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The bodily resurrection of Jesus is central to the sermons throughout Acts. According to John Polhill, “by the resurrection, God confirmed the Messianic status of Jesus.”[1] Therefore, the physical resurrection of Jesus is a vital teaching. The “infallible proof” (Acts 1:3)[2] of resurrection opened the way for the baptism of the Holy Ghost. The “sword of the Spirit” (Ephesians 6:17) which “quickens” (Romans 4:17). The Word of God indwelling a sanctified body not only defeats death but the death of the law sins’ Vail. “For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh” (Romans 8:3). Moreover, “the letter kills, but the spirit gives life” (2Corinthians 3:6). Signifying this, after the fullness of the Holy Ghost is procured one is “made an able minister of the New Testament” (2Corinthians 3:6).
Jesus exalted to the right hand of the Father is a major factor in Peter’s speeches in Acts two and five. The significance of Jesus’ position at the Father’s right hand of prophecy is, “in fulfillment of Psalm 110:1 (Acts 2:33-35). In the Psalms, this is a prophecy of the enthronement of a Davidic king in Jerusalem. Peter asserts that this prophecy now fulfilled in the heavenly reign of Jesus. Therefore, he has been made both Lord and Christ (Messiah).”[3] Located at the Father’s right hand Jesus’ deity now vividly known as all authority, reveals His ongoing ministry. “Yea and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution” (2 Timothy 3:12). In other words, adhering to by faith and works of salvation, through daily sanctifying of the mind by the person and work of the Holy Ghost. Causes of Christ forecasts mirrors that reflect the image of Christ.
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The bodily resurrection of Jesus is central to the sermons throughout the book of Acts because there were those skeptical of Jesus' physical death. Shortly after the book of Acts starts, Jesus begins "by providing them with 'many convincing proofs that he was alive.' The word for proofs (tekmeriosis) is a technical term from logic, meaning 'demonstrative proof, evidence."[1] The evidence that those around Jesus needed was not that He was indeed alive, but that He had died. Paul put it this way in 1 Corinthians: "If Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith. More than that, we are found to be false witnesses about God, for we have testified about God that he raised Christ from the dead" (1 Corinthians 15:14-15a NIV). Jesus must have died in order to have been resurrected, and all of His disciples thought He was dead. But because He was walking among them, it would have made more sense logically that He had not died than that He had been resurrected. So what they really needed was proof of His death as He gives Thomas in John 20:27. The proofs Jesus gives His disciples and the recurring theme of the resurrection are vital because "without Jesus' bodily resurrection there can be no acknowledgement of Him as the Christ, let alone as the Son of God."[2]
