WATERGATE, A PROOF OF THE RESURRECTION !

I know the resurrection is a fact and Watergate proved it to me. How? Because 12 men testified they had seen Jesus raised from the dead, then they proclaimed that truth for 40 years, never once denying it. Everyone was beaten, tortured, stoned, and put in prison. They would not have endured that if it weren’t true. Watergate embroiled 12 of the most powerful men in the world—and they couldn’t keep a lie for three weeks. You’re telling me 12 apostles could keep a lie for 40 years? Absolutely impossible.—Charles Colson

*** The resurrection proclamation could not have been maintained in Jerusalem for a single day, for a single hour, if the emptiness of the tomb had not been established as a fact. ~ Paul Althus, Theologian

*** “There is more evidence that Jesus rose from the dead than there is that Julius Caesar ever lived or that Alexander the Great died at the age of thirty-three.” (Billy Graham)

*** Easter is a most joyous time in Christendom. It is the celebration of the Resurrection of Jesus, the Messiah. It is a time when we reflect upon the truth of the Gospel – that Christ died for our sins and rose from the dead. Truly it is synonymous with the Resurrection. The Resurrection is proof that Jesus had victory over death and that everyone who believes in what He did on that cross will also live life eternal.

***  The resurrection tells us that the spiritual is higher than the material and that, in this universe, spirit counts more than matter !

*** A marvelous and mighty paradox has thus occurred, for the death which they thought to inflict on Him as dishonor and disgrace has become the glorious monument to death’s defeat.—Athanasius of Alexandria (296–373)

*** Without the resurrection, Christianity would be so much wishful thinking, taking its place alongside all other human philosophy and religious speculation. ~ John MacArthur, Preacher

***  Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not in books alone but in every leaf of springtime. ~ Martin Luther, Priest & Theology Professor

*** Easter is the demonstration of God that life is essentially spiritual and timeless. ~ Charles M. Crowe, Pastor

*** We live and die; Christ died and lives! ~ John Stout, Evangelist

***  And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him. ~ Mark 16:6

***   If Jesus did not rise from the dead, then his death was a failure, God did not vindicate his sin-bearing achievement, and we are still in our sins. ~ John Piper, Preacher & Author

*** Christianity begins where religion ends…with the resurrection. ~ Herbert Booth Smith, Pastor

For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. ~ 1 Corinthians 15:3-6

*** “The tomb of Christ is famous because of what it DOES NOT CONTAIN.” (Sam Morris)

*** The resurrection of Jesus changes the face of death for all His people. Death is no longer a prison, but a passage into God’s presence.   (Clarence W. Hall)

*** All of heaven is interested in the cross of Christ, hell afraid of it, while men are the only ones to ignore its meaning. (Oswald Chambers)