A Resurrected Person Should Display a Resurrected Change (vs. 1-2)
A Conditional Issue:
The Passive activity of resurrection in the connection with the protasis.
Followed by the imperative command in the apodosis
Change in Desire:
Matthew 6:33; Phil. 3:14
The word means to be zealous.
It is not the idea of looking for something that is lost but the passionate pursuit of a goal!
Change in Mindset:
Phil. 2:5; Romans 12:1-2
No successful business accomplishes their goal apart from a unified mission statement.
I would encourage you to go home today and write out a mission statement for your current life and ask yourself one question, “Does my mission display a resurrected mindset?”
Centered on the Resurrected Christ:
His Resurrected Person
His Resurrected Position
His Resurrected Power
A Resurrected Person Should Live Expecting The Return of Their Resurrected Lord (vs. 3-4)
You are dead. Gal. 2:20; Col. 2:20
EX: Doctor’s bring a patient back to life
The current condition - Dead to sin and protectively hidden with Christ in God
The coming condition - His return will mark the beginning of our glorification.
Conclusion:
Remember where this sermon began! With at two letter word “if!” Paul did not take for granted while speaking to the body that he was not also speaking to the lost!
