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Did Jesus Really Rise from the Dead? (Part 4)
This is Part 4 of a 4 part series - Did Jesus Really Rise from the Dead? The origin of the Christian movement Even the most skeptical of scholars admit to the existence of the belief that Jesus rose from the dead. That is, the Christian movement began based on the belief in a resurrected Jesus. Something must have happened to create this belief....
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Did Jesus Really Rise from the Dead? (Part 1) This is Part 1 of a 4 part series - Did...
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Why Jesus Came to Die This series of articles is derived from John Piper's "The Passion...
This article is part of an extended series. We have now been justified by his blood. - Romans 5:9 [We] are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. - Romans 3:24 We hold that one is justified by faith apart from works of the law. - Romans 3:28 Justified or forgiven? Being justified before God...
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This article is part of an extended series. Upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his stripes we are healed. - Isaiah 53:5 [He] healed all who were sick. This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah: “He took our illnesses and bore our diseases.” - Matthew 8:16-17 Christ suffered and died so...
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This article is part of an extended series. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood and made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father, to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. - Revelation 1:5-6 Jesus also suffered outside the gate in order to sanctify the people through his own blood. - Hebrews 13:12 Our...
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This article is part of an extended series. How much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God. - Hebrews 9:14 Dirty conscience Some things never change. The problem of a dirty conscience is as old as Adam and Eve. ...
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This article is part of an extended series. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. - John 3:16 In our happiest times we do not want to die. The wish for death rises only when our suffering seems unbearable. What we really want in those times is not death,...
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This article is part of an extended series. We have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus. - Hebrews 10:19 One of the great mysteries in the Old Testament was the meaning of the worship tent used by Israel called the “tabernacle.” The mystery was hinted at but not clear. When the people of Israel came out of Egypt...
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This article is part of an extended series. You also have died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to him who has been raised from the dead. - Romans 7:4 You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. - 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 Care for the church of God, which he obtained with his own blood. -...
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