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Power of the Resurrection
Power of the Resurrection
I. Introduction
Resurrection Sunday is not just about an empty tomb in history. It is about a holy interruption. It is about what happens when God steps into a hopeless situation and does what no one else can do.
The story of Easter is this: death had spoken, sin had ruled, darkness had covered, and the grave had closed its mouth around humanity.
But God had a different Plan
II. Read the Text
And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins,
in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience,
among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others.
But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us,
even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),
and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,
not of works, lest anyone should boast.
For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.
III. We Were Dead
And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins,
in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience,
among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others.
A. He made alive or give life, breathed life
(John 20:22 “And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:”
B. Dead in Trespasses and Sin (Were)
a. Dead - Spiritually Dead
i. Enslaved by the power of sin and guilt
ii. Separation from God
b. Trespasses -Transgressions mean to fall, slip, blunder, deviate, turn aside, or wander away
c. Sins — an act or feeling that transgresses something forbidden or ignores something required by God’s law or character; whether in thought, feeling, speech, or action.
Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned—
For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so also by one Man’s obedience many will be made righteous.
IV. But God
But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us,
But, God= Conjunction
A. Rich In Mercy
a. Mercy - is compassion show to offenders (Sinner)
B. His Great Love
a. Agape - Unconditional Love
b. He loved us - Great affection (to feel)
V. God Made Us Alive with Christ
even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),
A. Even When we were dead
B. Made us Alive together
a. To like someone alive together supernaturally
VI. God Raised Us Up
and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
A. He raised us up.
a. To be raised up means we have been lifted out of the nature.
b. Raises up or wake up together
buried with Him in baptism, in which you also were raised with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead.
Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
B. He seated us with Christ.
a. To be seated means we now stand in a place of acceptance, victory, and union with Christ.
C. This means the resurrection of Christ changes our position.
a. We are no longer defined by sin.
b. No longer owned by death.
c. No longer trapped in the graveyard of our past.
d. No longer slaves to what we used to be.
VII. Conclusion
Prayer
Be Blessed
Be Blessed
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