He is Risen!! The Power of the Resurrection
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No other religion -
Where is Mohammed?
Where are the gurus of Hinduism?
Where is Buddha?
Where are the various leaders of the cults that have come over the years?
How can you really know that what they said was true?
Where is the sure hope?
But Jesus is Risen! He rose again, showing that all he said is true!!
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die
Eternal life!
Eternal life!
Because he lives all he said is true!
“Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life.
No Condemnation!
No Condemnation!
Sin is forgiven...
But that speaks of the future. what about today? Does the resurrection have hope for us today? What power does the resurrection give to us for our lives now?
I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better.
I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people,
and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is the same as the mighty strength
he exerted when he raised Christ from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms,
far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is invoked, not only in the present age but also in the one to come.
And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church,
which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way.
Forget, Deny, take Pride, or be Transformed?
Forget, Deny, take Pride, or be Transformed?
Forget?
Forget?
Deny?
Deny?
Take Pride?
Take Pride?
though I myself have reasons for such confidence. If someone else thinks they have reasons to put confidence in the flesh, I have more:
circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; in regard to the law, a Pharisee;
as for zeal, persecuting the church; as for righteousness based on the law, faultless.
But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss for the sake of Christ.
Be Transformed by the Power of the Resurrection!
Be Transformed by the Power of the Resurrection!
Jesus still had the scars after his resurrection, but the wounds that were meant to harm, the wounds that were meant to shame him were wounds of peace…
On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jewish leaders, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!”
After he said this, he showed them his hands and side. The disciples were overjoyed when they saw the Lord.
Again Jesus said, “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.”
Now Thomas (also known as Didymus), one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came.
So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he said to them, “Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.”
A week later his disciples were in the house again, and Thomas was with them. Though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!”
Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe.”
Thomas who doubted when all the others shared about Jesus finally found peace!
Be Transformed - the Power of God’s Perspective!
Be Transformed - the Power of God’s Perspective!
This man was handed over to you by God’s deliberate plan and foreknowledge; and you, with the help of wicked men, put him to death by nailing him to the cross.
But God raised him from the dead, freeing him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep its hold on him.
View the memories from God’s perspective.
Joseph...
You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.
Us too...
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters.
And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.
What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?
Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies.
Who then is the one who condemns? No one. Christ Jesus who died—more than that, who was raised to life—is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us.
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?
As it is written: “For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”
No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.
For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers,
neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Be Transformed - Greater love for God’s Power!
Be Transformed - Greater love for God’s Power!
Allow God’s perspective to give us a greater love for him!
“Two people owed money to a certain moneylender. One owed him five hundred denarii, and the other fifty.
Neither of them had the money to pay him back, so he forgave the debts of both. Now which of them will love him more?”
Simon replied, “I suppose the one who had the bigger debt forgiven.” “You have judged correctly,” Jesus said.
For I am the least of the apostles and do not even deserve to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.
Be Transformed - Experiencing God’s Power!
Be Transformed - Experiencing God’s Power!
Because he lives, because of the resurrection, we know that everything Jesus said is true.
What is harder to say, your sins are forgiven?
Of all the things Jesus said, the hardest is that I will rise on the third day!
If he can do that, he can give us life!
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.
fullness in knowing that he is at work for out good! That nothing can separate from his love!
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
Because Jesus is resurrected, because he is alive, we can go to him when we are weary and heavy burdened
His burden is light matthew 11.28-29
And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
He is with us
Caring for us and comforting us
“Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me.
My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you?
And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.
Giving us peace and a hope for the future though now for a little while we have to experience trials of many kinds...
Shielding us...
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. This inheritance is kept in heaven for you,
who through faith are shielded by God’s power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.
In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials.
These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.
finding grace and mercy
For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin.
Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
Gives mercy and grace heb 4.16
finding power to face spiritual attacks
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power.
Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes.
Be Transformed - Sharing God’s Power!
Be Transformed - Sharing God’s Power!
Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners—of whom I am the worst.
But for that very reason I was shown mercy so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display his immense patience as an example for those who would believe in him and receive eternal life.
Know that power of the resurrection and be transformed by it!
Know that power of the resurrection and be transformed by it!
Example from Gary Habermas as quoted in Defense of Easter
