Jesus Is Alive

Part 1 of 2 in After the Resurrection

Parte 1 de 2 de la serie After the Resurrection

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Brian Hunter · April 12, 2026

Scripture Referenced

Recap

The week after Easter, Brian picked up the story exactly where Good Friday and Resurrection Sunday left off: Acts 1, Luke’s account of what happened between the resurrection and the ascension. Rather than lecture through the passage, Brian opened it to the room first (what do you notice?) letting the congregation surface details themselves before adding commentary, which is his regular teaching style at Tribe.

One detail the room dug into: Luke calls the disciples “apostles” when describing Jesus giving them instructions, but the two angels who appear after the ascension address them as “men of Galilee” instead. The room worked through why the shift: the apostles designation marks their commissioned role, while “men of Galilee” is a more personal, face-to-face address, maybe even a gentle nudge that gazing at the sky isn’t the assignment.

The anchor of the message was verse 3: Jesus didn’t just rise, he spent forty days afterward presenting himself alive “by many proofs,” appearing repeatedly, teaching about the kingdom of God. The resurrection wasn’t a rumor the disciples had to take on faith with no evidence: it was something they walked through, ate with, and questioned over more than a month. That extended, tangible proof is the foundation everything in Acts is built on.

Touch Points

1. When you read a familiar passage, do you tend to look for your own observations first, or wait to be told what it means?
2. The disciples got forty days of “proof” before being sent out. Where do you need reassurance before you can move forward in faith?
3. Like the men of Galilee, are you standing still gazing at something instead of moving on what God has already told you to do?
4. What does it change for you to remember the resurrection wasn’t just an event, but something the disciples experienced over and over across weeks?

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