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“And when they saw him they worship him, but some doubted.”
Matthew 28:17

“And they went out and fled from the tomb, for trembling and astonishment had seized them, and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid.”
Mark 16:8

“So they departed quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, and ran to tell his disciples.”
Matthew 28:8

Three Responses to the Resurrection:

1. Be Amazed

2. Be Confident

3. Be Bold

Three Responses to the Resurrection:

1. Be Amazed

“And behold, there was a great earthquake for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone and sat on it.”
Matthew 28:2

Three Responses to the Resurrection:

1. Be Amazed

“His appearance was like lightning and his clothing white as snow. And for fear of him the guards trembled and became like dead men.”
Matthew 28:3-4

Three Responses to the Resurrection:

1. Be Amazed

“Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. He is not here, for he has risen.”
Matthew 28:5-6

Three Responses to the Resurrection:

2. Be Confident – Jesus really rose from the dead

“Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. He is not here, for he has risen.”
Matthew 28:5-6

So through the night rode Paul Revere;
And so through the night went his cry of alarm
To every Middlesex village and farm,—
A cry of defiance, and not of fear,
A voice in the darkness, a knock at the door,
And a word that shall echo forevermore!
~ Longfellow, 1861

Three Responses to the Resurrection:

2. Be Confident – Jesus really rose from the dead

“Go quickly and tell his disciples that he has risen from the dead, and behold, he is going before you to Galilee; there you will see him.”
Matthew 28:7

Three Responses to the Resurrection:

2. Be Confident – Jesus really rose from the dead

“And behold Jesus met them and said, ‘Greetings!’ And they came up and took hold of his feet and worshiped him.”
Matthew 28:9

“For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins… that he was raised on the third day… and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive.”
1 Corinthians 15:3-6

Three Responses to the Resurrection:

2. Be Confident – Jesus really rose from the dead

“Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. And when they saw him they worshiped him, but some doubted.”
Matthew 28:17

Three Responses to the Resurrection:

3. Be Bold – Jesus really rose from the dead

“And Jesus came and said to them, ‘All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations.’”
Matthew 28:18-19

Three Responses to the Resurrection:

3. Be Bold – Jesus really rose from the dead

“For the LORD is enraged against all the nations, and furious against all their host; he has devoted them to destruction, has given them over for slaughter.”
Isaiah 34:2

Three Responses to the Resurrection:

3. Be Bold – Jesus really rose from the dead

“Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.”
John 3:36

Three Responses to the Resurrection:

1. Be Amazed – Jesus really rose from the dead

2. Be Confident – Jesus really rose from the dead

3. Be Bold – Jesus really rose from the dead