What the Resurrection Means to Me
Introduction:
Today millions of people are celebrating
what is commonly called “Easter.” This day is a recognition of the
resurrection of Jesus Christ. Christians are not told to celebrate
Easter as a special holiday once a year. We are told to think about
His resurrection every Sunday, the day He rose from the dead. Since
so many have their thoughts focused on Christ’s resurrection, it is
appropriate for us to be able to explain to our friends and
neighbors what the resurrection means to us.
Body:
I.
The Resurrection Proves Jesus Is the Son of God
·
Convincing Proofs Acts 1:1-3
“The former account I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began
both to do and teach, until the day in which He was taken up, after
He through the Holy Spirit had given commandments to the apostles
whom He had chosen, to whom He also presented Himself alive after
His suffering by many infallible proofs, being seen by them during
forty days and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of
God.” NKJV
·
Declared to be the Son of God by the resurrection
Romans 1:1-4
“Paul, a bondservant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle,
separated to the gospel of God which He promised before through His
prophets in the Holy Scriptures, concerning His Son Jesus Christ our
Lord, who was born of the seed of David according to the flesh, and
declared to be the Son of God with power according to the Spirit of
holiness, by the resurrection from the dead.”
NKJV
II.
The Resurrection Confirms the Truth of the Scripture
·
Scripture foretold His death and resurrection hundreds of years
before it happened.
Isaiah 53:10-12 “Yet it please
the Lord to bruise Him; He has put Him to grief When You make His
soul an offering for sin, He shall see His seed, He shall prolong
His days, And the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in His hand. He
shall see the labor of His soul, and be satisfied. By His knowledge
My righteous Servant shall justify many. For He shall bear their
iniquities. Therefore I will divide Him a portion with the great,
And He shall divide the spoil with the strong, Because He poured out
His soul unto death, And He was numbered with the transgressors, And
He bore the sin of many, And made intercession for the
transgressor.”
NKJV
Psalm
16:10-11 “For You will
not leave my soul in Sheol, Nor will You allow Your Holy One to see
corruption. You will show me the path of life; In Your presence is
fullness of joy; At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.” NKJV
·
It shows the gospel is true. Resurrection holds the gospel together.
I Corinthians 15:1-4
“Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to
you, which also you received and in which you stand, by which also
you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you –
unless you believed in vain. For I delivered to you first of all
that which I also received, that Christ died for our sins according
to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He rose again
the third day according to the Scriptures,”
NKJV
III.
The Resurrection Makes Forgiveness Possible
·
The apostle Paul claimed this. I Corinthians
15:16-17
“For if the dead do not rise, then Christ is not risen. And if
Christ is not risen, your faith is futile; you are still in your
sins!”
NKJV
· This means Christ’s offering on
the cross was acceptable to God. It satisfied divine justice.
Romans 4:25
“who was delivered up because of our offenses, and was raised
because of our justification.” NKJV
·
The resurrection allowed us to be put right with God.
Romans 8:33-34 “Who shall bring
a charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. Who is he who
condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who
is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for
us.”
NKJV
IV.
The Resurrection Means Sin, Death, and Satan Have Been Conquered
·
Jesus defeated sin and death. Romans 6:9-10
“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.”
NKJV
Death is no longer our enemy. I Corinthians
15:55
“O Death, where is your sting? O Hades, where is your victory?”
NKJV
· Satan
John 12:31 “Now is the
judgment of this world; now the ruler of this world will be cast
out.”
NKJV
V.
The Resurrection Means We Are Alive in Christ
·
Made alive Ephesians 2:5-6
“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,”
NKJV
Revelation 1:17-18
“And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead. But He laid His
right hand on me, saying to me, ‘Do not be afraid; I am the First
and the Last. I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold I am alive
forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of Hades and of Death.”
NKJV
· United with Him
Romans 6:3-5 “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 raise from the dead by
the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of
life. For if we have been united together in the likeness of His
death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His
resurrection,”
NKJV
VI.
The Resurrection Means We Have Hope I
Peter 1:3-4
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who
according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living
hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an
inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away,
reserved in heaven for you,”
NKJV
VII.
The
Resurrection Means Our Resurrection Is Guaranteed
·
Christ’s triumph over the grave is heaven’s guarantee that we also
will be raised.
I Corinthians 15:20, 23 “But
now Christ is risen from the dead, and has become the firstfruits of
those who have fallen asleep. 23 But
each one in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, afterward those
who are Christ’s at His coming.” NKJV
II Corinthians 4:14
“knowing that He who raised up the Lord Jesus will also raise us up
with Jesus, and will present us with you.” NKJV
·
We will live forever.
Conclusion:
A day of judgment is coming. (Acts
17:30-32)
“Truly these times of ignorance God overlooked, but now commands all
men everywhere to repent, because He has appointed a day on which He
will judge the world in righteousness by the Man whom He has
ordained. He has given assurance of this to all by raising Him from
the dead. And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some
mocked, while others said, ‘We will hear you again on this matter.’
” NKJV
Jesus will judge the world “in righteousness.” God’s holiness
demands all sin be punished. So Jesus paid the ransom price for us
all on the cross. Forgiveness of sins comes when the penitent
believer dies to sin, is buried in water, and raised a new creature.
Prepared by Bobby Stafford
April 21, 2019
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