The Case for Easter Bible Study Guide by Lee Strobel & Bill Butterworth

Author:Lee Strobel & Bill Butterworth [Strobel, Lee & Butterworth, Bill]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperChristian Resources
Published: 2018-10-02T00:00:00+00:00

Introduction

When is “empty” not really empty?

It’s not a trick question. At face value, it would seem the common-sense answer would be never. Something is either without anything in it (empty) or with something in it (not empty). But there is a recent discovery that contradicts that logic.

“Empty” is not really empty . . . when you are referring to the gauge in your car that measures the amount of fuel left in your tank!

Several years ago, a group created a chart that identifies how much fuel a car typically has left when the gauge says E and the little light illuminates. The chart includes the fifty top selling cars in the United States. The least amount of gas in an “empty” fuel tank is in the Toyota Prius, which still has 1.6 gallons remaining. The greatest amount of “empty” is in the tank of a GMC Sierra Denali or a Toyota Tundra, which has around 4 gallons remaining.

Translated, when your car’s gas gauge says the tank is empty, you still have between 25 and 114 miles left to get to the nearest gas station. Thus, empty is not really empty.

When it comes to the resurrection of Jesus, people today often take the same approach. The tomb in which Jesus was laid wasn’t really empty because he was never put there in the first place. Or Jesus’ body was moved, and people only thought the tomb was empty. Or the disciples just made up the whole story. For these people, it’s all just word play.

But for followers of Christ, the story we find in the Gospels doesn’t give us that option. Either Jesus rose from dead . . . or he didn’t. It’s either an empty tomb . . . or he was still in there. In this session, we will explore what the evidence has to say about Jesus truly rising again.

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