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<div class="SSN_title">"HE IS RISEN"</div>
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<div class="SSN_rnum">I. THE VALIDITY OF THE WHOLE CHRISTIAN MESSAGE STANDS OR FALLS WITH THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS FROM THE DEAD.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">A. If there is no resurrection there is no gospel.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. All of our preaching is in vain.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. Think of all of the inspiring messages that have been preached from the pulpits around the world through the centuries, that have inspired people to noble deeds, to good living, that have inspired hope, brought hope and peace. If Jesus did not rise from the dead, it is all in vain.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. Think of all of the books that have been written inspiring faith, and hope and love. If Jesus did not rise, they are all worthless trash.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">c. They are all in vain, if Jesus Christ did not rise from the dead.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. If Jesus did not rise from the dead our faith is in vain.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. Think of the millions of people who have come to a faith Jesus Christ and have entrusted their lives to him.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. Think of the millions who gave their lives because of their faith in him. It has been estimated that during the Roman persecution of the church, as many as 6 million were martyred for their faith.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">c. Think of the missionaries who have given their lives to go to live among the savage primitive people to bring them a better life, established hospitals, orphanages, taught them sanitation practices as well as the gospel.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">d. If Christ is not risen, their sacrifices were all in vain.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">3. We are still in our sins.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. You who had done such horrible things in the past, things that you were ashamed of; things that tortured your mind to think about; things that were destroying you because you could not overcome your feelings of guilt; things that were driving you to distraction; things that when you accepted Jesus were lifted like a heavy burden from off your back.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. If Christ is not risen from the dead, those horrible things have not been forgiven, they still hang like a noose around your neck.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">4. Those who have died in faith, have perished.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. It is all over, that is all she wrote, blotto.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. All of their virtues have ended, they suffer the same fate as the worst, vilest human beings, oblivion.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">c. All of the words of hope and comfort that we have given to those who were dying, words that gave them the courage to face death with a smile, to face death without terror, were lies.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">d. We have talked to those who were dying, of the beauty being in the presence of Jesus and seeing Him face to face, to be rejoined with their loved ones in His eternal glory. We have seen the peace that comes over their countenance as they slip into eternity.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">e. If Christ did not rise from the dead, what I said were all lies. They do not continue to live. They are gone, it is all over.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">5. Life is unfair, there truly is no justice.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. Wicked people who were not caught have gotten by with their evil deeds. They have lied, stolen, deceived, raped, killed, extorted, and will never have to pay.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. Some good people have experienced disabling tragedies.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">c. Evil has triumphed over good.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">d. Why should we even try to stop the rappers from advocating that you rape your sister or mother, or disembowel a friend?</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">e. Why should we try to stop young men killing innocent people in order to be initiated into a gang?</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">f. If there is nothing that is intrinsically good or evil as is being taught in many of our public schools, what makes these things bad?</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">h. Why have any judicial system at all? Why have laws? Why have law enforcement agencies?</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">i. If Christ is not risen from the dead, why try?</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">6. Life is not worthwhile, we are living in the most bleak, dark hopeless state possible.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. No wonder those who do not believe turn to drugs, or alcohol to deaden the pain.</div>
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<div class="SSN_rnum">II. BUT NOW IS CHRIST RISEN FROM THE DEAD. THAT MEANS,</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">A. Our preaching is not in vain.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. God is merciful and will forgive your sins.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. God is calling you to love Him and love your neighbor.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">B. Our faith is not in vain.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. Our belief in Jesus is confirmed.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. It does pay to serve the Lord and live a better life.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">C. We are no longer in our sins.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. God has forgiven all of our sins. The blood of Jesus Christ does indeed cleanse a man from all sin.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. Your record has been wiped clean. No charges against you remain.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">3. You have been washed, cleansed, forgiven.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">D. Those who have died in faith are now with the Lord.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. "For to be absent from this body is to be present with the Lord."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. We are told that in His presence is fullness of joy, and pleasures forevermore.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. And through the ages to come God will be revealing to them the exceeding riches of His grace and love toward them, through Jesus Christ.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">3. There are no more tears, for them, no more pain, or sorrow, for the earthly things have passed away.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">E. There is a final justice. It does pay to live a righteous life.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. There will come a day when the sinners will be judged.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. They will not get by with their evil ways.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. One day they will stand before God and those things done in secret will be openly revealed, and God will judge them in righteous judgment.</div>
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<div class="SSN_verse"><a onClick="return mV('Psa',90,8);">PSA 90:8</a> Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret [sins] in the light of thy countenance.</div>
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<div class="SSN_verse"><a onClick="return mV('Ecc',12,14);">ECC 12:14</a> For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether [it be] good, or whether [it be] evil.</div>
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<div class="SSN_verse"><a onClick="return mV('Jer',17,10);">JER 17:10</a> I the LORD search the heart, [I] try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, [and] according to the fruit of his doings.</div>
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<div class="SSN_verse"><a onClick="return mV('1Cr',4,5);">1CO 4:5</a> Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts:</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">c. God said, You can be sure that your sins will find you out.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. Because Jesus has risen, good will ultimately triumph over evil, and God's righteous kingdom will reign forever. Our Lord will come again and His kingdom will be established on the earth.</div>
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