Special: Ten Implications Of The Resurrection Of Jesus Christ
Doctrinal Bible Church
Pastor-Teacher Bill Wenstrom
Sunday April 5, 2026
Special: Ten Implications Of The Resurrection Of Jesus Christ
This morning I am going to present to you ten implications of the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
John 20:1 Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance. 2 So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put him!” 3 So Peter and the other disciple started for the tomb. 4 Both were running, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. 5 He bent over and looked in at the strips of linen lying there but did not go in. 6 Then Simon Peter, who was behind him, arrived and went into the tomb. He saw the strips of linen lying there, 7 as well as the burial cloth that had been around Jesus’ head. The cloth was folded up by itself, separate from the linen. 8 Finally the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went inside. He saw and believed. 9 (They still did not understand from Scripture that Jesus had to rise from the dead.) 10 Then the disciples went back to their homes, 11 but Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb 12 and saw two angels in white, seated where Jesus’ body had been, one at the head and the other at the foot. 13 They asked her, “Woman, why are you crying?” “They have taken my Lord away,” she said, “and I don’t know where they have put him.” 14 At this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not realize that it was Jesus. 15 “Woman,” he said, “why are you crying? Who is it you are looking for?” Thinking he was the gardener, she said, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will get him.” 16 Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned toward him and cried out in Aramaic, “Rabboni!” (which means Teacher). 17 Jesus said, “Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet returned to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am returning to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’ ” 18 Mary Magdalene went to the disciples with the news: “I have seen the Lord!” And she told them that he had said these things to her. 19 On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!” 20 After he said this, he showed them his hands and side. The disciples were overjoyed when they saw the Lord. 21 Again Jesus said, “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.” 22 And with that he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit. 23 If you forgive anyone his sins, they are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.” 24 Now Thomas (called Didymus), one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came. 25 So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he said to them, “Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe it.” 26 A week later his disciples were in the house again, and Thomas was with them. Though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!” 27 Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe.” 28 Thomas said to him, “My Lord and my God!” 29 Then Jesus told him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.” 30 Jesus did many other miraculous signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not recorded in this book. 31 But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name. (NIV84)
The first implication is that the resurrection of Jesus Christ sharply distinguishes Christianity from all the world’s religions since the bones of Abraham, Moses, Muhammad, Buddha, Confucius, Lao-Tzu and Zoraster are still here on earth.
The second implication is that the resurrection of Christ was a fulfillment of Old Testament prophecy, which Peter communicated to the Jews on the day of Pentecost (See Psalm 16:10 and Acts 2:22-28).
The third implication is that Jesus Christ’s resurrection demonstrated that He was the greatest of Israel’s prophets since He predicted His resurrection several times (Matthew 12:38-40; 16:21; 17:9, 22-23; 20:18-19; 26:32; 27:63; Mark 8:31-9:1; 9:10, 31; 10:32-34; 14:28, 58; Luke 9:22-27; John 2:18-22; 12:34; 14-16).
The fourth implication is that the resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth demonstrates that He is in fact God (Romans 1:1-4; cf. 10:9-10).
The fifth implication is that Jesus Christ’s resurrection demonstrated to the entire human race and the angels that His substitutionary spiritual and physical deaths on the Cross were acceptable to the Father as payment for the sins of the entire world.
Our Lord’s resurrection demonstrated that our Lord’s spiritual death solved the problem of personal sin in the human race and His physical death and resurrection solved the problem of the sin nature.
It demonstrated that both of these unique deaths redeemed and reconciled sinful humanity to a holy God and propitiated the Father’s holiness, which demanded that sin and sinners be condemned.
Romans 4:25, “Who has been delivered over to death because of our transgressions and in addition was raised because of our justification.”
Christ was raised for the Christian’s justification in the sense that the resurrection of Christ demonstrated that God the Father had accepted His Son’s spiritual and physical deaths on the cross to resolve the problem of personal sin and the sin nature in the human race.
The sixth implication is that the resurrection of Jesus Christ guarantees that those who trust in Him for eternal salvation will receive eternal life and will live with God forever and those who reject Him will suffer eternal condemnation in the Lake of Fire (John 3:16-18, 36; Acts 4:12; Revelation 20:11-15).
Paul in Romans 10:9 teaches that faith that the Father raised Jesus from the dead is in fact an acknowledgement of the deity of Christ since the resurrection demonstrated that Jesus is God.
Paul in Romans 10:10 continues his thought from verse 9 by teaching that a person believes with his heart that the Father raised Jesus from the dead resulting in righteousness while on the other hand with his mouth he acknowledges to the Father Jesus is Lord resulting in salvation.
