Lexington Foursquare Church

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From the Pastor:

“A CERTAIN DEAD MAN…ASSERTED TO BE ALIVE”

When Festus attempted to explain Paul’s case to King Agrippa he recounted that Paul’s charges were not what he had expected (vs 18), “but they (Paul’s accusers) simply had some points of disagreement with him about their own religion and about a certain dead man, Jesus, whom Paul asserted to be alive.” (Acts 25:19). Those “points of disagreement” were about: 1) “their own religion” – i.e. their expectations about Messiah, and 2) “a dead man, Jesus, whom Paul asserted to be alive” – i.e. the fact of Jesus’ death and His resurrection. To the religious elite and the ruling establishment Paul’s case was only an assertion, but to Paul it was the centrality of his message.

The point is that this dead man, this crucified man, is alive. The point is that this “certain dead man”, is Jesus, and He is alive. The point is that this certain man, Jesus, who had been crucified, who had died, who had been buried, has been resurrected and He is alive. The point is the certainty of His resurrection – Jesus is alive!

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