Jesus Resurrection Quotes - Page 2

• In the New Testament outside the Gospels and the beginning of Acts, again and again, the fact of Jesus’ resurrection is closely linked to our own ultimate resurrection, which isn’t life after death – it’s life after life after death.

  N. T. Wright

  Jesus, Facts, Resurrection

  "Trevin Wax Interview with N.T. Wright". www.thegospelcoalition.org. November 19, 2007.

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• The best news of the Christian gospel is that the supremely glorious Creator of the universe has acted in Jesus Christ's death and resurrection to remove every obstacle between us and himself so that we may find everlasting joy in seeing and savoring his infinite beauty.

  John Piper

  Christian, Jesus, Life Changing

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• On what does the Christian argument for Immortality really rest? It stands upon the pedestal on which the theologian rests the whole of historical Christianity-the Resurrection of Jesus Christ.

  William Henry Drummond

  Christian, Jesus, Easter

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• The joyful news that He is risen does not change the contemporary world. Still before us lie work, discipline, sacrifice. But the fact of Easter gives us the spiritual power to do the work, accept the discipline, and make the sacrifice.

  Henry Knox Sherrill

  Spiritual, Easter, Life Changing

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• Outside of the cross of Jesus Christ, there is no hope in this world. That cross and resurrection at the core of the Gospel is the only hope for humanity. Wherever you go, ask God for wisdom on how to get that Gospel in, even in the toughest situations of life.

  Ravi Zacharias

  Jesus, Easter, Life Changing

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• It has never at any time been possible to fit the resurrection of Jesus into any world view except a world view of which it is the basis.

  Lesslie Newbigin

  Jesus, Views, World

  Lesslie Newbigin (2011). “Honest Religion for Secular Man”, p.53, Wipf and Stock Publishers

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• Let every man and woman count himself immortal. Let him catch the revelation of Jesus in his resurrection. Let him say not merely, "Christ is risen," but "I shall rise."

  Phillips Brooks

  Christian, Jesus, Easter

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• ....it is of the very essence of Christianity to face suffering and death not because they are good, not because they have meaning, but because the resurrection of Jesus has robbed them of their meaning.

  Thomas Merton

  Wisdom, Jesus, Essence

  Thomas Merton (2005). “No Man is an Island”, p.82, Shambhala Publications

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• Here is the amazing thing about Easter; the resurrection Sunday for Christians is this, that Christ in the dying moments on the cross gives us the greatest illustration of forgiveness possible.

  T. D. Jakes

  Christian, Easter, Sunday

  "Lessons On Forgiveness From T.D. Jakes". "Tell me more" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. April 5, 2012.

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• If Jesus rose from the dead, then you have to accept all he said.

  Timothy Keller

  Jesus, Rose, Resurrection

  "The Reason for God: Belief in an age of scepticism".

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• To speak of sin without grace is to minimize the resurrection of Jesus Christ, the fruit of the Spirit, and the hope of shalom.

  Cornelius Plantinga

  Jesus, Grace, Fruits Of The Spirit

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• Be thou comforted, little dog, Thou too in Resurrection shall have a little golden tail.

  Martin Luther

  Dog, Resurrection Of Jesus Christ, Tails

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• Jesus's resurrection is the beginning of God's new project not to snatch people away from earth to heaven but to colonize earth with the life of heaven. That, after all, is what the Lord's Prayer is about.

  N. T. Wright

  Jesus, Easter, Prayer

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• Our justification hinges on a risen life, present in us now because Christ is present with us now.

  Paul F. M. Zahl

  Easter, Resurrection Of Jesus Christ, Justification

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• Every parting gives a foretaste of death, every reunion a hint of the resurrection.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Death, Retirement, Philosophical

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2016). “101 Facts of life”, p.39, Publishdrive

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• Hope is what you get when you suddenly realize that a different worldview is possible, a worldview in which the rich, the powerful, and the unscrupulous do not after all have the last word. The same worldview shift that is demanded by the resurrection of Jesus is the shift that will enable us to transform the world.

  N. T. Wright

  Jesus, Powerful, Different

  FaceBook post by N. T. Wright from Dec 18, 2012

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• The enterprise of Adolf Hitler, with all its clatter and fireworks, and all its cunning and dynamic energy, is the enterprise of an evil spirit, which is apparently allowed its freedom for a time in order to test our faith in the Resurrection of Jesus Christ.

  Karl Barth

  Jesus, Order, Evil

  Karl Barth (1941). “This Christian cause: (A letter to Great Britain from Switzerland)”

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• And when we come to refute them, we shall show in its fitting place that this class of men [i.e., the gnostics] has been instigated by satan to a denial of that baptism which is regeneration to God, and thus to a denial of the whole faith [by denying all physical aspects of spirituality, including the incarnatian and bodily resurrection of Jesus].

  Irenaeus of Lyons

  Jesus, Men, Class

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• The resurrection power of Jesus broke Satan's captive power. When He led the Old Testament saints from paradise to heaven, He led captivity captive!

  Leon Morris

  Jesus, Easter, Heaven

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• The resurrection of Jesus was like a boulder crashing into the pool of history.

  Karl Barth

  Jesus, Boulders, Resurrection

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• Easter is meant to be a symbol of hope, renewal, and new life.

  Janine di Giovanni

  Morning, Easter, Resurrection Of Jesus Christ

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• Jesus's resurrection is the beginning of God's new project.

  N. T. Wright

  Jesus, Easter Season, Funny Easter

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• The message of Easter is not that Jesus is alive, it is so much more. The message of Easter is that Jesus has risen!

  Colin S. Smith

  Jesus, Easter, Life Changing

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• We have often asserted, and we affirm it yet again, that no fact in history is better attested than the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. It must not be denied, by any who are willing to pay the slightest respect to the testimony of their fellow-men, that Jesus, who died upon the cross, and was buried in the tomb of Joseph of Arimathea, did literally rise again from the dead.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Jesus, Easter, Men

  Charles Haddon Spurgeon (2009). “Sermons on the Last Days”, p.168, Hendrickson Publishers

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• The primary source of the appeal of Christianity was Jesus - His incarnation, His life, His crucifixion, and His resurrection.

  Kenneth Scott Latourette

  Easter, Jesus, Crucifixion Of Christ

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