What happens to people who seriously investigate the resurrection?
Those who seriously investigate the resurrection come away as believers, invariably. The more they dig into it and understand, the more convinced they become. The transformed lives of Peter and the other disciples, who after witnessing the resurrection were ready to face persecution, provide compelling evidence.
Les explains that after people dig into the resurrection, the more they see and understand, the more they come away as believers, invariably. He points to the change in Peter and the other disciples: before the crucifixion they were scared, Peter denied Christ three times out of fear for his life. But after the Resurrection, that fear vanished. They were ready to go to the very ends of persecution, knowing that no matter what happened physically, the power of the Resurrection was still in their future. Peter became a totally different person because he had witnessed the power of Christ's resurrection—it was not a figment of imagination but real. Les then turns to Luke chapter 24 to show the bodily resurrection.