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[3497.76 --> 3498.58] was a common thing.
[3498.92 --> 3503.48] And that's why the story of Jesus and Peter on the beach really matters, because what does
[3503.48 --> 3504.84] Jesus do with Peter on the beach?
[3505.52 --> 3507.14] He sits down with them, and what does he do?
[3508.20 --> 3508.96] He eats.
[3509.52 --> 3511.68] It's his way of saying, look, this is a real body.
[3511.80 --> 3512.78] I'm having a real meal.
[3512.78 --> 3513.84] This body gets hungry.
[3513.96 --> 3514.90] I want to dine with you.
[3515.24 --> 3520.94] I'm truly alive as a resurrected Lord, as a resurrected body.
[3523.54 --> 3528.84] Now, it's important also to note, and this is really significant for me, that there's
[3528.84 --> 3530.40] many witnesses to Jesus' resurrection.
[3530.60 --> 3533.40] There's a lot of debate and a lot of doubt about Jesus' resurrection.
[3533.90 --> 3537.98] And then 15 to 20 years later, you have Paul coming onto the scene, right?
[3538.36 --> 3540.12] The writer of many of the New Testament books.
[3540.12 --> 3545.58] And I want to read for us some controversial and bold words that Paul says in public.
[3546.02 --> 3548.52] This is 1 Corinthians 15, starting in verse 3.
[3549.28 --> 3549.80] He writes,
[3549.80 --> 3553.24] For what I received, I passed on to you as first importance.
[3553.92 --> 3556.02] Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures.
[3556.38 --> 3557.26] He was buried.
[3557.40 --> 3559.56] You know, they want to make sure he's not just resuscitated.
[3559.66 --> 3560.26] He was buried.
[3560.72 --> 3563.48] And that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures.
[3564.02 --> 3567.34] And that he appeared to Cephas, that's Peter, and then to the 12.
[3567.62 --> 3574.74] After that, he appeared to more than 500 brothers and sisters at the same time, most of whom are
[3574.74 --> 3576.70] still living, though some have fallen asleep.
[3577.32 --> 3582.28] Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles, and last of all, he appeared to me
[3582.28 --> 3584.70] also, as to one abnormally born.
[3585.40 --> 3589.28] Now, there's a lot we could say about that passage, but I want to highlight the importance
[3589.28 --> 3590.46] and the boldness of it.
[3590.86 --> 3592.70] Paul is speaking in Corinth.
[3593.34 --> 3594.44] Very wealthy city.
[3594.84 --> 3596.38] Very educated, elite city.
[3596.48 --> 3599.68] They love bringing all the smart people together, debating philosophy.
[3599.68 --> 3604.88] And Paul's got the guts to be in a city like Corinth saying, Jesus rose from the dead.
[3605.34 --> 3610.06] He appeared to 500 people who are still alive, many of whom are still alive.
[3610.16 --> 3611.40] You can find them and ask them.
[3611.50 --> 3614.38] There were witnesses to this event.
[3616.00 --> 3617.24] That is a bold claim.
[3617.34 --> 3618.68] 50 to 20 years after it happened.
[3620.46 --> 3625.06] All of us, I think, inside and outside of the church have to grapple with Jesus' resurrection.
[3625.66 --> 3627.92] It's something that many people have to sort of sort through.
[3627.92 --> 3630.78] Even believers, when you grow up in the church, you'd be like, is this really true?
[3630.92 --> 3633.02] Is what I've been told by my parents really true?
[3633.72 --> 3635.44] And there are many books written.
[3636.28 --> 3639.04] There are many documents and documentaries you can read.
[3639.12 --> 3642.48] And many people have written books also to disprove the resurrection.
[3643.68 --> 3648.46] And I want to highlight, I think, just a bit of my own grappling with this, which might be helpful.
[3649.70 --> 3653.46] One of the things that I remember reading when I was a young adult is actually something my son Levi read.
[3653.76 --> 3655.52] A book called More Than a Carpenter.
[3655.62 --> 3656.46] Has anyone read that book?
[3656.46 --> 3657.54] It's an older book.
[3657.66 --> 3658.50] I see a couple people.
[3659.46 --> 3665.10] It's a book that basically seeks to go through all the arguments to make you trust the resurrection and the claims of Jesus.
[3665.46 --> 3666.52] But one stood out to me.
