Resurrection Day Message:

What is the Resurrection all about?

Acts 17:31

Acts 17:31

Because he hath appointed a day, in thewhich he will judge the world inrighteousness by that man whom hehath ordained; whereof he hath givenassurance unto all men, in that he hathraised him from the dead.

Background

Jesus ChristWho is He?

What did He do?

Jesus Christ: Who

God in the flesh

John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and theWord was with God, and the Word was God.

John 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, anddwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, theglory as of the only begotten of the Father,) fullof grace and truth.

Jesus Christ: WhatHis earthly ministry

John 10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill,and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, andthat they might have it more abundantly.

John 17:3 And this is life eternal, that they might know theethe only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.

John 20:31 But these are written, that ye might believe thatJesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing yemight have life through his name.

Why did Jesus need to rise again?

• His punishment meant our FORGIVENESS(by faith)

• His resurrection meant our ETERNAL LIFE(in Christ)

• His resurrection meant our ASSURANCEthat God the Father was pleased with /accepted Christ’s sacrifice

Acts 17:31

Because he hath appointed a day, in thewhich he will judge the world inrighteousness by that man whom he hathordained; whereof he hath givenassurance unto all men, in that he hathraised him from the dead.

Jesus Christ

Jesus – Son of MAN & Christ – Son of GOD

Had to become a MAN to accomplish His work

Had to be GOD to complete the work

–Men die but GOD is ETERNAL

–Men fail but only GOD can do the IMPOSSIBLE

–Men are corrupt but only GOD is HOLY

Only GOD could pay GOD

Eternal payment for Eternal wrath

Hebrews 9:12 Neither by the blood of goats andcalves, but by his own blood he entered in onceinto the holy place, having obtained eternalredemption for us.

Hebrews 10:10 By the which will we are sanctifiedthrough the offering of the body of Jesus Christonce for all.

Last Enemy: Death

1Corinthians 15:26

The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.

No Resurrection = Preaching in Vain

1Corinthians 15:14

And if Christ be not risen, then isour preaching vain, and yourfaith is also vain.

The Gospel: The Death, Burial & Resurrection

of the Lord Jesus Christ

1Peter 3:18

For Christ also hath once suffered forsins, the just for the unjust, that hemight bring us to God, being put todeath in the flesh, but quickened by theSpirit:

We are supposed to remember the LORD

through TWO ordinances:

1.Baptism

2.Lord’s Supper

“This do in remembrance of me”

Baptism represents NEWNESS of life

Romans 6:4

Therefore we are buried with him bybaptism into death: that like as Christwas raised up from the dead by theglory of the Father, even so we alsoshould walk in newness of life.

It does NOT give eternal life!

Resurrection means being dead to sin

Romans 6:7-10

7 For he that is dead is freed from sin.

8 Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:

9 Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.

10 For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.

Jesus Christ The Resurrection & The Life

John 11:25

Jesus said unto her, I am theresurrection, and the life: he thatbelieveth in me, though he weredead, yet shall he live:

Jesus Christ: Our Firstfruit

1Corinthians 15:20

But now is Christ risen from thedead, and become the firstfruits ofthem that slept.

The firstfruit belonged to God in the Old Testament

There will be a Resurrection of the LIVING and the DEAD

John 5:29

And shall come forth; they that havedone good, unto the resurrection oflife; and they that have done evil,unto the resurrection of damnation.

There will be a Resurrection of the LIVING and the DEAD

Revelation 20:12

12 And I saw the dead, small and great,stand before God; and the books wereopened: and another book was opened,which is the book of life: and the dead werejudged out of those things which werewritten in the books, according to theirworks.

GOD will JUDGE the world in RIGHTEOUSNESS

Psalm 9:7-8

7 But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath preparedhis throne for judgment.

8 And he shall judge the world in righteousness, heshall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.

You DON’T want to stand before GOD with your own righteousness

You DON’T want to be judged according to your own works

James 2:10 For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend

in one point, he is guilty of all.

GUILTY!

Acts 17:31

Because he hath appointed a day, inthe which he will judge the world inrighteousness by that man whom hehath ordained; whereof he hathgiven assurance unto all men, in thathe hath raised him from the dead.

GOD will PUNISH the world for their SINS

Isaiah 13:11

And I will punish the world for theirevil, and the wicked for theiriniquity; and I will cause thearrogancy of the proud to cease, andwill lay low the haughtiness of theterrible.

Isa 13:11 And I will punish the

world for their evil…

What did the Lord accomplish by his death, burial AND resurrection?

Isaiah 53:11

He shall see of the travail of his soul,and shall be satisfied: by hisknowledge shall my righteous servantjustify many; for he shall bear theiriniquities.

What did the Lord accomplish by his death, burial AND resurrection?

2Corinthians 5:21

For he hath made him to be sinfor us, who knew no sin; that wemight be made the righteousnessof God in him.

What did the Lord accomplish by his death, burial AND resurrection?

Romans 10:4

For Christ is the end of the law forrighteousness to every one thatbelieveth.

It’s a story with a HAPPY ENDING!!

Some people want to keep Christ on the

cross

“Why seek ye the living

among the dead?”

Jesus Christ

• Glorified

• Magnified

• Exalted

He Lives!

How do I know?

“He walks with me and talks with me along life’s narrow

way”

He Lives!

How do you know?

Blessings? "for he [God] maketh his sun to rise on the evil and

on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust" (Matthew 5:45).

Answered prayers? “Cornelius” (Acts chapter 10)

It’s a RELATIONSHIP! (John 17:3)