THE INVINCIBLE RESURRECTION

POWER OF GOD:

Matthew 27:62-66

I. JESUS WAS ____________________.

A. The Cast of Witnesses Who Verified His Death

1. ______________ (Matt. 27:50).

2. ____________________ (Matt. 27:54).

3. __________________________ (Matt. 27:59-60).

4. _____________________________ (Matt 27:61).

5. ___________________________ (Matt 27:62-64).

6. __________________________

7. ________________ (Matt 27:65-66).

II. JESUS WAS _________________________________

A. The Fact of the Resurrection

III. NO ONE COULD __________________________

A. Their Strategy

1. Pharisees: “______________ the tomb” (v. 64).

2. Pilate: “Make it as _________________ as you

can” (v. 65).

B. God’s Sovereignty

1. The resurrection of Jesus secured our

________________ (Romans 4:25).

2. The resurrection of Jesus is the ______________

of our hope (1 Peter 1:3).

3. The resurrection of Jesus enables us to live a

____________________ (Romans 6:4; John

10:10).

4. The resurrection of Jesus freed us from the

__________________ of sin (Romans 6:6).

5. The resurrection of Jesus opens a path to

_________God, be _________________ by God

and spend ____________ with God (John 11:25-

26).