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*Resurrection Sunday ‘09*
*Power of the Cross—Power of the Resurrection*
*Everything Drama—Cardboard Testimonies*
*4-12-09*
The Two greatest events in history converged on this weekend that we remember and celebrate
· The power of the cross- the victory of the Resurrection
· It’s why we can be FORGIVEN— we’re here
· Why—there’s a church
· Why we can KNOW God—follow Him
What going to do today is a bit of a mixture of a couple of things
· Message today interspersed with music~/drama
· It all tells our story—the testimony of lives transformed by *the power of the holy weekend*
· Because the power of what happened this weekend of *Resurrection* didn’t QUIT WORKING 2000 years ago
o Still changes lives today!
*The Power of the Cross*
· Cross did MANY Things
· The cross—the Most PROFOUND—the most POWERFUL legal act of all time!!
Human race—*Death Sentence*
· Bankrupt~/shattered by sin
· Separated from God—
For One thing: the Most powerful~/profound legal act
· Our death penalty PAID (Passover Lamb)
· Remember last week talked about how Crucifixion happened at Passover
· That was NO MISTAKE—on purpose—explain
EVEN MORE than legal act
· *Cross Greatest Act of LOVE in all history!*
· ‘For God so Loved the World that He GAVE’
· Adoption papers signed—in HIS blood
o Opportunity to become sons~/daughters
*/ ‘I see the Cross’/*
Cross does more than just get us CLEAN~/Adopted~/Saved
· On Journey of Life Cross a POWERFUL thing
· Transformation—changes our very nature—heart—born again
o Crucified with Christ—‘*Christ Lives in Me*’
o Changes *NATURE*
o New capacity to LOVE
o Start to LOVE what HE loves
o Hate what HE hates
· Carries grief—Comfort in Sorrow—Healing in Pain
· Our sin forgiven
o ‘As we forgive others’
o Power to forgive—extract poison—
o He who is forgiven much—loves much
Power of the cross to set us free from the thing that was too big for us
· Develop
Power of the Cross Made COMPLETE by:
*The Authority of the Empty tomb*
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*Matt 28 **28* After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb.
2 There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it.
3 His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow.
4 The guards were so afraid of him that they shook and became like dead men.
5 The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified.
6 He is not here; he has risen, just as he said.
Come and see the place where he lay.
7 Then go quickly and tell his disciples: ‘He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee.
There you will see him.’
Now I have told you.”
8 So the women hurried away from the tomb, afraid yet filled with joy, and ran to tell his disciples.
9 Suddenly Jesus met them.
“Greetings,” he said.
They came to him, clasped his feet and worshiped him.
10 Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid.
Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee; there they will see me.”
/The Guards’ Report/
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· There is an authority IN THE EMPTY TOMB
o DEATH could NOT keep it’s prey . . .
HE tore the bars away!!
· The authority that BREAKS power of enemy
*There is an AUTHORITY in the Empty Tomb*
· *Jewish Leaders—*
· *Early believers*
o *SAW Risen Lord—persecuted point of death*
o *Never denied—WHY*
o *HE is Risen—HE is risen, INDEED!!*
o *2 Peter 1:16*
o but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
Satan thought
· Cross was his victory
· After all—Disciples fled~/betrayed
· Crowds TURNED
· Followers Scattered
· Message discredited publicly
· Jesus dead
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*But What the enemy THOUGHT was his victory *
· *Was Actually GOD’S greatest Moment of ALL!!!!*
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Through the AUTHORITY of the Resurrection
Jesus destroyed the power of the enemy
· Jesus literally broke gates of hell
· Stole keys of death
· Rev 1:17
“Don’t be afraid!
I am the First and the Last.
18 I am the living one.
I died, but look—I am alive forever and ever!
And I hold the keys of death and the grave.~*[2]
The authority of the Resurrection
· Jesus DESTORYING power of SIN and DEATH
· Col 2:15 says Jesus
disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.d
By the thing that looked like GREATEST FAILURE
· Jesus said, ‘I’ll take GREAT failure—turn into GREATEST VICTORY’
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