Sermon Notes
Did The Resurrection Really Happen?
EASTER 2026
April 5, 2026
1On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. 2 They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, 3 but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. 4 While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them. 5 In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead? 6 He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee: 7 ‘The Son of Man must be delivered over to the hands of sinners, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.’” 8 Then they remembered his words.
9 When they came back from the tomb, they told all these things to the Eleven and to all the others. 10 It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the others with them who told this to the apostles. 11 But they did not believe the women, because their words seemed to them like nonsense. 12 Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb. Bending over, he saw the strips of linen lying by themselves, and he went away, wondering to himself what had happened.
Luke 24:1-12
Did the Resurrection of Jesus Christ Actually Happen?
- Resurrection Theories From Skeptics
- Biblical Evidence
- Historical And Circumstantial Evidence
If The Resurrection of Jesus is True…
24 Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears
much fruit.
25 Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
26 If anyone serves me, he must follow me; and where I am, there will my servant be also. If anyone serves me, the Father
will honor him.
John 12:24-26
1. We can find forgiveness for our less than perfect past.
For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.
Romans 3:23
I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in
the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.
Galatians 2:20
2. We can find peace and wholeness in the present moment.
So you are no longer a slave, but God’s child; and since you are his child, God has made you also an heir.
Galatians 4:7
3. We can have an everlasting future hope.
9 If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will
be saved. 10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your
faith and are saved.
Romans 10:9-10