The Resurrection
Michael Mehring
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President Trump’s proclamation — most powerful words spoken by a president in a long time
For Easter — “This week, we pray for an outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon our beloved Nation.”
Then on Wednesday
“I and the First Lady Melania Trump are praying for an outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon this nation.”
PRAY —— COME HOLY SPIRIT — His love — His healing — His conviction — His grace
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thank you President Trump for sharing the conviction of your heart !!
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Ok……
I am here to proclaim to you that Jesus Christ is risen from the dead
He is the eternal son of God who was dead, but now is alive forevermore and he reigns eternal in the heavens.
He reigns eternal over everything that exists— seen and unseen.
He is King of Kings. He is Lord of lords
He is the mighty God
Jesus our Savior.
Immortal verse — the angel said…..
6 He is not here; for He is risen, as He said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.
This week we have remembered
The triumphal entry of Jesus in Jerusalem as King
then the Lord supper,
and The Arrest and trial,
then the beatings and torture And stripes on his back,
and The horrific passion of Jesus Christ 0n the cross,
Then the sad death and quiet burial
and of course the bone chilling fear the disciples
and then finally the glorious resurrection of our wonderful Savior
Jesus Christ
and Starting in Acts and through the Scriptures the Resurrection is the central theme !
Everything hinges on the resurrection
The apostles preached the resurrection — instead of the death of Jesus
Of all the things they could pick from His life, His crucifixion, His death, His burial, His resurrection;
they picked His resurrection as their focus!
the Resurrection is the greatest miracle of all!!
the Resurrection is a central theme of the Scriptures
Maybe even THE central theme
His resurrection was the proof that the sacrifice was accepted by the Father.
In the resurrection of Christ, we have everything we need.
It forms the cornerstone of Christian faith and theology.
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And so, since this is the beginning of the last phase of human history, since the resurrection of Jesus has made the decisive difference, there’s also a sense in which the destinies of all human beings are now bound up with Jesus.
From now on, everyone will find who they are, who they may be, where they will be, in relation to the person of the resurrected Jesus.
The future is in His hands and His resurrection gives Him that authority.
It’s described very clearly in Acts 17 in Paul’s sermon in Athens:
31 because He has appointed a day on which He will judge the world in righteousness by the Man whom He has ordained. He has given assurance of this to all — HOW? — by raising Him from the dead.”
Once again, the future, the judgement, God’s decisive fixing of his relationship with the world is all connected with Jesus and His resurrection.
there is one and only one ultimate authority in the universe—
and that is Jesus.
He has been set free from everything that could him back.
He has been set free from the consequences of sin in the world,
from the corruption, the downward spiral, of human history.
He has been set free from death.
He is alive, and there is nothing now that limits His action, His liberty.
9 We are sure of this because Christ was raised from the dead, and he will never die again. Death no longer has any power over him.
To believe in the resurrection, then, is to believe that Jesus, is ‘alive and at large in the world’;
Jesus is free, he’s not going to die again, nothing prevents him acting, he is always going to be active and not passive, always at work.
And so, he is risen and he is now free to act eternally, unceasingly, without limit.
Death and its effects cannot hold him back.
no power of the enemy can stop Him
History is shaped, it is controlled by the liberty of Jesus!
The resurrection tells us that God has refused and overturned the verdict of the world on Jesus.
The world, in the shape of the political and religious authorities, has said no to Jesus,
and God has said no to that no.
In other words, God has said yes to Jesus.
He has endorsed all that Jesus is, does and says.
God has put his stamp of authority on Jesus, defining what Jesus does and says and gives as what God does and says and gives.
What Jesus does is what the Father does and what the Father does is what Jesus does.
The God we’re talking about is the God who said yes to Jesus by raising him from the dead: that is the Father God.
The victory is already in the cross,
the victory is already in the life,
and that also enables us to say that the resurrection,
instead of being any kind of afterthought,
instead displays what has always been true.
The resurrection displays the integrity, the indestructibility, of the love that has been at work all through.
The resurrection is neither an optional extra nor a happy ending,
it is the inescapable bursting through of the essential reality of who and what Jesus is.
It signifies not only Jesus' victory over death
but also the fulfillment of God's redemptive plan for humanity.
every part from
The triumphal entry of Jesus in Jerusalem as King
to the the Lord supper,
to the The arrest and trial,
to the beatings and stripes on his back,
to The horrific passion of Jesus Christ on the cross,
to the sad death and quiet burial
and of course the bone chilling fear the disciples
and then finally the glorious resurrection of our wonderful Savior
Jesus Christ
to His presentation of HIS BLOOD on the Mercy Seat of Heaven
every part was necessary but the resurrection was the crowning point
7 Key scriptures on the Resurrection
25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live.
