Third Place: "From Babel to Blessing"
Why did they build the tower of babel?
1) To Make a Name for Themselves (pride)
2) Avoid Being Scattered Throughout the Earth (disobedience to God's command)
Why did God scatter mankind and create diversity
1) To Accomplish His Will (that mankind resisted) (Gen. 1:28, 9:1-3, 11:8, 12:1-3)
2) There Needed to be Various Nations for God to Call Out a Unique People (Gen. 12:1-3)
3) This In Turn Allows God's People to Bless All the Nations (Mt. 28:19; Acts 2:1-6; Eph. 2:1-6; Rev. 7:9-10)
Some final thoughts:
1) You Can't Run from God's Plan (embrace His will)
2) Diversity is Part of God's Plan (love and serve all mankind)
LUCID: "Jesus' Resurrection" I Cor. 15
We started by discussing how outrageous our claims of Jesus' resurrection are to the world who does not take the Bible seriously.
We looked at a few proofs of the resurrection:
- Empty Tomb
It's tough to explain away this. People have tried, but there has been no satisfying explanation for why that tomb was empty
- Over 500 reliable witnesses
This would be plenty of proof in any court of law today! Over 500 people saw, touched, and experienced the Risen Christ. We know that the apostles are reliable witnesses because they all were martyred for their faith. Would men who were hiding a cover-up really allow themselves to be tortured for a lie?
- Lack of evidence that disproves resurrection
If the Roman officials and Jewish Religious leaders were so passionate about squelching this talk of the "resurrection" (Acts 4), why did they not take the time to find Christ's body and end these "rumors".
We closed by talking about how Christ's resurrection "perfects" salvation.
*If Christ did not rise from the dead…
1) Our message and faith is useless (vs. 14)
2) We are liars (vs. 15)
3) We are still condemned in our sins (vs. 17)
4) Death is the end. (vs. 18)
5) We are the most pitiful people alive. (vs. 19)
But, thank God He is Alive!! (vs. 20)
Out of Jesus Death Springs Eternal Life!
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