1. The Empty Tomb Mark 16:1-8

2. 1 Corinthians 15:17, “ And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.”

3. Psalm 30:5, “Weeping may remain for a night, but rejoicing comes in the morning.”

4. 1. Because Jesus rose from the dead, we can believe that he has power over death.

5. Resurrection Hope in the OT
Isaiah 26:19
“But your dead will live; their bodies will rise. You who dwell in the dust, wake up and shout for joy!”
Ezekiel 37:12-13
“This is what the sovereign LORD says, “Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will open your graves and raise you from your graves, O my people. And I will bring you into the land of Israel. 13 And you shall know that I am the Lord, when I open your graves, and raise you from your graves, O my people.”

6. Resurrection Hope in the OT Daniel 12:2 “Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake: some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt. 3 Those who are wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars for ever and ever.”

7. 2.Because Jesus rose from the dead, we can believe he keeps his promises.

8. Mark 8:31 “And he began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes and be killed, and after three days rise again.” Mark 9:31 “for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, “The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him. And when he is killed, after three days he will rise.”

9. Mark 10:34 “And they will mock him and spit on him, and flog him and kill him. And after three days he will rise.” Mark 14:28 “But after I have risen, I will go ahead of you into Galilee.”

10. 3. Because Jesus rose from the dead, we can persevere in following him when we have weak faith and make mistakes.