32 This Jesus God has raised up, of which we are all witnesses.
33 And with great power the apostles gave witness to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And great grace was upon them all.
3 For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4 and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures,
5 For since we are permanently grafted into him to experience a death like his, then we are permanently grafted into him to experience a resurrection like his and the new life that it imparts.
11 Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
10 that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, ….
3 For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4 and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures, 5 and that He was seen by Cephas, then by the twelve. 6 After that He was seen by over five hundred brethren at once, of whom the greater part remain to the present, but some have fallen asleep. 7 After that He was seen by James, then by all the apostles. 8 Then last of all He was seen by me also, as by one born out of due time.
12 Now if Christ is preached that He has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? 13 But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ is not risen. 14 And if Christ is not risen, then our preaching is empty and your faith is also empty. 15 Yes, and we are found false witnesses of God, because we have testified of God that He raised up Christ, whom He did not raise up—if in fact the dead do not rise. 16 For if the dead do not rise, then Christ is not risen. 17 And if Christ is not risen, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins! 18 Then also those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. 19 If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men the most pitiable.
20 But now Christ is risen from the dead, and has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. 21 For since by man came death, by Man also came the resurrection of the dead. 22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive.
17 And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead. But He laid His right hand on me, saying to me, “Do not be afraid; I am the First and the Last. 18 I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of Hades and of Death.
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Are you really who you say you are?
We are doubted every day. Every time we log in. Every time we swipe. Every time we try to unlock our phones.
Are you really who you say you are?
Yes, here’s my password. Here’s my key code. Here’s my fingerprint.
We are doubted several times a day. It’s woven into the fabric of our days. Make up a new password. Set up a user ID. Haul out your ID card.
Are you really who you say you are?
It’s a common problem, and an old one.
During his ministry, Jesus was doubted all the time.
If he was really a prophet, he would know that this woman is a hooker.
If he was really a rabbi, he would wash his hands before he eats.
If he was really the Messiah, he would be from Bethlehem.
Even while he was dying, he was doubted: If you are the son of God, save yourself.
is He really who he says he is?
And that’s the question that still hangs in the air when it comes to Jesus:
What it really all comes down to is this: I know He died and was buried……..
But — Did Jesus really rise from the dead?
YES!
So, he says to the Corinthians and to us, Jesus is really who he says he is.
And then he asks them/us this question:
Are you? Are you really who you say you are?
Are you really living a life worthy of the calling you have received?
Are you living as the believers you claim to be?
Because if the resurrection of Jesus is true, your life should show it.
Come to a sober and right mind, he tells them. Sin no more.
Jesus, says Paul, is who he says he is. Are you? Are you really who you say you are?
Because if we aren’t living as if Christ is risen, then it doesn’t matter.
If we are preaching life but choosing death, it doesn’t matter.
Here’s the thing: The enemy is really good at holding out things that look life-giving, but aren’t.
Where is death hiding behind the façade of life?
Jesus is who he says he is, are you?
Are we preaching life and choosing death?
Or are we really resurrection people?
Resurrection Now
As Paul writes, the resurrection matters not just because it was a true historical event.
he says, the resurrection matters because just as it happened once, it will happen again.
Paul says, “Here’s what happened already: Jesus rose from the dead.
Here’s what’s going to happen: You’re going to rise from the dead.
And you’re going to have a front-row seat to the destruction of sin, death, and hell. Because the resurrection of Jesus is a sign and a promise that God is up to something big.”
Paul says, this isn’t just a past event. It’s your future event.
You will be raised incorruptible, imperishable.
And because of that, says Paul, resurrection is a true past event and a promised future event,
which means it affects your present reality.
God doesn’t just want you to have life then. He wants you to have life now. God wants to raise you now.
Today. Stand firm, be steadfast, immovable, your labor is not in vain. God is up to resurrection now.
God Wants to dust off the death of self-preservation, of addictions, of laziness, of lying.
God Wants us to stand up, Believers, and say that Jesus is alive and so are we.
God doesn’t hold out death masquerading as life.
God holds out the bread and the cup, the body and the blood,
and He says, “My son died so that you don’t have to.”
We don’t just get to preach resurrection; we get to live it.
We get to come out of the tomb and walk into life.
We get to shake off death and move into life. We get to live like people who have been raised from the dead.
Jesus has risen from the dead. And so can you.
Jesus is who he says he is. And we can be, too.
Closing……
Hallelujah song — 5 min
