The Power of His Resurrection

Pastor E. Keith Hassell

Foundation Scripture: Philippians 3:7-11

I. Paul desired to know the power of Christ’s resurrection

A. Jesus was raised by the power of God

B. Those who are saved must believe that Jesus rose from the dead

C. Those who believe are spiritually identified with Christ’s resurrection

D. The source of resurrection power in our lives is the Holy Spirit

E. Believers must embrace and appropriate this resurrection power

II. Question #1: What is the power of His resurrection?

A. It is power to live in victory over Satan and his demons

1. Ephesians 1:15-23 (NKJV) “Therefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, do not cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers: that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come. And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church, which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.”

B. It is power to live a new life in Christ

1. Romans 6:3-4 (NKJV) “Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.”

C. It is power to live in victory over sin

1. Romans 6:5-7 (NKJV) “For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection, knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin. For he who has died has been freed from sin.”

2. Romans 8:11 (NKJV) “But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.”

D. It is power to live in victory over self

1. Philippians 3:7-11 (NKJV) “But what things were gain to me, these I have counted loss for Christ. Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith; that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death, if, by any means, I may attain to the resurrection from the dead.”

E. It is power to live in victory over death

1. Romans 6:8-11 (NKJV) “Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him, knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no longer has dominion over Him. For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God. Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

2. Hebrews 2:14-15 (NKJV) “Inasmuch then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared in the same, that through death He might destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, and release those who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.”

F. It is power to live with a higher purpose

1. Colossians 3:1-2 (NKJV) “If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth.”

III. Question #2: How can we experience this resurrection power?

A. First: Pursue knowing Jesus

B. Second: Ask for revelation from God’s Word

C. Third: Reckon yourself dead to sin

D. Fourth: Reckon yourself alive to God

E. Fifth: Walk in the Spirit

F. Sixth: Live by faith

IV. Question #3: Do you want to know the power of Christ’s resurrection?