Daily Bible Nugget #609, Acts 2:24

The Nugget:

Act 2:24  Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.

Act 2:32  This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.

My Comment:

The clear and consistent testimony of the New Testament is that our Lord Jesus Christ was raised bodily from the dead “on the third day.” There are some who believe otherwise: they sometimes say that Jesus arose as a spirit being. That hardly qualifies as a proper interpretation of what the text of the Bible teaches. Think otherwise? Leave a comment below and present your evidence and let us have a polite discussion.

The Lesson:

SERIES TITLE:  Getting Hooked on the Book
SUBJECT:  New Treasury Introduction

SESSION NINE:  Maintaining the Biblical Balance of Truth:  To what did the Apostles and Disciples give consistent witness?  Christ’s bodily resurrection from the dead.

MATERIALS NEEDED:  Furnish each student with a Bible and a New Treasury.

LESSON OBJECTIVE:  Acknowledge from the evidence in Scripture that the main theme of Apostolic preaching, teaching, and witness was the bodily resurrection of Christ.

SCRIPTURE TEXT:  Acts 2:24, 32.

24. Whom God.  Here Christ’s resurrection is ascribed to God the Father;  in John 10:18 it is ascribed to Christ himself, while in Ro 8:11 it is ascribed to the Holy Spirit.  Thus we have the Trinity acting in unity in the resurrection of Christ.  ver. *32 (*Ac 2:32).  **Jn 10:18.  Ro 4:24.  *Ro 6:4.  *Ro 8:11.  hath raised.  Notice the single, consistent note present in all their witness:  the bodily resurrection of Christ.  Any religious faith which claims to be Biblical must share the same balance and emphasis the Bible itself contains (+*Is 43:10 note.  +*Jn 16:13 note).  ver. 32 (Ac 2:32).  Ac 3:15, 26.  4:10, 33.  5:30.  10:40, 41.  *Ac 13:30, 33, 34, 37.  **Ac 17:30, 31.  Mt 27:63.  *Lk 24:3, 5, 6, 15, 25, 26, 39, 40.  +*Jn 2:19, 20, 21, 22.  *Jn 10:17, 18.  Ro 4:24.  *Ro 6:4.  *Ro 8:11, 34.  **Ro 10:9.  14:9.  *1 Cor 6:14.  15:12-15.  *2 Cor 4:14.  Ga 1:1.  Ep 1:20.  2:5.  Col 2:12.  1 Th 1:10.  2 Tim 2:8.  *He 13:20.  *1 P 1:21.  loosed.  Jb 39:2.  *Ps 116:3, 4, 16.  pains of death.  +*Mt 24:8 Greek.  Ps 18:5.  116:3.  Col 1:18.  because.  Lk 24:5.  **Jn 10:18.  20:9.  2 Tim 1:10.  He 2:14.  Re 1:17, 18.  not possible.  Ac 1:16.  *Is 25:8.  +*Is 26:19 note.  Is 53:10.  *Ho 13:14.  *Lk 24:46.  *Jn 10:35.  12:39.  *He 2:14.  *Re 1:18.  be holden.  Ro 6:9.

32. This Jesus.  ver. 36 (Ac 2:36).  +*Ac 1:11.  hath God.  ver. 24 (Ac 2:24).  raised up.  Gr.  ‘anistemi,’ *S#450g, ver. +*30 (Ac 2:30).  This is an explicit reference to bodily resurrection (Is 43:10 note.  +*Da 12:2).  Mk 5:42.  Lk 8:55.  whereof.  ver. +*24 (Ac 2:24).  +*Ac 1:8, 22.  3:15.  *Ac 4:33.  *Ac 5:31, 32.  *Ac 10:39, 40, 41.  *Ac 13:31.  *Lk 24:46, 47, 48.  *Jn 15:27.  *Jn 20:26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31.

PROCEDURE:

A. Raise the question, To what did the disciples give consistent witness?

B. Consult the references and notes provided in the New Treasury at Acts 2:24, 32.

CONCLUSION:

1. After consulting the references supplied to each clause of this lesson’s Scripture text, answer the question: “What common thread of truth ties this set of references together?”

2. What conclusions do you draw about the Bible’s own teaching regarding the subjects dealt with in this lesson’s Scripture text?

3. What instruction or encouragement do you derive from the insights received from this comparison of related Bible texts?