Dealing with Doubts - Why I Believe in the Resurrection, Part 2

Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram Daily Podcast

Living on the Edge

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 9 May 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

In this program, Chip tells us the integrity of the Christian message hinges on the resurrection of Jesus. He continues his look, that began in our previous program, at the proofs that Jesus is who He said He is…that He’s God, that He rose from the dead, and is alive today.

Main Points

Did Jesus really exist?

Biblical manuscripts: quality and quantity
25,000 New Testament documents that authenticate the reality of Jesus Christ
External verification: Josephus (Jewish historian), Pliny, Tacitus (Roman historians)

What was Jesus really like?

Friend and foe agree: great man, moral teacher
Claimed sinless life = John 8:46
Affirmed by history and impact

The works of Jesus went unchallenged.

Fact of miracles, feeding 5000 not disputed
Eyewitness accounts validated miracles
Critics never claimed He didn’t perform miracles; they questioned His source of power to do them = Matthew 12:24

Who did Jesus actually claim to be?

His own claim = John 14:6
God’s claim = Mark 9:7
His followers’ claim = Mark 8:27-30
His enemies’ claim = John 10:33
External sources’ claim – Pliny, AD 111
By fulfillment of over 700 Old Testament prophecies

Did Jesus really die?

At the time both friend and foe thought He died
His flogging, beating, and crucifixion
Medical evidence: water and blood indicate puncture of pericardium
By burial preparation: 70 pounds of spices and linen

His tomb was public and secure.

Joseph of Arimathea’s tomb: a high-profile member of the Sanhedrin
Roman guards
Roman seal
Size of tombstone: would take up to 25 men to roll away
Penalty of death for guards sleeping

Could Jesus’ resurrection possibly be true?

Predicted by Old Testament prophets hundreds of years earlier
Jesus predicted it openly and repeatedly
Appeared to over 500 eyewitnesses in 12 different locations over 40 days
Transformation of the disciples
Conversion of Saul of Tarsus
Transformation of Roman empire and the world
Best legal minds: the evidence is conclusive!
My testimony: “He changed my life.”

What does this mean for you?

It validates Jesus’ claim that He is the way, the truth, and the life. = John 14:6
It gives you absolute hope for the future. = John 14:19
It offers spiritual life right now! = John 3:16-17
If you believe Jesus rose from the dead, you have all the power you need to be a Christian who lives like a Christian by His grace.

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Additional Resource Mentions

Why I Believe & Jesus Skeptic Book Bundle

About Chip Ingram

Chip Ingram’s passion is helping Christians really live like Christians. As a pastor, author, and teacher for more than three decades, Chip has helped believers around the world move from spiritual spectators to healthy, authentic disciples of Jesus by living out God’s truth in their lives and relationships in transformational ways.

About Living on the Edge

Living on the Edge exists to help Christians live like Christians. Established in 1995 as the radio ministry of pastor and author Chip Ingram, God has since grown it into a global discipleship ministry. Living on the Edge provides Biblical teaching and discipleship resources that challenge and equip spiritually hungry Christians all over the world to become mature disciples of Jesus.

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0:00.0	What if Jesus didn't really die? What if he was simply unconscious or able to achieve some catatonic state?
0:10.1	Does it really matter? Can we know for sure? Well, that's today.
0:17.7	Thank you for being with us for this edition of Living on the Edge with Chip England.
0:23.1	Chip serves as our Bible teacher for this global teaching and discipleship ministry,
0:27.5	helping Christians develop an authentic faith.
0:30.4	We're grateful you've joined us as we pick up where we left off in our newest series,
0:34.3	dealing with doubts, reaffirming your personal faith.
0:39.7	Last time, Chip revealed the historical,
0:46.3	verifiable evidence proving that Jesus truly did rise from the dead. But before we get to the second half of that message, if this is your first time listening to Living on the Edge, or you want to learn
0:51.3	more about what we do, go to living on the edge.org.
0:55.6	You'll find resources on tons of topics and countless programs to enjoy.
1:00.2	Or if you prefer, the Chipp Ingram Map is also a great way to get plugged in with our ministry.
1:05.5	Well, as you settle in for Chip's talk, he'll begin by reminding us why Jesus's literal physical death
1:12.2	is crucial evidence for his resurrection. So with that, let's dive in. Did Jesus really die?
1:19.9	Maybe he took, you know, I've heard people say, maybe he took some special herbs and he got his
1:23.9	heart rate to go way, way, way slow, and it only appeared as though he died.
1:28.5	See, if Jesus didn't die, then he wasn't resurrected.
1:31.8	And if he's not resurrected, atheist, and the Apostle Paul would agree,
1:36.4	nothing works.
1:37.5	Everything rises and falls on the resurrection.
1:40.3	And so let's look and ask ourselves,
1:43.1	did in fact he really die? At the time of his death,
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