a few people reading this today that are still wondering if the resurrection of Jesus really happened. I want you to know that you are not alone; Thomas felt the exact same way. John 20:25 “They told him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he replied, “I won’t believe it unless I see the nail wounds in his hands, put my fingers into them, and place my hand into the wound in his side.”

Perhaps there are even some that once believed but their faith is dying. I pray that God will silence the doubt in your life, in Jesus Name.

1Cor.15:⁴ “He was buried, and he was raised from the dead on the third day, just as the Scriptures said. ⁵ He was seen by Peter and then by the Twelve. ⁶ After that, he was seen by more than 500 of his followers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have died. ⁷ Then he was seen by James and later by all the apostles.” This means that there were actually witnesses that saw the resurrected Jesus. Paul attests to seeing Jesus also.

I know people that have seen Jesus but I am not even going to bring their account to play here. Over the next few days we will be looking closely at the witnesses and the strength of their witness. But I need you to know without any doubt that this Jesus Christ of Nazareth died, He resurrected on the third day. Jesus is alive and well.

Prayer [song]: Do you know why I believe in Jesus? Do you know why He’s so great? After three days He rose from the dead. I’ve never seen a man who rose from the dead like Jesus Christ. Amen!