and the Quest for Truth
EASTER a n d th e Q ues t for Truth
Message by Tom Mercer | March 31 - April 1, 2018 | Easter at HDC
1 Corinthians 1:10
What do we know? 1. Jesus lived in the First Century and died on a Roman cross.
2. B efore He died, Jesus claimed that He would remain in the grave for only three days.
Matthew 27:62-63
3. T he tomb in which Jesus’ body was buried was found to be empty.
4. A n awful lot of people had experiences with someone whom they believed was the resurrected Jesus.
1 Corinthians 15:3-8
5. In the aftermath of the Crucifixion, no one came up with a plausible explanation for Jesus’ empty tomb.
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6. P eople who claimed to have had conversations with the resurrected Jesus died as martyrs defending that belief.
7. W e all have a limited amount of time to figure out what we think about all of this.
Matthew 16:13-16, 15:13-17; John 20:25-29
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HDC | small groups ` 1. Did you grow up celebrating Easter? What is your favorite Easter memory or tradition?
Read Mark 16:1-8, Luke 24:1-12, John 20:1-18, Matthew 27:62-28:1-8 2. What are the similarities or differences in these Resurrection accounts? How do they come together to give us a fuller idea about what happened? 3. What were the women planning to do? Why did they instead go to Jesus’ disciples? 4. How do you think they felt when they saw the empty tomb? How would you have felt? 5. What explanation did the angels give for the empty tomb? 6. What may have kept the disciples from believing the women’s report? Did they remember Jesus’ prediction that He would be raised from the dead? 7. How did Peter react to the news of an empty tomb? Why do you think he was the one that literally ran to the tomb?
8. Pastor Tom shared several things that we know about the Resurrection. Do those realities increase your confidence in what you believe happened? 9. How would you respond if someone challenged the reality of the Resurrection? 10. How does the reality of the Resurrection help you face this next week?
Share what you learned with your small group! #HDCSmallGroups Visit hdc.mobi/smallgroups to learn more about small groups at HDC
Message by Tom Mercer | March 31 - April 1, 2018 | Easter at HDC
1 Corinthians 1:10
What do we know? 1. Jesus lived in the First Century and died on a Roman cross.
2. B efore He died, Jesus claimed that He would remain in the grave for only three days.
Matthew 27:62-63
3. T he tomb in which Jesus’ body was buried was found to be empty.
4. A n awful lot of people had experiences with someone whom they believed was the resurrected Jesus.
1 Corinthians 15:3-8
5. In the aftermath of the Crucifixion, no one came up with a plausible explanation for Jesus’ empty tomb.
highdesertchurch.com
6. P eople who claimed to have had conversations with the resurrected Jesus died as martyrs defending that belief.
7. W e all have a limited amount of time to figure out what we think about all of this.
Matthew 16:13-16, 15:13-17; John 20:25-29
highdesertchurch.com
HDC | small groups ` 1. Did you grow up celebrating Easter? What is your favorite Easter memory or tradition?
Read Mark 16:1-8, Luke 24:1-12, John 20:1-18, Matthew 27:62-28:1-8 2. What are the similarities or differences in these Resurrection accounts? How do they come together to give us a fuller idea about what happened? 3. What were the women planning to do? Why did they instead go to Jesus’ disciples? 4. How do you think they felt when they saw the empty tomb? How would you have felt? 5. What explanation did the angels give for the empty tomb? 6. What may have kept the disciples from believing the women’s report? Did they remember Jesus’ prediction that He would be raised from the dead? 7. How did Peter react to the news of an empty tomb? Why do you think he was the one that literally ran to the tomb?
8. Pastor Tom shared several things that we know about the Resurrection. Do those realities increase your confidence in what you believe happened? 9. How would you respond if someone challenged the reality of the Resurrection? 10. How does the reality of the Resurrection help you face this next week?
Share what you learned with your small group! #HDCSmallGroups Visit hdc.mobi/smallgroups to learn more about small groups at HDC
