Week One: Nonsense? - Trinity Kimberly Way

March 27, 2016 Speaker: Series: Following Jesus Through Easter

Topic: Doubt Scripture: Luke 24:1–12, 1 Corinthians 15:17–19

Nonsense?

Luke 24:1-12

Let’s face it, an empty tomb is impossible, isn’t it? People don’t die and come back to life. How could anyone believe such a story? Even Jesus’ disciples had doubts when they heard the story. (Luke 24:11) In 1 Corinthians 15, St. Paul writes, “If Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins. Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ are lost. If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied” (v.17-19). The central claim of the Christian faith is that “Christ has died, Christ is risen, Christ will come again.” Yet many people today deny the truth of the Resurrection. To so many the idea of Jesus rising from the dead sounds like nothing more than nonsense. So which is it? Truth or Nonsense? Good