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Series: Towards Maturity

Power of the Resurrection

Rom 1:4; 1 Cor.15:3-4,14-19
Jesus had prepared His disciples for His death well ahead of time, and had told them that he would be raised on the third day (Luke 9:22).
Luke 24; John 20
After the Resurrection and the Ascension of Jesus, the disciples were filled with the power of the Holy Spirit. They went everywhere declaring the resurrection of the Lord Jesus and "turned the work upside down" in their day (Acts 17:6).

Understanding what the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ means for you will dynamically affect your life too.

Raised With Christ

Ephesians 2:6
Colossians 3:1-3
Not only was Jesus' death for you - His resurrection was for you too! Christ was raised to give you:

Resurrection Power

It is your release from the PAST

Rom.6:4-11; Eph.2:1-7; Col.2:12-15
Your old sinful life was put to death on the Cross with Jesus, and buried with him in the grave. Then, when Jesus was raised to life again, you were raised with Him as a new creation - leaving behind your old life in Jesus' grave!

It is your power for the PRESENT

Rom.8:31-39; 6:6-14
Because Jesus is ALIVE, we have now received the power of His Spirit to live a life of victory over sin and all Satan's attacks against us.

It is your hope for the FUTURE

1 Cor.15:17-23, 50-57; 1 Thess.4:13-18
Jesus is called "the firstborn from the dead" (Colossians 1:18) because, in His resurrection, He was opening the way for all those who would believe in Him to be raised from the dead also! One wonderful day Jesus Christ will return to the earth again - not as a baby this time, but revealing to the whole world who He really is - the glorious Son of God and Ruler of all creation. At that time all those who have died, believing in Him, will be raised to life again!

Resurrection Life

"I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings..." Philippians 3:10.
As Christians, we have a power we can draw on daily. Jesus said: "I am the resurrection and the life" (John 11:24-25). This life is described as:
"I have been crucified with Christ and I now longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me" Galatians 2:20.

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