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The Undeniable Proof: Jesus Is God's One And Only Son Series
Contributed by Perry Fowler on Apr 3, 2025 (message contributor)
Summary: John the Baptist struggled with his faith in Jesus as the final chapters of his life were closing. Do strong believers doubt? Does Jesus have an answer for our doubts? He answered John's doubts with undeniable proof that He is God's One and Only Son.
a) Jairus’s daughter
b) The son of the widow of Nain
c) Lazarus
It is interesting that Jesus only raised one person from the dead that was dead longer than three days. Lazarus was dead four days.
This miracle proves that Jesus left no stone unturned when it came to His revelation of His identity.
In Jewish life, it was believed that a person’s soul did not depart from the body until after 3 days.
To deal with this, Jewish tombs always had what I call “an escape window” or “an escape hatch.’
Yet, Jesus waited until Lazarus was dead 4 days to leave no room for question and there was none. He performed this miracle before His own death, in a place called Bethany which was 2 miles from Jerusalem.
Return once again with me to what Jesus said to John the Baptist’s disciples. He said; “Go tell John “the dead are raised up!” vs 22
Literally, in the Pharisee’s backyard just days away from the Passover Celebration. Jerusalem has a normal population of 20-30 thousand in normal times of the year, but at Passover it swelled to almost 500,000!
Now there was no denying the fact that Jesus was the Messiah, therefore, when Jesus came into Jerusalem, no wonder people threw down their cloaks and said: “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!”
This miracle at the tomb finalized the checklist! It was time for the Pharisees, Sadducees, Chief Priests and all the religious leaders to anoint and announce that Jesus is Messiah; but instead; they crucified Him.
Yet, God would not leave any room for doubt, because on Friday He was crucified, wrapped, and laid in a borrowed tomb. His lifeless body lay in that tomb, yet saw no decay, because while he lay there on Friday; Sunday was coming!
Hallelujah! Jesus rose and He rose triumphantly.
I Corinthians 15:3-4 says: “that He was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures.”
Listen: Earth’s saddest day and gladdest day were only three days apart.
You see, God would not stop with the Messianic Miracles as required by the Jews. The Bible says that God added a final check on the checklist; Lazarus raising was not enough, because Jesus went one more step and rose Himself on Sunday!
Praise God! Sunday came! And every week we meet on this day to commemorate and celebrate that glorious Sunday that gives undeniable proof that Jesus is the Way of Salvation!
Conclusion: What are the odds?
What are the odds? Modern estimates suggests that world wise between 6-7 thousand people die each hour—that’s 150,000 per day.
In other words, every day at least 2 people die per second.
Playwright Oscar Wilde said: “The statistics on death are impressive. One out of one people die.” Death bats 1000.
With this said, “The chances of death are perfect, and the proof that Jesus is the Resurrection, and the life are perfect, so all this leaves us with is a choice. Will I believe and respond to the opportunity to declare Jesus Savior and Lord of my life?”
The empty tomb is enough proof that Jesus can occupy your life.
The Bible promises that He will. Because of the empty tomb, He can occupy your life!
