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Announcements:
Teachers Needed: Especially men.
We have people missing every 3rd sermon to teach.
MOM Group: First Tuesday of Month, Next Session May 7 (9:30 - 11:00 am)
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Welcome (Our Mission - Abide in the faith, love, and truth of Jesus Christ, proclaiming Him and all that He is to a lost and dying world…)
Now - there’s only 1 person mentioned in that Mission statement by name...
…and it’s Jesus Christ.
See Christianity is about the PERSON and WORK of Jesus Christ...
And part of His WORK is something that is celebrated today...
If you’re not aware…Easter is the day that we celebrate the - Resurrection of Jesus Christ - from the dead.
And today - we’re going to not only look back - but we also want to LOOK AHEAD...
Literally = for us - today - to LOOK AHEAD...
…and see what the RESURRECTION has done for those who believe...
And so let’s start by looking back.
If Easter Sunday is known as Resurrection Sunday, celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ, then by implication, Christ would had to have died...
And that’s precisely what He did...
From the OT through to the NT we see countless prophecies - pointing to the death of Jesus Christ...
Of the best-known prophecies in the Hebrew Scriptures concerning the death of Christ would be
Psalm 22 and Isaiah 53
Let’s look at Psalm 22
Clearly pointing to the pierced hands and feet of the crucified Christ...
but it continues
Christ’s bones were not broken…this is big because usually in a crucifixion, they would break the legs to speed up the death...
But it keeps going...
This is exactly what happened at the crucifixion of Christ…His garments were divided amongst themselves by casting lots...
Now - consider this - THESE words in Psalms were written 1000 years before the crucifixion of Christ...
The other OT prophecy we’ll look at is Isaiah 53…and these words - WRITTEN 700 years before Christ...
Here we see these words speaking of man’s REJECTION of the Messiah Jesus Christ...
Here we see a prophecy of Christ taking UPON HIMSELF - our SINS...
Here we read of Christ remaining silent before his accusers…And this is exactly what happened 700 years later...
Christ ends up being buried in a rich man’s tomb...
ALL of these things - WRITTEN 700 years prior...
ALL of it - culminating in the DEATH of Christ...
the SIN of the world - placed on Jesus Christ....the wrath of God poured out on Christ…FOR YOU
He DIED
but if it just ended there - then WHAT?
If Christ never rose from the dead - God’s WRATH would remain on us…!
Our belief - AS Christians - WOULD BE IN VAIN!
And so we come today....Rejoicing that this actually happened - in history...
What am I speaking of?
They come to the TOMB…looking to GAZE upon the DEAD body of Jesus Christ...
And yet - the tomb was empty...
“Why do you look for the living among the DEAD?”
“He is not here - He is Risen!”
And then Christ appears to His disciples…and says this:
Now think about LIVING this out...
When Christ went to the cross…think of ALL the doubts that would have begun to RISE UP in Christ’s followers!
FOR ALL of the miracles…all of the healings that Christ performed…!
ALL the good that He did....
AND NOW - He’s hanging on a CROSS???!
No DOUBT - the disciples HAD to believe that THEY WERE NEXT!
Right?
It was just a MATTER OF TIME!
But then EVERYTHING - changed!
HE Rose!
Which means - Death was - conquered!
And things began to start to become LESS foggy....
What I want to do today - is UNDERSTAND the ministry of Jesus Christ - in relation to His resurrection!
I want us to SEE more clearly - how the Ministry of Christ impacts us today…DUE to the resurrection!
So WHAT did the Resurrection accomplish?
It PROVED that Christ’s sacrifice was SUFFICIENT!
If Jesus would have STAYED dead - it would have demonstrated that He was a SINNER...
Why?
Because DEATH has RIGHTFUL CLAIM - ONLY over sinners!
SLIDE:
Death has rightful claim over sinners
But by Him rising from the dead - DEFEATING death...
It proved that He was - PERFECTLY RIGHTEOUS…(that He was NOT a sinner) and that death COULD NOT hold Him!
God raised Him up, loosing the pangs of death, because it was not possible for Him to be held - by it (death)
SO - Jesus Christ was RAISED - to NEW LIFE!
And this is a - REFLECTION of what happens to us - THROUGH FAITH ALONE in Christ ALONE!
NOW - it’s this NEWNESS of Life that I want to focus on today!
I want us to UNDERSTAND - what this NEWNESS of life ENTAILS…!
I don’t think we understand!
Let’s start this with a question:
Did you know that as a believer in Jesus Christ, you have the power to raise the dead?
Jesus actually gives us a glimpse of this during His earthly ministry...
Do you see?
You might be thinking to yourself - OK, that’s a story of Jesus RAISING the DEAD…!
But MIKE - YOU just said that WE have the power to RAISE the dead??
We MUST understand!
What we see here - in this story - is a PHYSICAL demonstration - of the Spiritual POWER we have in us - TODAY!!!
See - The Physical Miracles of Christ - REFLECTED the power we would have - POST RESURRECTION!!
And so - Understand this!
SLIDE: Raising the Dead: His Power; Our Power
Raising the Dead
We must KNOW THIS - as Christians!!
Lazarus - in this story - was DEAD in the tomb...
How dead was he?
Well - it says 4 days dead, but are there LEVELS of dead?
NO - you’re either DEAD or ALIVE
And it’s no different - when it comes to Spiritual Life...
The Bible teaches that you are either Spiritually DEAD or - Spiritually ALIVE
The Bible says - apart from FAITH in Christ - we’re Spiritually DEAD...
The Bible teaches us that APART from FAITH in Christ - we are spiritually DEAD…!
And so - let this HIT HOME...
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