{"id":85,"date":"2018-03-19T08:34:06","date_gmt":"2018-03-19T13:34:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bibletruthpublishers.com\/gospel\/?p=85"},"modified":"2018-03-19T08:34:06","modified_gmt":"2018-03-19T13:34:06","slug":"the-empty-tomb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bibletruthpublishers.com\/gospel\/index.php\/2018\/03\/19\/the-empty-tomb\/","title":{"rendered":"The Empty Tomb"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"I<\/span>n one of the villages in northern India a Christian preacher was speaking in a market. There is naturally a good deal of discussion after such meetings, for India is a land of culture. A Muslim came up and said, \u201cYou must admit that we Muslims have one thing that you Christians have not. We at least can take our people to Medina where they can see the tomb of Mohammed, but when you Christians go to Jerusalem, you have no coffin. You have an empty tomb.\u201d
\nTo this the preacher replied, \u201cPraise God, you\u2019re right! That\u2019s the difference between our faith and yours. Your leader is in his grave, but Jesus Christ, whose kingdom is to include all nations and kindreds and tribes, is not in any grave. He is risen! And He says from the resurrection side of an empty tomb, \u201cAll power is given unto Me in heaven and in earth\u201d<\/strong> (Matthew 28:18).
\nOur risen Lord is our ever-living Saviour. And His promise is, \u201cBecause I live, ye shall live also\u201d<\/strong> (John 14:19).
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A Real Man<\/div><\/div>\nYou ask, \u201cDid Christ really live?\u201d That is one thing that all agree upon\u2009\u2014\u2009that this Person who claimed to be the Son of God really lived here on earth among men.
\nWe know when He lived\u2009\u2014\u2009from about 5\u00a0B.C. until about 31\u00a0A.D.
\nWe know where He was born\u2009\u2014\u2009in Bethlehem, of Judea, a real town, not a mythological one. We know where He lived for most of the years of His life\u2009\u2014\u2009in Nazareth, in northern Galilee. There He worked as a carpenter.
\nWe know many of the characters of His day\u2009\u2014\u2009their names appear in other historical writings outside of the Bible: Herod the Great, his son Herod, Agrippa, Salome, Pontius Pilate, Tiberius Caesar, Gamaliel, Felix and Festus.
\nEvery history of the ancient world and every encyclopedia records the fact that Jesus lived during the first century of our era. H. G. Wells, the historian, had a contempt, indeed a hatred, for almost every article of the Christian faith, but he was compelled to give pages to Jesus of Nazareth in his Outline of History<\/em>.
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Unique Power<\/div><\/div>\nMillions in each generation have had their lives gripped and changed by the firm belief that Christ has given the world the perfect revelation of God, the only gospel that delivers men from the power of sin, the only assurance of forgiveness of sins and the only certain hope of life to come.
\nChrist has done more to lift and empower the ethical standards of men than all the philosophers of Greece combined. Among all the great men of history, He \u201cis above all.\u201d \u201cThat in all things He might have the preeminence\u201d<\/strong> (Colossians 1:18).
\nJesus Christ lived! And now \u201cHe ever liveth to make intercession for them\u201d<\/strong> who believe on Him (Hebrews 7:25).
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What Am I to Believe?<\/div><\/div>\nA lady once wrote to a servant of Christ, \u201cWill you put it down in black and white what I am to believe? I have been told of many different texts, and there are so many that I am bewildered. Please tell me one text, and I will try to believe it.\u201d
\nThe answer came: \u201cIt is not any one text, nor any number of texts that saves the soul. It is by trusting the Person and the work of the Lord Jesus that we are saved.\u201d \u201cBelieve on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved\u201d<\/strong> (Acts 16:31).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

n one of the villages in northern India a Christian preacher was speaking in a market. There is naturally a good deal of discussion after such meetings, for India is a land of culture. A Muslim came up and said, \u201cYou must admit that we Muslims have one thing that you Christians have not. We … <\/p>\n

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