609 FBCWest | The Missing Body of Jesus

FBCWest

Why do Christians believe that Jesus is the Son of God, the Messiah? Many people who aren't followers think, "Well, it's just blind faith." We disagree. Our faith is based on the scriptures and historic events. In a couple weeks, we'll be talking about the major event that happened that causes most people to say that's why they believe that Jesus is the Son of God. However, the scriptures told us ahead of time when Jesus would appear. They told us how we would teach and how we would be rejected by His people. It also foretold that He would be crucified in the manner of that death. It also talked about His burial. Most times people don't look at that. But the scriptures foretold the way that Jesus' body would be handled and the condition of that body and how He would be buried. They were done according to the scriptures. So we have faith based upon events that happened according to the scriptures. See how His condition of the body and His burial comported with the scriptures. Sermon Notes John 19:31 & 32 The Jews want the crucifixion over to avoid being on Passover John 19:33 & 34 Since Jesus was already dead His bones were not broken, but the soldier pierced Jesus’ side and blood and water poured out John 19:35 John witnessed these things, they are true so that we might believe John 19:36 & 37 No bones broken and Jesus was pierced in the side, which confirmed the Scriptures John 19:38 – 40 Joseph and Nicodemus take Jesus’ body and care for it John 19:41 & 42 They lay Jesus’s body in an unused tomb confirming the Scriptures Isaiah 53:9 Messiah’s grave predicted