Romans 10:9 Because, if you acknowledge with your mouth Jesus is Lord in other words, exercising absolute confidence with your heart that God the Father raised Him from the dead ones, then you will be delivered. 10 For you see, with the heart, one, as an eternal spiritual truth, does exercise absolute confidence resulting in righteousness on other hand with the mouth, one, as an eternal spiritual truth, does acknowledge resulting in deliverance. (Pastor’s translation)
The seventh implication of the resurrection of Jesus Christ is that it demonstrated the fact that our Lord is the head of the new creation (Romans 5:12-21; Ephesians 1:22; Colossians 1:18; 2:10).
The eighth implication is that the resurrection of Christ resulted in the Holy Spirit indwelling those who trust in Him for eternal salvation (John 14:16-20, 26; 15:26; 16:7-16; Acts 2; 1 Corinthians 2:10-16; 2 Corinthians 13:14; Galatians 5:5, 16-25; Ephesians 3:16-19; 5:18; 1 John 2:20-27).
The ninth implication is that the Father has delegated Jesus Christ authority to judge mankind (John 5:22-29; Acts 17:31; Philippians 2:5-11).
The tenth is that the resurrection of Jesus Christ guarantees that all those who trust in Him for eternal salvation will receive a resurrection body like Him (Rom. 6:4-5; 8:11).
Romans 6:4 Therefore, we have been buried with Him through baptism with respect to His physical death in order that just as Christ was raised from the dead ones through the glory of the Father, in the same way, we, ourselves will also walk in the realm of an extraordinary life. (Pastor’s translation)
Romans 6:5 Therefore, if and let us assume that it is true for the sake of argument that we are entered into union with Him, conformed to His physical death. Of course, we believe this is true. Then, certainly, we will also be united with Him, conformed to His resurrection. (Pastor’s translation)
Romans 8:11 However, if, and let us assume that it is true for the sake of argument the Spirit, proceeding from the One (the Father) who raised the unique Person of Jesus from the dead ones, does dwell in all of you. Of course, He does! Then, the One (the Father) who raised Christ from the dead ones, will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who does permanently dwell in all of you. (Pastor’s translation)
Special: Ten Implications Of The Resurrection Of Jesus Christ
Doctrinal Bible Church
Pastor-Teacher Bill Wenstrom
Sunday April 5, 2026
Special: Ten Implications Of The Resurrection Of Jesus Christ
This morning I am going to present to you ten implications of the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
John 20:1 Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance. 2 So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put him!” 3 So Peter and the other disciple started for the tomb. 4 Both were running, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. 5 He bent over and looked in at the strips of linen lying there but did not go in. 6 Then Simon Peter, who was behind him, arrived and went into the tomb. He saw the strips of linen lying there, 7 as well as the burial cloth that had been around Jesus’ head. The cloth was folded up by itself, separate from the linen. 8 Finally the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went inside. He saw and believed. 9 (They still did not understand from Scripture that Jesus had to rise from the dead.) 10 Then the disciples went back to their homes, 11 but Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb 12 and saw two angels in white, seated where Jesus’ body had been, one at the head and the other at the foot. 13 They asked her, “Woman, why are you crying?” “They have taken my Lord away,” she said, “and I don’t know where they have put him.” 14 At this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not realize that it was Jesus. 15 “Woman,” he said, “why are you crying? Who is it you are looking for?” Thinking he was the gardener, she said, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will get him.” 16 Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned toward him and cried out in Aramaic, “Rabboni!” (which means Teacher). 17 Jesus said, “Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet returned to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am returning to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’ ” 18 Mary Magdalene went to the disciples with the news: “I have seen the Lord!” And she told them that he had said these things to her. 19 On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!” 20 After he said this, he showed them his hands and side. The disciples were overjoyed when they saw the Lord. 21 Again Jesus said, “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.” 22 And with that he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit. 23 If you forgive anyone his sins, they are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.” 24 Now Thomas (called Didymus), one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came. 25 So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he said to them, “Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe it.” 26 A week later his disciples were in the house again, and Thomas was with them. Though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!” 27 Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe.” 28 Thomas said to him, “My Lord and my God!” 29 Then Jesus told him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.” 30 Jesus did many other miraculous signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not recorded in this book. 31 But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name. (NIV84)
The first implication is that the resurrection of Jesus Christ sharply distinguishes Christianity from all the world’s religions since the bones of Abraham, Moses, Muhammad, Buddha, Confucius, Lao-Tzu and Zoraster are still here on earth.
