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 8 Statements that Changed the World
“Why do you look for the living among the dead? he is not here; he has risen.”

“Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.”
Luke 23:34

“Today you will be with me in paradise.”
Luke 23:43

“Woman, here is your son,” and to the disciple, “Here is your mother.”
John 19:26-27

“Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” – which means “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”
Matthew 27:46

“I thirst.”
John 19:28

“It is finished.”
John 19:30
“Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.”
Luke 23:46

1. Words always matter.

“And if Christ has not been raised, then your faith is useless and you are still guilty of your sins. In that case, all who have died believing in Christ are lost! And if our hope in Christ is only for this life, we are more to be pitied than anyone in the world. But in fact, Christ has been raised from the dead. He is the first of a great harvest of all who have died.”
1 Corinthians 15:17-20

“Many people have set out to write accounts about the events that have been fulfilled among us. They used the eyewitness reports circulating among us from the early disciples. Having carefully investigated everything from the beginning, I also have decided to write an accurate account for you, most honorable Theophilus, so you can be certain of the truth of everything you were taught.”
Luke 1:1-4

- Speak life.

“The tongue has the power of life and death…”
Proverbs 18:21(NIV)

“The words of the reckless pierce like swords, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.”
Proverbs 12:18(NIV)

“But very early on Sunday morning the women went to the tomb, taking the spices they had prepared.”
Luke 24:1

“There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it.
His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow. The guards were so afraid of him that they shook and became like dead men.
The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay.”
Matthew 28:2-6(NIV)

2. Come and see.

“You foolish people! You find it so hard to believe all that the prophets wrote in the Scriptures. Wasn’t it clearly predicted that the Messiah would have to suffer all these things before entering his glory?” Then Jesus took them through the writings of Moses and all the prophets, explaining from all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.”
Luke 24:25-27

“They said to each other, “Didn’t our hearts burn within us as he talked with us on the road and explained the Scriptures to us?”
Luke 24:32

“Why are you looking among the dead for someone who is alive?”
Luke 24:5

- Stop searching for life among things that are dead.

“The Son of Man must suffer many terrible things,” he said. “He will be rejected by the elders, the leading priests, and the teachers of religious law. He will be killed, but on the third day he will be raised from the dead.”
Luke 9:22

“I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.”
John 10:10(ESV)

3. Go and tell.

“Go into all the world and preach the Good News to everyone. Anyone who believes and is baptized will be saved. But anyone who refuses to believe will be condemned.”
Mark 16:15-16

“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will be my witnesses, telling people about me everywhere—in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
Acts 1:8

- The lost need to get saved, but the saved need to get to the lost.

“The Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from the dead, lives in you. And just as God raised Christ Jesus from the dead, he will give life to your mortal bodies by this same Spirit living within you.”
Romans 8:11