The Life of Jesus Christ: His Death Burial and Resurrection

You are about to dig deeply into the life of the most famous and influential man of all time: Jesus Christ. In John 3:3-5, the Apostle John records a dialogue between Jesus and Nicodemus, a Pharisee. Jesus explains what it means to be born again and shares its meaning with Nicodemus. Jesus states, "Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit. The pursuit of knowing Jesus is what the Apostle Paul shared when he studied the gospel with people. One way to study the life of Christ is to divide it into themes. This method is what Paul, the apostle, did in First Corinthians. Please notice in 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 that whenever Paul taught the life of Christ and shared the good news, he focused on three fundamental ideas and ensured that people understood each one. He wrote: "Now I make known to you, brethren, the Gospel which I preached to you, which also you received, and which also you stand by, which also you are saved if you hold fast the word I preached to you unless you believed in vain. For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that (1) Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures and that (2) he was buried and that (3) he was raised on the third day according to the scriptures."You will also discover the connection between the book of Judges and today. In Judges, the Israelites repeated a cycle in which they turned from God, experienced a time of unraveling, and then repented and were forgiven. America may be experiencing this cycle as a nation as well. Read more