The second implication is that the resurrection of Christ was a fulfillment of Old Testament prophecy, which Peter communicated to the Jews on the day of Pentecost (See Psalm 16:10 and Acts 2:22-28).
The third implication is that Jesus Christ’s resurrection demonstrated that He was the greatest of Israel’s prophets since He predicted His resurrection several times (Matthew 12:38-40; 16:21; 17:9, 22-23; 20:18-19; 26:32; 27:63; Mark 8:31-9:1; 9:10, 31; 10:32-34; 14:28, 58; Luke 9:22-27; John 2:18-22; 12:34; 14-16).
The fourth implication is that the resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth demonstrates that He is in fact God (Romans 1:1-4; cf. 10:9-10).
The fifth implication is that Jesus Christ’s resurrection demonstrated to the entire human race and the angels that His substitutionary spiritual and physical deaths on the Cross were acceptable to the Father as payment for the sins of the entire world.
Our Lord’s resurrection demonstrated that our Lord’s spiritual death solved the problem of personal sin in the human race and His physical death and resurrection solved the problem of the sin nature.
It demonstrated that both of these unique deaths redeemed and reconciled sinful humanity to a holy God and propitiated the Father’s holiness, which demanded that sin and sinners be condemned.
Romans 4:25, “Who has been delivered over to death because of our transgressions and in addition was raised because of our justification.”
Christ was raised for the Christian’s justification in the sense that the resurrection of Christ demonstrated that God the Father had accepted His Son’s spiritual and physical deaths on the cross to resolve the problem of personal sin and the sin nature in the human race.
The sixth implication is that the resurrection of Jesus Christ guarantees that those who trust in Him for eternal salvation will receive eternal life and will live with God forever and those who reject Him will suffer eternal condemnation in the Lake of Fire (John 3:16-18, 36; Acts 4:12; Revelation 20:11-15).
Paul in Romans 10:9 teaches that faith that the Father raised Jesus from the dead is in fact an acknowledgement of the deity of Christ since the resurrection demonstrated that Jesus is God.
Paul in Romans 10:10 continues his thought from verse 9 by teaching that a person believes with his heart that the Father raised Jesus from the dead resulting in righteousness while on the other hand with his mouth he acknowledges to the Father Jesus is Lord resulting in salvation.
Romans 10:9 Because, if you acknowledge with your mouth Jesus is Lord in other words, exercising absolute confidence with your heart that God the Father raised Him from the dead ones, then you will be delivered. 10 For you see, with the heart, one, as an eternal spiritual truth, does exercise absolute confidence resulting in righteousness on other hand with the mouth, one, as an eternal spiritual truth, does acknowledge resulting in deliverance. (Pastor’s translation)
The seventh implication of the resurrection of Jesus Christ is that it demonstrated the fact that our Lord is the head of the new creation (Romans 5:12-21; Ephesians 1:22; Colossians 1:18; 2:10).
The eighth implication is that the resurrection of Christ resulted in the Holy Spirit indwelling those who trust in Him for eternal salvation (John 14:16-20, 26; 15:26; 16:7-16; Acts 2; 1 Corinthians 2:10-16; 2 Corinthians 13:14; Galatians 5:5, 16-25; Ephesians 3:16-19; 5:18; 1 John 2:20-27).
The ninth implication is that the Father has delegated Jesus Christ authority to judge mankind (John 5:22-29; Acts 17:31; Philippians 2:5-11).
The tenth is that the resurrection of Jesus Christ guarantees that all those who trust in Him for eternal salvation will receive a resurrection body like Him (Rom. 6:4-5; 8:11).
Romans 6:4 Therefore, we have been buried with Him through baptism with respect to His physical death in order that just as Christ was raised from the dead ones through the glory of the Father, in the same way, we, ourselves will also walk in the realm of an extraordinary life. (Pastor’s translation)
Romans 6:5 Therefore, if and let us assume that it is true for the sake of argument that we are entered into union with Him, conformed to His physical death. Of course, we believe this is true. Then, certainly, we will also be united with Him, conformed to His resurrection. (Pastor’s translation)
Romans 8:11 However, if, and let us assume that it is true for the sake of argument the Spirit, proceeding from the One (the Father) who raised the unique Person of Jesus from the dead ones, does dwell in all of you. Of course, He does! Then, the One (the Father) who raised Christ from the dead ones, will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who does permanently dwell in all of you. (Pastor’s translation)