Astonished by the Resurrection (Mark 16:1-8)

Apr 9, 2023    Pastor Doug Thuen

Following Jesus / “Astonished by the Resurrection”

April 9, 2023

Mark 16:1-8

Study Questions

 

What about Easter do you anticipate the most?

 

What sets the resurrection of Christ apart from all other religions?

 

Read Mark 16:1-8. Why weren’t the women or Jesus’ disciples expecting Jesus to rise from the dead? (See John 2:18-22.)

 

Read 1 Corinthians 15:12-19. What meaning would your life as a Christian have without the Resurrection? 

 

What are some of the evidences that persuaded you to believe in the resurrection of Jesus? What answers do you offer someone who finds it hard to believe that Jesus rose from the dead?

 

Read Mark 16:7. Why do you think the angel of the Lord referred to “His disciples and Peter,” rather than simply “His disciples”? 

 

How has the Resurrection changed your life? How has it changed your future?

 

How can we have an increasing confidence in the Resurrection of Christ?