Waverly Church of Christ

According to all four of the gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, Jesus rose from the dead following His crucifixion.

Matthew 28, Mark 16, Luke 24 and John 20 through the details they provide each seek to convince us of one very important truth — Jesus arose from the dead.

When we put together these details we find that . . .
a. Very early Sunday morning, sunrise, several women went to the tomb where Jesus had been laid the previous Friday afternoon with spices to finish the anointing of His body.
b. They fully expected to find His body just as it had been placed there by Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus (John 19:38-39).
c. The only problem was that when they arrived, they found the stone rolled away from the tomb and the body of Jesus missing.
d. They ran to tell the disciples, two of whom, Peter and John, ran to the tomb to see for themselves.
e. These different eye-witnesses encountered either one or two angels of God, men dressed in white, who told them that Jesus was not there but had risen from the dead.
f. Peter and John entered the tomb and found the grave clothes still there — the face cloth was lying by itself — certainly evidence that the body had not been stolen.
g. Not only that day, but over a period of 40 days, various individuals saw Jesus alive, something which Paul has just shared with us.

The evidence and the testimony of over 500 witnesses is that Jesus rose from the dead and is alive today.

Why is this so important? What significance does it have for those here today who are unbelievers? Believers?