[3666.58 --> 3667.98] It's actually the same one that stood out to Levi.
[3668.50 --> 3669.12] And that is this.
[3669.16 --> 3670.16] This is the simple argument.
[3671.06 --> 3675.56] We can trust that Jesus rose from the dead because his disciples died for it.
[3677.48 --> 3678.46] Think about this.
[3678.46 --> 3689.62] The argument is often that they hid the body out of shame or they did some concealing work because they were so, yeah, they were sort of put in a public light for following this guy who didn't claim, didn't do what he claimed to be.
[3689.68 --> 3690.48] And so they're just ashamed.
[3690.56 --> 3691.22] And so they hid the body.
[3691.22 --> 3704.82] And I would say, and this is the claim of the book, if they made this very elaborate lie to hide the resurrection of Jesus, to cover up their shame, it's one thing to do that for a little while when people are like, all right, whatever, believe what you want.
[3704.82 --> 3712.88] It's another thing to do that when people start pressuring you, persecuting you, and then willing to kill you for what you believe.
[3712.96 --> 3723.02] And I just want to say, if that were me, you know, if I'm having this elaborate conspiracy about Jesus' resurrection, I can promise you that it's the moment someone says, I'm going to kill you if you do not renounce what you believe.
[3723.28 --> 3725.12] That's the moment we're like, all right, all right.
[3725.36 --> 3726.28] Didn't actually happen.
[3726.54 --> 3727.54] I'd like to stay alive.
[3727.94 --> 3728.74] But this is important.
[3728.74 --> 3736.74] One, Jesus' inner circle of disciples gave up their lives for the claim that he rose from the dead.
[3737.78 --> 3745.38] More than that, they did it with a sense of confidence that they would rise from the dead.
[3746.12 --> 3750.64] I mean, one of the most moving stories to me in the book of Acts is actually the story of Stephen's martyrdom.
[3751.12 --> 3757.14] Acts chapter 7, Stephen, early leader in the church, they're persecuting him and they stone him, a grisly, gruel way to kill someone.
[3757.14 --> 3762.28] And that would be the moment where, like, if it's not going to, you know, if it's not real, you stand back and you say it's not true.
[3762.50 --> 3766.58] But Stephen has a vision of Jesus' glory, and then he does what Jesus does.
[3766.64 --> 3774.12] He forgives those who are stoning him to death because he is confident that Jesus Christ's resurrection life is Stephen's to share.
[3774.90 --> 3777.24] And the resurrection not just changes their life.
[3777.80 --> 3779.02] It changes how they die.
[3780.14 --> 3783.58] That's how powerful the resurrection of Jesus Christ is.
[3784.42 --> 3785.52] It changes everything.
[3787.14 --> 3788.56] I want to read for us a quote.
[3788.68 --> 3790.70] It comes from a man named Wolfhard Pannenberg.
[3790.96 --> 3793.62] Two fun names in one service, Theophilus and Wolfhard.
[3794.06 --> 3794.28] You know?
[3794.90 --> 3799.78] I read this a few years ago, I think, at Easter, and I just think it continues to ring true.
[3800.64 --> 3801.08] He writes,
[3801.08 --> 3821.52] What do you think of that?
[3821.52 --> 3827.70] Interestingly, C.S. Lewis, writer of the Chronicles of Narnia, a favorite book in the Grunholm.
[3827.80 --> 3829.34] I'm sure it's one of the favorites in yours as well.
[3829.80 --> 3830.98] He did not grow up Christian.
[3831.50 --> 3834.22] He didn't want to believe in Christianity until science could prove it.
[3834.28 --> 3835.50] And he had people like J.R.
[3835.58 --> 3838.74] Tolkien, Lord of the Rings, ministering to him and teaching him about Jesus.
[3838.96 --> 3839.50] What a gift.
[3839.50 --> 3845.34] And then he admitted very honestly, C.S. Lewis did, that he didn't want to deal with the resurrection
[3845.34 --> 3851.18] or wrestle with it because he was afraid, and I quote, that it would interfere with his life.
[3851.88 --> 3855.60] And then, of course, as people ministered to him, as he saw the lives of his friends who followed Jesus,
[3855.84 --> 3859.88] he started to welcome the questions, welcome the conversation, and then, of course, he came to faith.