What the Resurrection Gives Us

What the Resurrection Gives Us

John 20:19-23

I. Introduction

II. Peace (19-20)

A. Explanation

1. Set the scene

a. Th doors are locked in fear

b. They are associated with Jesus, just crucified

c. They would be considered associates with the insurrectionist

d. It was only a few days before that the soldiers had come at night and taken Jesus by force

2. The miracle – Comes and stands among them.

a. How did he get in?  Did he pass through the door? Did he just appear out of thin air?

b. And yet he is a complete physical body with whom they would see, feel, and even eat

c. The point is that this is the risen Christ and He is divine

3. Jesus simply says, “Peace be with you”  

a. This peace is for the moment

i. They needed to be calmed in the moment

ii.Their leader was there in front of them no longer dead – They went from having a leader be taken and killed by the Romans and Jews to now having conquered death

b. But it was also for the future

i. Jesus had promised peace to them

A. John 14:27

B. John 16:33

ii.This peace was for them as they followed Jesus – They could follow knowing that Jesus was truly God and had died for them and risen from the grave – Now there is someone you can follow with confidence!

B. Application

1. That same peace is given to us as followers of Christ

a. We have peace that Jesus conquers our biggest fear – Death

b. We have peace that Jesus has conquered our biggest problem – sin

c. We have peace that Jesus provided our biggest hope – eternal life

2. The fact that Jesus rose from the grave, visiting His disciples give us hope that what Jesus did on the cross was complete, perfect, and will save us

III. Purpose (21)

A. Explanation

1. Jesus restates, “Peace be with you”

a. Reinforcing the peace

b. And in introduction to this commission

2. I am sending you

a. Just as the Father sent me – Jesus was sent by the Father –

i. To seek and save the lost – said to Zaccheus – Luke 19:10

ii.To reveal the Father – John 14:9

b. In the same way we are sent – to reveal the Father and to seek and save the lost

3. This is like His great commission

B. Application

1. The fact that Jesus sends us means that we have a purpose as followers of Christ

2. We are to glorify God through Holy lives, just as Jesus did

3. We are to share the gospel and point people to salvation

IV. Power – the Holy Spirit (22)

A. Explanation

1. And when He said this, He breathed on them

a. Genesis 2:7 – Then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature

b. Ezekiel 37:9 - Then he said to me, “Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and say to the breath, Thus says the Lord God: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these slain, that they may live

2. There is a direct correlation between the commission and the empowerment of the Spirit

3. The Holy Spirit will empower these people

a. To fulfill the command to go

b. To live Godly lives – Ezekiel 26:27 - 27 And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules

B. Application

1. Jesus promises us the same Holy Spirit

2. We have the power of the Holy spirit to live Holy and righteous lives

3. But also, to make a difference in this world through the gospel

4. We should be faithful in sharing Christ in this world because the Holy Spirit is with us

V. Potency (23) (The power of something to influence or make an impression)

A. Explanation

1. The power to forgive sins still belongs to God

2. What we have is the gospel which is the power to bring people to forgiveness

3. It is ours to give to those who are willing to place their faith in Christ

4. Where we do not share the gospel in the power of the Holy Spirit people will still be stuck in their sin without forgiveness

B. Application

1. It is imperative that we share the secret to forgiveness

2. That Christ dies for our sin on the cross and that when we come to Him in faith our sin is completely and eternally forgiven

3. We have this potency or authority to share the message that will give eternal healing and life to the lost!

VI. Conclusion

Jn 14:27

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.

Jn 16:33

I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”

Lk 19:10

For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”

Jn 14:9

Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and you still do not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?

Ge 2:7

then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.

Eze 37:9

Then he said to me, “Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and say to the breath, Thus says the Lord God: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these slain, that they may live.”

Matthew 28:19-20

Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

The Great Chicago Fire was a conflagration that burned in the American city of Chicago during October 8–10, 1871. The fire killed approximately 300 people, destroyed roughly 3.3 square miles (9 km2) of the city including over 17,000 structures, and left more than 100,000 residents homeless.[3] The fire began in a neighborhood southwest of the city center. A long period of hot, dry, windy conditions, and the wooden construction prevalent in the city, led to the conflagration spreading quickly. The fire leapt the south branch of the Chicago River and destroyed much of central Chicago and then crossed the main stem of the river, consuming the Near North Side.

Said to have started at the O’Leary farm when a cow kicked over a lantern

22 Years later the city hosted 21 million visitors for the Chicago World’s Fair in 1893