I Have Seen the LORD!

Northwest Bible Church - April 21, 2019 - Resurrection Sunday - Alan Conner

John 20:1-18

"I have seen the Lord!"

Intro

A. Evidence for the Resurrection of Jesus.

1) The Empty tomb -

a. No going to wrong tomb -

b. No swoon theory -

c. No stolen body -

d. No hallucination -

2) Witnesses - “I have seen the Lord” (John 20:18).

B. The Resurrection of Jesus Fulfills OT Prophecies and Types.

1) Aaron’s rod that budded

2) Jonah in the belly of the great fish

3) 2 Sam. 7:12-13

4) Psa. 16:10

5) Isa. 53:10

C. Results of the resurrection

1) Everything Jesus said would happen, did happen, it was true.

2) Everything He claimed about Himself was true.

a. Son of Man; Son of God

b. Able to forgive sins

c. Only way to the Father; John 14:6.

d. Exalted to Father’s right hand.

3) Source of all of our blessings.

4) He is coming to judge the living and the dead. Acts 17:31; 10:42;

5) Both the Lord’s Supper and Baptism depict the death and resurrection of Christ.

BAPTISM

Lila Ahmed, Grace Palmer

Alan Conner

Alan Conner was born and raised in Duncan, Oklahoma. He attended the University of Oklahoma where he earned a B.A. degree. During his college years he came to know Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior and embraced the reformed doctrines of salvation. He then attended Dallas Theological Seminary and graduated in 1979 with a Th.M. degree. After seminary, in 1980, he married his wife Patti and they have been blessed with two children. Alan was involved in church planting ministries from 1980-88 and then was one of the founding elders for Northwest Bible Church in the fall of 1988.