“If Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.”
1 Corinthians 15:17

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“Clearly the weight of the historical and medical evidence indicates that Jesus was dead [even] before the wound to his side was inflicted.” —Journal of the American Medical Association

“Jesus’ death as a consequence of crucifixion is indisputable.” —atheist scholar Gerd Lüdemann

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Reveal Answer

³ “For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, ⁴ that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, ⁵ and that he appeared to Peter (Cephas), and then to the Twelve. ⁶ After that, he appeared to more than 500 of the brothers at the same time, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep. ⁷ Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles ⁸ and last of all he appeared to me…”
1 Corinthians 15:3-8

“This tradition, we can be entirely confident, was formulated as tradition within months of Jesus’ death.” —Historian James D.G. Dunn

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Reveal Answer

4)

• 1 Cor. 15 creed
• Paul’s testimony about disciples
• Sermon summaries in Acts
• The four Gospels
• Clement
• Polycarp

“But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, [even] to those who believe in His name.
John 1:12

Believe + Receive = Become

I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.
I John 5:13