04-21-2019 – Jesus is the Resurrection and the Life.

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4.21.19 ~ Mark 2:1-11

Jesus is the Resurrection and the Life

Read Mark 2:1-11... A paralytic man is lowered through the roof, by four men, Jesus tells him his sins are forgiven.
The Pharisees considered that to be blasphemy, for only God can forgive sins. Jesus tells the man, ‘Get up, take your mat and walk’? Ans he did!
How does this relate to the resurrection of Jesus?
1Peter 3:18, “Christ died for sins once for all, the just for the unjust, so that He might bring us to God, having been put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit.”
Jesus died on a Friday, was placed in a tomb, but Sunday morning His body was not in the tomb.
Read Matthew 28:1-15... Either Jesus rose from the dead, or someone took His body. Who could that be?
1. The Jewish Leaders (Matthew 27:62-65) pressured Pilate to seal the tomb, to keep the body in the grave.
2. The Roman Guards stationed at the tomb, made sure Christ’s body remained.
3. The Disciples wouldn’t move His body, for without the resurrection, there was no hope of eternal life.
See Matthew 17:22-23; Mark 8:31; Luke 24:44-48; John 14:1-3, 29
When you repent of your sins and trust Christ’s death as payment for your sins, you receive salvation; His resurrection demonstrates God’s power and authority over sin, death, and judgment (Romans 10:9-10).
John 10:17-18, “I lay down My life so that I may take it again. No one has taken it away from Me, but I lay it down on My own initiative. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This commandment I received from My Father.”
Christ's death provided forgiveness; His resurrection demonstrated that He alone provides eternal life.
See John 11:25-26, 39-44... Jesus freed Lazarus from the bonds of death, declaring he had eternal life.
See Romans 8:1, 38-39.
The resurrection is not just an event. It is a Person. 1John 5:11-13, “And the testimony is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. He who has the Son has the life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have the life. These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life.”
Celebrating the Resurrection isn’t just looking at an event in the past, the Resurrection should impact our lives every day.
Jesus is the hope for all who believe in Him. Jesus said, “I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me will live even if he dies, and everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die.”
If you know that you have eternal life, praise God!! But if you are unsure, settle it right now, right here.
Admit to God that you are a sinner.
Repent of your sins, ask God to forgive you. Believe in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior - that He
died for your sins, and rose from the grave to proclaim victory over death and judgement.
Pray [talk to God] continually.
Read God’s Word daily, obey what you understand. Participate in a Bible Believing, Teaching, and
Practicing Church, serving through word and deed to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Jesus Christ is the only Way [to God], the only Truth [of God], the only Life [from God]! And He is coming back to take us to be with Him forever.
Good news, the best news, He is Risen!