John 20:8 So the other disciple who had first come to the tomb then also entered, and he saw and believed.

 

John 20:8 So the other disciple who had first come to the tomb then also entered, and he saw and believed.

Who had entered the tomb first and seen the linen wrappings and face-cloth which had been on Jesus’ head?

“And so Simon Peter also came, following him, and entered the tomb…” (John 20:6).

Who comes first to the tomb and enters after Simon Peter?

“So the other disciple who had first come to the tomb then also entered…” (John 20:8).

What does the other disciple do when he enters the tomb?

“…and he saw…” (John 20:8).

What happens after the disciple enters the tomb and sees?

“…and he saw and believed” (John 20:8).

•       What do Jesus’ disciples remember and believe after Jesus was raised from the dead?

o   John 2:18  The Jews then said to Him, “ What sign do You show us  as your authority for doing these things?”  19 Jesus answered them, “Destroy this  temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” 20  The Jews then said, “It took  forty-six years to build this  temple, and will You raise it up in three days?”  21 But He was speaking of  the temple of His body.  22 So when He was raised from the dead, His disciples  remembered that He said this; and they believed  the Scripture and the word which Jesus had spoken.

•       What is the result of believing in the Son of God?

o   Mark 9:23 And Jesus said to him, “‘If You can?’  All things are possible to him who believes.”

o   Mark 16:16 “ He who has believed and has been baptized shall be saved; but he who has disbelieved shall be condemned.

o   John 1:12 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even  to those who believe in His name,

o   John 3:15 so that whoever believes will in Him have eternal life.

o   John 3:16   “For God so loved the world, that He  gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.

o   John 3:18 “ He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of  the  only begotten Son of God.

o   John 3:18 “ He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of  the  only begotten Son of God.

o   John 5:24   “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and  believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and  does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.

o   John 6:35   Jesus said to them, “ I am the bread of life; he who comes to Me will not hunger, and he who believes in Me  will never thirst.

o   John 6:40 “For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who  beholds the Son and  believes in Him will have eternal life, and I Myself will  raise him up on the last day.”

o   John 6:47 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes  has eternal life.

o   John 7:38 “He who believes in Me, as the Scripture said, ‘From  his innermost being will flow rivers of  living water.’” 39 But this He spoke of the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were to receive; for the Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet  glorified.

o   John 11:25 Jesus said to her, “ I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me will live even if he dies, 26 and everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?” 27 She  said to Him, “Yes, Lord; I have believed that You are   the Christ, the Son of God, even  He who comes into the world.”

o   John 11:40 Jesus  said to her, “ Did I not say to you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?”

o   John 12:36 “While you have the Light,  believe in the Light, so that you may become  sons of Light...”

o   John 12:46 “ I have come as Light into the world, so that everyone who believes in Me will not remain in darkness.

o   John 14:10 “Do you not believe that  I am in the Father, and the Father is in Me?  The words that I say to you I do not speak on My own initiative, but the Father abiding in Me does His works. 11 “Believe Me that  I am in the Father and the Father is in Me; otherwise  believe because of the works themselves. 12 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do, he will do also; and  greater works than these he will do; because  I go to the Father.

o   John 16:27 for the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and  have believed that  I came forth from the Father.

o   John 17:20   “I do not ask on behalf of these alone, but for those also who believe in Me through their word; 21 that they may all be one;  even as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be in Us, so that the world may  believe that You sent Me.

o   John 20:29 Jesus  said to him, “Because you have seen Me, have you believed?  Blessed are they who did not see, and yet believed.”

o   John 20:31 but these have been written  so that you may believe that Jesus is  the Christ,  the Son of God; and that  believing you may have life in His name.

o   Acts 10:43 “Of Him all the prophets bear witness that through  His name everyone who believes in Him receives forgiveness of sins.”

o   Acts 13:39 and  through Him  everyone who believes is  freed  from all things, from which you could not be  freed  through the Law of Moses.

o   Rom. 1:16   For I am not  ashamed of the gospel, for  it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the  Jew first and also to  the Greek.

o   Rom. 3:22 even the  righteousness of God through  faith  in Jesus Christ for  all those  who believe; for  there is no distinction;

o   Rom. 10:9  that  if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and  believe in your heart that  God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved;  10 for with the heart a person believes,  resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses,  resulting in salvation.  11 For the Scripture says, “ WHOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM WILL NOT BE  DISAPPOINTED.”

o   Rom. 11:23 And they also,  if they do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.

o   Gal. 2:16 nevertheless knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the Law but through faith in Christ Jesus, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified by  faith in Christ and not by the works of  the Law; since  by the works of  the Law no  flesh will be justified.

§  Gal. 3:6    Even so  Abraham  BELIEVED GOD, AND IT WAS RECKONED TO HIM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS.

o   Eph. 1:13 In  Him, you also, after listening to  the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation — having also  believed, you were  sealed in  Him with  the Holy Spirit of promise,

o   1Th. 4:14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again,  even so God will bring with Him  those who have fallen asleep  in Jesus.

o   2Th. 1:10 when He comes to be  glorified  in His  saints on that  day, and to be marveled at among all who have believed — for our  testimony to you was believed.

o   2Tim. 1:12 For this reason I also suffer these things, but  I am not ashamed; for I know  whom I have believed and I am convinced that He is able to  guard what I have entrusted to Him  until  that day.

o   1Pet. 1:8 and though you have not seen Him, you  love Him, and though you do not see Him now, but believe in Him, you greatly rejoice with joy inexpressible and  full of glory,

o   1Pet. 2:6      For this is contained in  Scripture:

“ BEHOLD, I LAY IN ZION A CHOICE STONE, A  PRECIOUS CORNER stone, AND HE WHO BELIEVES IN  HIM WILL NOT BE  DISAPPOINTED.”

·      What is the result of not believing in the Son of God?

o   Luke 10:16   “ The one who listens to you listens to Me, and  the one who rejects you rejects Me; and he who rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me.

o   Luke 13:3 “I tell you, no, but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.

o   John 3:18 “ He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

o   John 8:24 “Therefore I said to you that you will die in your sins; for unless you believe that I am He, you will die in your sins.”

o   John 12:48 “ He who rejects Me and does not receive My sayings, has one who judges him; the word I spoke is what will judge him at  the last day.

o   1John 5:10 The one who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself; the one who does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given concerning His Son

Father,

As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so the Son of Man was lifted up, so that whoever believes will in Him have eternal life. For You so loved the world, that You gave Your only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. For You did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him. He who believes in Jesus is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

May eyes be opened so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the dominion of Satan to You, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who have been sanctified by faith in Jesus. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.